Author Archives: Denise
Monday clippings 3/23/15
March is certainly a fast-moving month, isn’t it? Some incidents from the garden: Protected under the pergola, the ‘Stained Glass’ octopus agave came through an early March hailstorm without a mark. Agaves tucked against the house, under the eaves, like … Continue reading
driveby gardens; sundown on the Miracle Mile
I worked in the “Miracle Mile” stretch of Wilshire Boulevard on Thursday, approximately the 5600 block. In the surrounding neighborhoods, the houses had gardens that looked promising and full of interest, so during a 20-minute lunch I dashed out to … Continue reading
CSSA 2015 Biennial Convention, June 14-19, 2015
agave at South Coast Botanic Garden, a former open pit mine for diatomite extraction, then landfill, now botanic garden I should probably split this glut of information into several posts, but if I don’t sit down right now and do … Continue reading
Posted in agaves, woody lilies, commerce, garden travel, garden visit, pots and containers, succulents
Tagged Acacia cognata 'Cousin Itt', Agave guiengola 'Moto Sierra', Agave isthmensis 'Rum Runner', Aloe 'Martha Layhew, aloes, Brian Kemble, Buck and Yvonne Hemenway, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, CSSA 2015 Biennial Convention, Huntington Botanical Garden, Karen Zimmerman's aloes, Kelly Griffin, Osa pulchra, Panayoti Kelaidis, Pitzer College, Schefflera 'Nova', Sedum dendroideum 'Colossus', South African plants
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a Shirley Watts’ garden
Monday features two long-time friends (and family) of AGO. Oldest son Mitch took these photos of a Shirley Watts-designed garden a few years back and kindly agreed to let me share them here. The garden had a lot of formal, … Continue reading
Posted in artists, design, MB Maher, photography
Tagged garden designer Shirley Watts, MB Maher, Shirley Watts
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streetside; rainy day house & gardens
(alluding to Joni Mitchell’s Rainy Night House) I recently read that Taylor Swift wanted the part in a movie on Mitchell. I see Swift’s photo all over the Internet, but it wasn’t until Sunday that I finally heard one of … Continue reading
Posted in agaves, woody lilies, Bulbs, design, driveby gardens, garden ornament, pots and containers, succulents
Tagged Acacia iteaphylla, Aloe marlothii, Aloe striata, Annie's Annuals & Perennials Nursery, Asphodeline lutea, Big Daddy's Antiques, Big Red Sun, Brahea armata, Dymondia margaretae, International Garden Center, Joni Mitchell's Rainy Night House, Mar Vista Green Garden Showcase, Merwilla plumbea, Mexican Blue Palm, Pedilanthus bracteatus, Scilla natalensis dwarf, Scilla peruviana, Venice
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san francisco door project
“Ah! There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.” — Emma, Jane Austen I can be a bit of a homebody and go days without leaving the house. The best thing about some days is coming home to … Continue reading
a February visit to the Huntington desert garden
I got caught in a rainstorm at the Huntington’s desert garden yesterday, which was magical. Storm warning
Posted in agaves, woody lilies, garden visit, succulents
Tagged Agave attenuata 'Boutin's Blue', Agave vilmoriana, Aloe 'Goldilocks', Aloe 'Kujo', Aloe 'Sophie', Aloe bussei, Aloe castanea, Aloe chaubadii, Aloe dorothea, Aloe erinacea, Aloe percrassa, Aloe sinkatana, Aloe striata, Aloe vanbalenii, Aloidendron 'Hercules', Huntington Botanic Garden Desert Garden
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2015 Dates to Remember
I’ve been working on 2015 plants sales and plant show dates under the heading Dates to Remember, top of the page. Please feel free to send along info on anything I’ve missed or something worthy that must not go unmentioned. … Continue reading
Posted in agaves, woody lilies, garden travel, garden visit, succulents
Tagged 2015 garden travel, 2015 plant sales, AZ, Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix
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high style, close quarters
The Australian/Canadian hybrid blog Desire to Inspire is one of my favorite sources for dependable, daily inspiration. (Jo and Kim do take Sundays off.) DTI celebrates design front and center, sometimes minimal, sometimes maximal. I can never make up my … Continue reading
Bloom Day February 2015
Bloom Day — you know the drill. (And if you don’t and somehow stumbled here unwittingly, just calm down and see May Dreams Gardens for some helpful background by Carol.) I bought this Banksia ericifolia from a newish nursery in … Continue reading
Posted in Bloom Day, Bulbs, pots and containers, succulents
Tagged Abutilon venosum, Aloe 'Always Red', Aloe 'Moonglow', Aloe cameronii, Anigozanthos 'Little Jean', Banksia ericifolia, Canna indica, Erodium pelargoniflorum, Leucadendron 'Safari Goldstrike', Nicotiana 'Ondra's Brown Mix', Pelargonium echinatum, Sedum nussbaumerianum, Veltheimia bracteata
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