Category Archives: succulents
a garden visit with bixbybotanicals
It all started with a very sweet and generous offer of some foliage for vases. Via bixbybotanicals Instagram, I learned that his Leucadendron ‘Wilson’s Wonder’ was in full winter dress, and he was willing to share some of the largesse … Continue reading
Posted in agaves, woody lilies, creatures, garden visit, MB Maher, pots and containers, succulents
Tagged Acacia cognata, Aeonium 'Sunburst', bixbybotanicals, Certified Wildlife Habitat, Dahlia imperialis, Dombeya, H&H Nursery, Helenium puberulum, Jeremy Glatstein, lawn removal, Leucadendron discolor 'Pom Pom', Leucadendron ‘Wilson’s Wonder’, Long Beach, Salvia canariensis, Senecio mandraliscae, Yucca rostrata
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a succulent garden in February
On the way to picking up a family member’s weekly box at the CSA Growing Experience in North Long Beach last week, I took the opportunity to drive slowly through the surrounding neighborhood of mostly Spanish-style homes. It was drizzling … Continue reading
chasing agaves
Last Saturday, while millions marched their way into the history books, I was driving south to San Diego to meet agave expert Greg Starr. I had been looking forward to this 2-hour road trip for some time, as a beacon … Continue reading
Posted in agaves, woody lilies, clippings, garden travel, plant nurseries, plant sales, pots and containers, succulents
Tagged Agave bovicornuta, Aloe longistyla, B&B Cactus Farm, Denver Botanic Gardens, Greg Starr, Jeff Moore "Aloes & Agaves in Cultivation", Panayoti Kelaidis, San Diego Horticultural Society, Solana Succulents, South Coast Botanic Garden, South Coast Cactus & Succulent Society
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Wednesday vignette 11/2/16
Ever wonder what Huntington Botanical Garden employees display on their file cabinets? Luisa Serrano (Crow & Raven) and I got a tiny glimpse when we visited the Huntington in early October. The rest of these photos come from that visit … Continue reading
Bloom Day October 2016
This October the garden has already turned its back on summer, and all but the grasses have been cut back. I’m curious to find out how long the summer grasses can be supporting players to the winter-blooming aloes before the … Continue reading
Posted in Bloom Day, succulents
Tagged ' Amicia zygomeris, Acacia baileyana 'Purpurea', Aloe 'Cynthia Giddy', Aloe 'Kujo', Aloe 'Rooikappie', Aloe scobinifolia, Grevillea 'Moonlight', Justicia sericea' Inca Queen', Lomandra 'Breeze', Pennisetum 'Fairy Tails', Phormium 'Black Rage', Plectranthus neochilus, Ricinus communis 'New Zealand Purple', Solanum sp. 'Navidad Jalisco'
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Wednesday Vignette 9/21/16
The aeoniums are losing that shriveled and squinty, “Anybody seen my sunglasses?” look they acquire over summer, plumping up again for their favorite season that’s just ahead. An old post from January 2013 “comparative aeoniums” shows them at their happiest. … Continue reading
Posted in Plant Portraits, succulents
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reprising a 2010 visit to the Ruth Bancroft Garden
(Ms. Bancroft is celebrating her 108th birthday this month — yes, that’s not a typo — and we’re all awaiting the upcoming launch later this fall of the book chronicling the making of her garden The Bold Dry Garden.) If … Continue reading
Posted in agaves, woody lilies, books, garden visit, succulents
Tagged The Bold Dry Garden, The Ruth Bancroft Garden
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at the Inter-City CSSA Show August 2016
The funny thing about hard-core succulent shows is there’s often non-succulent treasures on the sales tables too. On arrival, I made a quick circuit around the tables and immediately became fixated on these decidedly non-succulent leaves. And the mottling on … Continue reading
Posted in agaves, woody lilies, plant crushes, Plant Portraits, plant sales, pots and containers, succulents
Tagged Agave 'Tuxedo Mask', Agave bracteosa 'Monterrey Frost', Aloe branddraaiensis, Aloe camperi, Aloe melanacantha, Aloe sinkatana, Amorphophallus impressus, Astrophytum ornatum, Cylindropuntia ramosissima, Cylindropuntia tunicata, Dudleya palmeri, Echinocactus grusonii var. inermis, Euphorbia bongolavensis, Inter-City Cactus Show & Sale 2016, Matucana madisoniorum, Neoporteria nidus, Pachypodium namaquanum, Petra Crist, Rare Succulents Nursery, Stenocactus multicostatus, Sulcorebutia heliosa
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31st Annual Inter-City Cactus Show & Sale
31st Annual Inter-City Cactus and Succulent Show and Sale The LA County Arboretum in Ayres Hall 301 North Baldwin Ave, Arcadia, CA 91007 Saturday, August 13, 2016, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Sunday, August 14, 2016, 9:00 AM – 5:00 … Continue reading