Category Archives: succulents

Bloom Day February 2015

Posted on February 15, 2015 by Denise

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 | 11 Comments

Saturday clippings 2/14/15

Posted on February 14, 2015 by Denise

Valentine’s Day would seem to demand a quote on love, and this one by Rilke sums it up well: Love consists of this: two solitudes that meet, protect and greet each other. No, I didn’t grab a book off the … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, clippings, MB Maher, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged Agave 'Blue Flame', Agave americana var. medio-picta 'Alba', Agave vilmoriniana 'Stained Glass', Bowiea volubilis, mangaves, Rainer Maria Rilke, Russell Woodard Sculptura chairs, Russell Woodard spun fiberglass table and chairs | 9 Comments

“The Artful Garden” featuring Shirley Watts, Portland, Oregon 2/15/15

Posted on February 9, 2015 by Denise

Detail of mural in the new reception hall at Rancho Los Alamitos. I don’t suppose there’s the smallest chance we’ll ever see a “bullet train” built that runs to Portland, Oregon, since the voter-approved Los Angeles-to-San Francisco high-speed train has … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, artists, design, garden travel, succulents | Tagged "The Artful Garden" 2/15/15, Agave schidigera, Aloe marlothii, Bilbergia nutans, Dasylirion wheeleri, Golden Barrel Cactus Echinocactus grusonii, Hardy Plant Society of Oregon, Portland State University Hoffman Hall, Rancho Los Alamitos, Shirley Watts, Strelitzia reginae | 9 Comments

Bloom Day January 2015

Posted on January 16, 2015 by Denise

It wouldn’t do to start the new year off skipping the first Bloom Day, which is technically the 15th of every month, but our host Carol (May Dreams Gardens) doesn’t seem to mind slackers. Helleborus argutifolius, the last plant remaining, … Continue reading →

Posted in Bloom Day, succulents | Tagged Aloe capitata, Bocconia frutescens, Euphorbia milii, Evie the cat, Grevillea 'Robyn Gordon', Helleborus argutifolius, Kalanchoe beauverdii, Lavandula multifida, Pachypodium namaquanum, Phlomis lanata | 13 Comments

Occasional Daily Weather Report 1/2/15

Posted on January 2, 2015 by Denise

The thrumming of little portable heaters has been the constant background noise here at home in these brand-new days of the new year. A post-holiday chest cold has descended on the entire household, which has left me fit for nothing … Continue reading →

Posted in Occasional Daily Weather Report, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged Aeonium 'Cyclops', Aloe elgonica, Sedum rubrotinctum 'Aurora', Vintage Industrial; Living with Machine Age Design | 7 Comments

large pot with shrub and succulents

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Denise

I didn’t leave the house Sunday, so wandered the back garden this morning in search of something newsworthy to report. This large container seems to be coming along nicely. Just recently it was rim-rolled into the back garden again to … Continue reading →

Posted in MB Maher, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged Corokia virgata 'Sunsplash', crassula, jade plant, Senecio radicans | 3 Comments

you had me at aloe

Posted on December 16, 2014 by Denise

And now you’ve lost me with aloiampelos, aloidendron, aristaloe, gonialoe, kumara. The genus aloe has just become slightly more complicated. Memory work for 2015 will include absorbing the fan aloe’s new name Kumara plicatilis. (See Gerhard’s very helpful post here.) … Continue reading →

Posted in succulents | Tagged Aloe 'Goliath', Aloe 'Kujo', Aloe cameronii, Aloe conifera, Aloe ferox, aloe reclassification, aloiampelos, aloidendron, aristaloe, Foliage Followup, gonialoe, kumara | 7 Comments

weekend nursery browse

Posted on December 2, 2014 by Denise

On the way to dropping off a holiday wreath at my mom’s on Sunday, I stopped for a walkabout at H&H nursery, located on Lakewood Blvd. in a power line easement near the 91 freeway. I was hoping to find … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, plant nurseries, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged Agave 'Blue Glow', Agave titanota, Aloe 'Hercules', Aloe 'Rooikappie', Corokia cotoneaster, Correa 'Ivory Bells', Cynthia Giddy, Dichondra argentea., Euphorbia pseudocactus, H&H Nursery, Joy Creek Nursery, Kalanchoe beharensis, Little Red Riding Hood aloe, Notocactus magnificus, ozothamnus, San Marcos Growers | 7 Comments

thinning dyckias

Posted on November 24, 2014 by Denise

If you asked me what I planned on doing when I woke up that morning a couple Saturdays ago, tackling the enormously overgrown clump of dyckias in the front garden was as remote a contender as washing the windows, which … Continue reading →

Posted in design, journal, Occasional Daily Weather Report, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged bromeliads, dyckias, jacaranda debris | 11 Comments

echeverias runneth over

Posted on November 22, 2014 by Denise

I work at this building a lot, where there are enormous pots planted with a central Sticks on Fire surrounded by echeverias. Lusty, thriving, insanely multiplying echeverias. They look to be Echeveria secunda. I swear, I get the worst case … Continue reading →

Posted in pots and containers, succulents | Tagged Echeveria secunda, Sticks on Fired/Euphorbia tirucalli, succulent containers | 7 Comments