Category Archives: succulents
driveby garden: Baker Street, San Francisco
For those who plan to attend the garden blogger meetup in San Francisco this year, known as the Garden Bloggers Fling, here’s a tiny glimpse of what the City offers mid January. And if you haven’t decided to attend yet, … Continue reading
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Tagged aeoniums, Agave americana var. medio-picta 'Alba', Agave bracteosa, beschorneria, bulbinella, Chamaerops humilis 'cerifera, dyckia, Euphorbia characias wulfeniii, Garden Bloggers Fling 2013, Magnolia stellata, Palace of Fine Arts/Exploratorium, phormiums, San Francisco, sempervivums, Yucca filamentosa
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UCBG Natural Discourse: Form and Function 1/11/13
The final event in the unique, year-long collaboration that the University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley undertook with “artists, architects, scientists and poets in the garden,” Natural Discourse, was held Friday, January 11, 2013. As co-curator Shirley Watts explained … Continue reading
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Tagged Agave stricta, Aloe capitata, Aloe sabaea, Beavertail cactus, Berkeley Natural History Museums searchable database, Dr. Alejandro de Avila, Dr. Marie Csete, Euphorbia cooperi var. cooperi, Euphorbia grandialata, Gail Wight, Gerard Dosba, Mary Anne Friel, Oliver Ranch Sonoma County California, Opuntia aff. prolifera, Paul Licht, Puya venusta, Ronald Rael, Shirley Watts, Steven Oliver, The Ethnobotanical Garden of Oaxaca, The International Garden Festival at Chaumont sur Loire, UCBG "Natural Discourse", UCBG's "Plants Illustrated" 1/19/13 - 2/8/13, University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley
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no-burn day
On the drive to work this morning, my local public radio station advised that today is a no-burn day. I had never heard that term before, though I’m familiar with the reasoning behind it: “A ‘no burn’ alert is in … Continue reading
Occasional Daily Weather Report 1/6/13
Nighttime temps haven’t dipped into the 30s yet, still the calamintha was somehow dusted with ice crystals yesterday morning Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides) always looks chilly The daytime temps, anyway, make for perfect biking weather. My Christmas present to Marty … Continue reading
Posted in Occasional Daily Photo, Occasional Daily Weather Report, pots and containers, succulents
Tagged Acacia pravissima, Calamintha nepeta, Echeveria 'Opal Moon', Ein, Papaver commutatum, Pelargonium 'Crocodile', Saxifraga stolonifera 'Maroon Beauty', Tillandsia usneoides, vintage bicycles
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2012’s end
What a beautiful, tragic, maddening, saddening, intoxicating, infuriating, sublime and silly year 2012 was. While I indulge a bittersweet mood with Picasa’s collage editor, I’m wishing you the very, very best for 2013 — heavy on the sublime, light on … Continue reading
starting over with Kalanchoe ‘Pink Butterflies’
Its lifespan as fleeting and evanescent as a butterfly’s, the mother plant’s single stalk ultimately elongated to over 4 feet tall, bloomed, and dropped all but the topmost leaves. All in less than two years’ time. Seen here in better … Continue reading
driveby gardens 12/17/12; studies in textures
It’s been chronically drizzly the past few days, perfect weather for thinning and transplanting some broccoli rabe seedlings at my community garden plot. On the drive home I slowed for some interesting front gardens of contrasting character, some shrubby, some … Continue reading
Posted in agaves, woody lilies, design, driveby gardens, garden visit, succulents
Tagged Adenanthos sericeus, Aeonium 'Kiwi', Agave attenuata, buddleia, Coastal Woollybush, Cotyledon orbiculata var. oblonga, manzanita, Phylica pubescens, pittosporum, Romneya coulterii, Salvia apiana, westringia
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Bloom Day December 2012
The last Bloom Day in 2012 — I’m keeping this one short, but if interested you can use the search function on the blog for more information/photos on any of these. Helleborus argutifolius Perlargonium echinatum Gerbera ‘Drakensberg Carmine’ Senecio medley-woodii, … Continue reading
OC Mart Mix needs to host a garden show
Another weekend misspent ostensibly holiday shopping (why pretend?), but in actuality just enjoying plants and landscapes, these courtesy of The OC Mart Mix. Although The OC Mart Mix was patterned after the Ferry Building gourmet marketplace in San Francisco, it’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Agave vilmoriniana, Cornerstone Sonoma, Ferry Building Marketplace San Francisco, Inside Out 365, Kalanchoe thyrsiflora, OC Mart Mix, Rolling Greens Costa Mesa, Senecio mandraliscae, The Late Show, The Late Show Gardens
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friday clippings 12/7/12
The tulips are planted, and now the vegetable bin in the fridge is once again restored to its rightful purpose of chilling vegetables. I went beyond the required six weeks of prechilling this year, but overchilling is not the problem … Continue reading
Posted in agaves, woody lilies, Bulbs, clippings, plant crushes, plant nurseries, Plant Portraits, succulents
Tagged Agave 'Blue Flame', Agave lophantha 'Quadricolor', Agave parrasana 'Fireball', Aloe polyphylla, Annie's Annuals & Perennials, Far Reaches Farm, Gertrude Jekyll, glaucium, High Country Gardens closure, Lincoln Avenue Nursery, Native Sons plant nursery, Othonna cheirifolia, Senecio viravira, Sideritis oroteneriffae, Sideritis syriaca, silver foliage
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