Category Archives: cut flowers
stagecraft
When a friend of Mitch’s moved into new digs last week, he thought he’d warm up the empty place for her first night there (completely unbeknownst to her). So he grabbed anything to hand, which happened to be some of … Continue reading
ranunculus now
The ranunculus lovers among us are often encouraged to try growing them ourselves. And in Southern California, it’s totally do-able, especially if you have a dedicated cutting garden and can treat them as ephemerals, like tulips. Ranuncs love our sunny, … Continue reading
to the kids, with love
Remember this photo from a few posts ago? The “east wing” was getting readied for my son Duncan’s engagement party. Add lights, paper lanterns, friends, family and cake, and voila! Duncan and Kristy’s engagement party last Sunday. A trip to … Continue reading
Posted in cut flowers, journal, MB Maher, pots and containers
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discovering The Potting Shed on a Lark at Sourced Collective
There’s retail that does vintage and architectural finds well, and there’s retail that does plants well. Haven’t you wished somebody with a passion for both would combine them under one roof? I know I have. Consider it handled by The … Continue reading
Posted in artists, commerce, cut flowers, design, edibles, garden ornament, MB Maher, photography, plant nurseries, shop talk
Tagged Jack Carlisle, Laguna Beach, Lark Artisan Market, Lisa Gutierrez-Martinez, Luis Sardinas, Michelle Mercado, Sourced Collective, The Potting Shed by Carlisle
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eat your dahlias
I’m halfway convinced to fill my vegetable garden this summer with dahlias. Beans and tomatoes were an epic fail last summer, and though zucchini were OK, I can find them cheap and local. But these beauties, however, will never be … Continue reading
In a Vase on Monday, (courtesy of the OG)
Peter/Outlaw Gardener, that indefatigable daily blogger and all-around nice guy, raffled off some vases recently. (And look who’s a winner!) I found this fat little echeveria in the front garden and unceremoniously pulled him up by the roots to welcome … Continue reading
cutflowers of summer
Dahlia coccinea ‘Orange,’ Mendocino Botanical Garden Thank goodness there’s not a crazy nativist strain complicating appreciation of summer’s most colorful annuals. The only walls associated with these summer beauties might be the ones surrounding your cutting garden (you lucky devil!) … Continue reading
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Tagged dahlias, Floret Flower Farm, Sarah Raven, Swan Island Dahlias
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busy, busy
It’s spring. Feeling a little pressed for time yet? Join the club. Some of what I’ve been up to the past few weeks include: Cutting sweet peas from my mom’s vines. Buckets and buckets. Mine planted at the community garden … Continue reading
Posted in agaves, woody lilies, clippings, cut flowers, Plant Portraits, plant sales, pots and containers, succulents
Tagged Achillea millefolium 'Sunrise', Agave macroacantha 'Blue Ribbon', Buddleia 'Cranrazz', Cotyledon orbiculata, Linaria 'Licilia Peach', Merrihew's Sunset Gardens, Rosa x odorata 'Mutabilis', Sweet peas
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thanks
And have a great holiday. Goldenrod, feverfew, olive, and eucalyptus.
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