Category Archives: succulents
The Great Corgi Caper
Maybe your local newspaper was following this story. Possibly the breaking Wikileaks news edged it off the front page. Now that Bunny and Peter have been rescued, I can exhale and indulge in some flippancy, but make no mistake, for … Continue reading
Posted in Ephemera, succulents
Tagged AKC/Eukanuba National Championship, Aloe peglerae, corgi, Cowboy Bebop, Ein, Pembroke Welsh corgi, Peter and Bunny
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Extraordinary Pots for Extraordinary Plants
I was in the area for work-related business so decided to pay a late-afternoon visit to the California Cactus Center in Pasadena. I’ve had aloes on the brain since visiting the Huntington and wanted to check on the CCC’s aloe … Continue reading
Glasshouse Dreams
With the cold snap on in the western U.S., and the heat temporarily off in our home pending repairs, the Saturday after Thanksgiving found us heading for the warmth of conservatories. Last night’s temp inside the house was 57 (Fahrenheit), … Continue reading
Posted in agaves, woody lilies, garden visit, succulents
Tagged Henri Rousseau, Huntington Botanical Gardens
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Foliage Follow-Up November 2010
Hosted by Pam at Digging, where we’re regularly treated to the best in Austin, Texas gardens. I have to confess that it’s not just fall that brings leaves into prominence in my garden. Though I give it my best shot, … Continue reading
More Echeverias
This mossed basket of various succulents failed to really gel over summer, no doubt from a bad habit of sticking in a hodge-podge of succulents that break off from plants in the garden and need a home to root in. … Continue reading
Posted in succulents
Tagged Echeveria elegans, Echeveria pulidonis, Senecio anteuphorbium
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Rust Never Sleeps: Recent Work by Dustin Gimbel
Congratulations to Dustin Gimbel of Second Nature Garden Design for the recent write-up in The Orange County Register on his landscape design work at a Huntington Harbor, California, home. If pets are chewing or foot traffic stomping your prize succulents, … Continue reading
Posted in garden ornament, garden visit, MB Maher, succulents
Tagged Cindy McNatt, Dustin Gimbel, MB Maher
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Home Again
The termite control crews have left, the gas is turned back on, and very little damage to plants has occurred. An enormous, ruffly echeveria as big as a cabbage was one of the few casualties, even though it seemed in … Continue reading
A sultan of a succulent
Erepsia lacera. A succulent with large, sweet sultan-like flowers. (At least what I call sweet sultan, the annual Centaurea moschata.) From Annie’s Annuals. A fast grower. As often as I trim it off the bricks, I’m surprised to see any … Continue reading
Bivouaced With…Martha Stewart
Not knowing this was going to turn into a series, or I might have chosen my words a bit more carefully, the “Bivouaced With” posts started when I first dragged published gardening material into my new lair, an off-world bivouac … Continue reading
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Living Walls: Meet the Fedge
More detailed information on living walls keeps trickling in, this piece from today’s LA Times, where Emily Green takes a contrarian stance. I have to admit, I’ve been silently skeptical but nevertheless reading all I can on this trend. The … Continue reading