Category Archives: pots and containers
stagecraft
When a friend of Mitch’s moved into new digs last week, he thought he’d warm up the empty place for her first night there (completely unbeknownst to her). So he grabbed anything to hand, which happened to be some of … Continue reading
spring rush 2018
Can you believe spring is here? Maybe it’s not full-on spring yet in your neck of the woods, but I’ve been on a tear the past few days, covering a lot of counties, San Diego, Orange, and Los Angeles, just … Continue reading
Posted in garden visit, plant nurseries, pop-up, pots and containers, succulents
Tagged 15th ANNUAL THEODORE PAYNE NATIVE PLANT GARDEN TOUR, Aloe megalacantha, Ceanothus 'Valley Violet', Salvia carduacea, Sisyrinchium ‘Stripey’, Theodore Payne 15th Annual Native Plant Garden Tour, UC Davis Arboretum All-Star
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banksia love
My little Banksia repens in the front gravel garden is looking really happy after the recent rains. A good soaking of sweet spring rain is the perfect launch to its second summer in the garden, hopefully another successful one. No … Continue reading
Posted in artists, design, inspire me, MB Maher, pots and containers
Tagged Amok Island, Banksia ericifolia, Banksia repens, banksias, Dustin Gimbel, MB Maher, murals, pop-up shop
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Monday clippings 3/19/18 (upcoming pop-up!)
On the heels of these most welcome, intermittent March rains, the poppies have exploded into growth and tumbled quickly into bloom. Papaver setigerum, a friend of the garden since at least 2010, like all annual poppies, ultimately transforms itself into … Continue reading
the week in plants 3/16/18
I’m seeing Euphorbia rigida in bloom on all the garden blogs now, in my own garden, and here at the Entrance Garden at the Huntington Botanical Garden. The euphorbia is seen here with Sea Squill, Urginea maritima, a bulb that … Continue reading
outdoor bias
I admit to a strong design bias towards how a dwelling interacts with the outdoors. An exterior focus, if you will. Don’t ask me why. I’ll whip through on-line home tours, acknowledge a nice chair or rug or staircase, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Dwell, Nivaldo Tonon, Une Arquitetura
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friday clippings 2/16/18
dark background is the creeping fig wall (Ficus pumila covering 6-foot high CMU wall, extending 2 feet up from the top, for a privacy-enhancing 8-foot wall) It’s been an incredibly balmy week in Los Angeles, notwithstanding a teasingly insufficient bit … Continue reading
Posted in agaves, woody lilies, artists, clippings, design, garden travel, journal, MB Maher, pots and containers
Tagged California, Jay Griffith, Lomandra 'Platinum Beauty', Venice
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monday clippings 2/5/18
There’s an unexpected addition to the container garden, and not one that I’d necessarily pick out of a lineup as an especially attractive succulent, like Agave ‘Kissho Kan’ in the foreground. I encountered this little space oddity on a walk … Continue reading
the week in plants 1/28/18
Aloe striata is getting ready to bloom. The Coral Aloe is not an uncommon aloe in Southern California, but it is in my garden. Sometime during summer, as I bring plants home from nurseries and shows, this aloe inevitably loses … Continue reading
Posted in agaves, woody lilies, clippings, edibles, journal, pots and containers, succulents
Tagged Agave 'Mateo', Aloe 'Jacob's Ladder', Aloe striata, Annie's Annuals & Perennials, annuals, Atriplex hortensis, Chiltern Seeds, Heliophila longifolia, Los Angeles Grand Park, Mangave 'Lavender Lady', Salvia 'Marine Blue', seeds, Wild Garden Seed, Women's March 2018
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Potted’s Eternal Gratitude Sale – last weekend
There it is, behind that gauzy curtain of Acacia iteaphylla. Potted’s City Planter, pretty much untouched since first planted. I really should trim back those lanky succulents, but overall I’m amazed at how unblemished and pristine the City Planter remains … Continue reading