Category Archives: plant nurseries
it’s show time
Last week I planted out in the garden the remaining plants I brought home from last summer’s travels. All winter I eyed these purchases nervously, as though they were exhibits in a trial of my weak character. I knew they … Continue reading
Posted in garden travel, plant nurseries, Plant Portraits, pots and containers, succulents
Tagged bromeliads, Cassinia X ozothamnus, Echeveria multicaulis, Euphorbia ammak, Far Reaches Farm, Hechtia epigyna, Neoregelia 'Devroe', Neoregelia 'Punctatissima Rubra' x 'Tigrina, Orange County Cactus and Succulent Society, pitcairnia, plant sales, plant shows
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clippings 2/26/13
Work has piled up, so there’s little time for much else. But something I can always squeeze in while under deadlines are small breaks to read catalogue descriptions of plants. And with impeccable timing, a great Australian plant nursery catalogue … Continue reading
passionflower
Passiflora loefgrenii, also known as the garlic passionfruit vine from Brazil, is making an unlikely, late-December flowering debut in my garden. This December show is probably a one-time fluke for a summer bloomer that will settle down to a more … Continue reading
Posted in plant nurseries, Plant Portraits
Tagged Andrew Zuckerman, Annie's Annuals & Perennials, carpenter bees, Garlic Passionfruit, Kartuz Greenhouses, Logee's Plants for Home & Garden, North Amercian Butterfly Association, Passiflora loefgrenii, passion flowers, Smithsonian Collage of Arts and Sciences, vines
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sunday clippings 12/16/12
I was skimming through the design archives of the Wall Street Journal online yesterday, a wonderful trove of good reading, and recognized the pressed leaves of Macleaya cordata, the plume poppy, used by the shoe designer Christian Louboutin to decorate … Continue reading
Posted in clippings, plant nurseries
Tagged Annie's Annuals & Perennials, Centranthus ruber 'Alba', Christian Louboutin, Crithmum maritimum, Erodium pelargoniflorum, Geranium maderense 'Alba', Geranium pyrenaicum 'Bill Wallis', Macleaya cordata, Mina lobata, Mirabilis jalapa 'Limelight', Orlaya grandiflora, Passiflora loefgrenii, pressed leaves, reseeding plants, Senecio stellata, Solanum pyracantha, Teucrium hircanicum, The Wall Street Journal, Thompson & Morgan seeds
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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
Posted in agaves, woody lilies, garden travel, garden visit, plant nurseries, pots and containers, succulents
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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how to gift wrap an agave
I had some time late yesterday afternoon so decided to dip my toe into holiday retail. In truth, all I did was look at plants. And even bought a few. For myself. This season of giving is off to a … Continue reading
Posted in agaves, woody lilies, garden ornament, plant nurseries, Plant Portraits, pots and containers, succulents
Tagged Agave 'Blue Flame', Agave 'Blue Glow', Agave desmettiana 'Variegata', Agave guadalajarana, Aloe bainesii, Aloe marlothii, Astelia nervosa, Carex trifida 'Rekohu Sunrise, Chamaerops humilis, Euphorbia milii, Ligularia dentata, mediterranean fan palm, Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum', Roger's Gardens, Variegated Tataki Grass, Yucca 'Bright Star'
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garden lanterns
Seedpods of Asclepias physocarpa transformed into garden lanterns. Another “light painting” by photographer MB Maher.
dog days of summer take toll on local nursery
I’ve been scouring local nurseries for calamint recently and stopped by Brita’s Old Town Gardens in Seal Beach, California, last week as the likeliest possible local source for Calamintha nepeta. Brita always has interesting stuff, the kind of plants the … Continue reading