Category Archives: succulents

Occasional Daily Photo 6/24/11

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Denise

I took the day off from work yesterday and worked played in the garden all day. Needing potting soil, I stopped at a local nursery, where I found this: (Photo is a little dark, taken late last night.) Pedilanthus bracteatus … Continue reading →

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Under Trees

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Denise

Should any part of your garden extend under a tree canopy, be joyful, for you will never lack for tasks to keep you busy. (Ha!) But if your garden is home to spiky plants, no amount of sweeping and raking … Continue reading →

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Garden Tasks, Dogs & Productivity

Posted on June 18, 2011 by Denise

I work at home most days of the week and keep this guy fairly close all day. Working alone all day with a dog instead of people has some interesting ramifications. I’m not sure if it makes me any more … Continue reading →

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Hortus Chaotica

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Denise

So many contradictions, so little time. A love of spare, austere, sculptural plantings. Yet every summer I still invite the circus to camp in my garden.

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Random Senecio

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Denise

Composite flowers of senecio come paired with an incredible range of leaf forms. A few portraits from one of the largest genera of flowering plants, taken at recent plant shows Senecio fulgens with an Emilia javanica-like flower Senecio tropaeolifolius Senecio … Continue reading →

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Succulent Sunday

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Denise

The nice man who I gave all my cash to, talking about a miniature agave from Japan he called ‘Shoji.’ (Unlike many of the Japanese A. potatorum hybrids, this one supposedly grows not much bigger than a poker chip.) Cleaned … Continue reading →

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Kalanchoe delagoensis x daigremontiana “Pink Butterflies”

Posted on June 12, 2011 by Denise

The entire name wouldn’t even fit in the post title: Kalanchoe delagoensis x daigremontiana ‘Pink Butterflies.’ How fitting that a hybrid with a parent commonly known as ‘Mother of Thousands’ would have a name involving syllables of thousands. I’ve had … Continue reading →

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Occasional Daily Photos 6/6/11

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Denise

San Diego Cactus & Succulent Society Plant Show and Sale at Balboa Park (San Diego), California. First-time visit to this amazing show in an open-air courtyard at the Casa Del Prado of Balboa Park. I’ll stick with photos of some … Continue reading →

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Occasional Daily Photo 6/3/11

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Denise

The garage was cleaned out yesterday, and I was offered four leftover glass doorknobs. Yes, of course, I need them. I absent-mindedly stuck them in the closest thing to hand, a pot of succulents. Kinda startled me this morning, the … Continue reading →

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Come Any Time

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Denise

Huntington Botanical Gardens in San Marino (Pasadena), California. MB Maher and I visited on Saturday, May 28, 2011. As I wrote here, one of the reasons we visited on Saturday was to catch some puyas in bloom. But there’s always … Continue reading →

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