Category Archives: succulents

Foliage Followup December 2011

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Denise

400 South Hope Street, Los Angeles Mellon Bank Center An enormous agave (A. weberi?) in a sea of Senecio mandraliscae, ribboning out into massed plantings of dwarf phormium, then masses of a smaller agave, replaced by blocks of feather grass. … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, Plant Portraits, succulents, The Hortorialist | Tagged Agave weberi, chalksticks, downtown Los Angeles, Senecio mandraliscae | 3 Comments

bowl of succulents

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Denise

Hoping to do some holiday shopping for the hikers in the family, I drove out to Patagonia’s store at The Camp in Costa Mesa. Also at The Camp is the little shop Organic Designs by Aggelige, where I studied this … Continue reading →

Posted in design, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged California, Echeveria 'Afterflow', Lepismium cruciforme, Orange County, Organic Designs by Aggelige, Portulacaria afra, The Camp Costa Mesa | 9 Comments

Bulbs, Poppy Pots, and Echeveria imbricata

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Denise

By the first week of December, any activity that’s not directly holiday related can seem a bit, well, selfish. But it’s also the time when the bulbs that have been prechilling in a crisper drawer in the fridge since September, … Continue reading →

Posted in Bulbs, design, garden ornament, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged Campo de' Fiori pottery, Echeveria imbricata, Echeveria secunda, Potted gifts for the garden, prechilling bulbs, The Poppy pot | 4 Comments

Outdoor Rooms Need Shelving

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Denise

Outdoor furniture, kitchens, fireplaces. Outdoor fabrics have come a long way for dirt and UV resistance. But anyone else notice something lacking? Maybe I’m just not looking in the right places, but it seems to me that for sturdy outdoor … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, design, garden ornament, pots and containers, shop talk, succulents | Tagged Building REsources, outdoor rooms, salvage, shelving | 10 Comments

some quiet plant conversation

Posted on November 26, 2011 by Denise

I suggest we leave the main table with its overturned wine glasses, scattered pie crumbs, gravy stains and increasingly madcap discussions and gather in an out-of-the-way corner to quietly talk plants. A kind of horticultural digestif. A couple weeks ago … Continue reading →

Posted in Bulbs, creatures, plant nurseries, Plant Portraits, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged Anthericum saundersiae 'Variegata', Armstrong Nurseries, Aster Frikartii 'Monch', Chlorophytum saundersiae, Echeveria ciliata x nodulosa, Gerbera 'Drakensberg Carmine', Graham Rice, Hayefield, Lilium 'Lankon', Monterey Bay Nursery, Nan Ondra, pollinators, Salvia littae, The TransAtlantic Plantsman | 2 Comments

Bloom Day November 2011

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Denise

It can’t be November already. But the winter-blooming salvias don’t lie. Rosebud-like blooms are forming on Salvia wagneriana, and the slender wands of Salvia littae from Oaxaca, Mexico are budding up. The latter’s tall, lanky growth habit is very reminiscent … Continue reading →

Posted in Bloom Day, Plant Portraits, succulents | Tagged ' Euphorbia 'Diamond Frost, Aechmea recurvata â€˜Aztec Gold', Crassula sarmentosa, Hakonechloa macra â€˜Emerald Glowâ€™, Linaria maroccana, Passiflora sanguinolenta, Salvia chiapensis, Salvia littae, Salvia madrensis, Salvia wagneriana, Tetrapanax papyriferus, Thunbergia alata, Vriesea gigantea | 12 Comments

Villa Mundo Nuevo

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Denise

This fall photographer MB Maher revisited this Northern Californian residential garden designed by landscape architect Jarrod Baumann of Zeterre Landscape Architecture and built by contractor Jim Everett of EvLand LLC that won the 2010 California Landscape Contractors Association Trophy Award. … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, design, edibles, garden ornament, garden visit, MB Maher, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged 2010 CLCA Trophy Award, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Evland LLC, formal gardens, Interleafing, Jarrod Baumann, Jim Everett, landscape architecture, Laura Livengood Schaub, mediterranean climate, Northern California, Villa Mundo Nuevo, Zeterre Landscape Architecture | 9 Comments

seeing double

Posted on October 29, 2011 by Denise

At Yamaguchi Bonsai Nursery in West Los Angeles yesterday, I was surprised to find double blooms on a couple of popular summer tropicals, abutilon and mandevilla, something to keep in mind for next summer’s containers. (Abutilon for shade, mandevilla for … Continue reading →

Posted in plant nurseries, Plant Portraits, pots and containers, shop talk, succulents | Tagged Abutilon 'Victorian Lady', bonsai, Ginkgo biloba, Hashimoto Nursery, Mandevilla 'Tango Twirl', Monrovia, sempervivums, Support Your Independent Nursery Month, The Jungle, West Los Angeles, Yamaguchi Bonsai Nursery | 6 Comments

Lipstick Traces

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Denise

Artful smudging. Irving Penn’s 1986 ad for Loreal. Artless smudging. Kalanchoe luciae ‘Fantastic,’ Variegated Paddle Plant.

Posted in design, succulents | Tagged Irving Penn, Kalanchoe luciae 'Fantastic', photography | 3 Comments

Anatomy of a Pot of Tender Plants

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Denise

There’s some great names in the plant world, and Cussonia is up there with some of my favorites. And for pure enjoyment, no history of the name is necessary, just an appreciation for vowels and syllables. Also lends itself to … Continue reading →

Posted in Plant Portraits, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged Annie's Annuals & Perennials, Araliaceae, Cabbage Trees, Cottage Gardens of Petaluma, Cussonia gamtoosensis, Cussonia paniculata, Delosperma sphalmanthoides, High Country Gardens, International Garden Center & Floral Design, plantzafrica, Support Your Independent Nursery Month, Tufted Ice Plant | 3 Comments