Category Archives: pots and containers
Bloom Day February 2015
Bloom Day — you know the drill. (And if you don’t and somehow stumbled here unwittingly, just calm down and see May Dreams Gardens for some helpful background by Carol.) I bought this Banksia ericifolia from a newish nursery in … Continue reading
Posted in Bloom Day, Bulbs, pots and containers, succulents
Tagged Abutilon venosum, Aloe 'Always Red', Aloe 'Moonglow', Aloe cameronii, Anigozanthos 'Little Jean', Banksia ericifolia, Canna indica, Erodium pelargoniflorum, Leucadendron 'Safari Goldstrike', Nicotiana 'Ondra's Brown Mix', Pelargonium echinatum, Sedum nussbaumerianum, Veltheimia bracteata
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Saturday clippings 2/14/15
Valentine’s Day would seem to demand a quote on love, and this one by Rilke sums it up well: Love consists of this: two solitudes that meet, protect and greet each other. No, I didn’t grab a book off the … Continue reading
Posted in agaves, woody lilies, clippings, MB Maher, pots and containers, succulents
Tagged Agave 'Blue Flame', Agave americana var. medio-picta 'Alba', Agave vilmoriniana 'Stained Glass', Bowiea volubilis, mangaves, Rainer Maria Rilke, Russell Woodard Sculptura chairs, Russell Woodard spun fiberglass table and chairs
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Occasional Daily Weather Report 1/2/15
The thrumming of little portable heaters has been the constant background noise here at home in these brand-new days of the new year. A post-holiday chest cold has descended on the entire household, which has left me fit for nothing … Continue reading
large pot with shrub and succulents
I didn’t leave the house Sunday, so wandered the back garden this morning in search of something newsworthy to report. This large container seems to be coming along nicely. Just recently it was rim-rolled into the back garden again to … Continue reading
Posted in MB Maher, pots and containers, succulents
Tagged Corokia virgata 'Sunsplash', crassula, jade plant, Senecio radicans
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weekend nursery browse
On the way to dropping off a holiday wreath at my mom’s on Sunday, I stopped for a walkabout at H&H nursery, located on Lakewood Blvd. in a power line easement near the 91 freeway. I was hoping to find … Continue reading
Posted in agaves, woody lilies, plant nurseries, pots and containers, succulents
Tagged Agave 'Blue Glow', Agave titanota, Aloe 'Hercules', Aloe 'Rooikappie', Corokia cotoneaster, Correa 'Ivory Bells', Cynthia Giddy, Dichondra argentea., Euphorbia pseudocactus, H&H Nursery, Joy Creek Nursery, Kalanchoe beharensis, Little Red Riding Hood aloe, Notocactus magnificus, ozothamnus, San Marcos Growers
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cussonia crazy
image found here Cussonias are a small genus from Africa and the Mascarene Islands There are maybe 25 species in the small genus known as the Cabbage Trees, and without trying too hard I’ve already brought home five of them. … Continue reading
Posted in plant crushes, plant nurseries, Plant Portraits, pots and containers
Tagged Annie's Annuals & Perennials Nursery, Araliaceae, Cabbage Trees, Cussonia gamtoosensis, Cussonia natalensis, Cussonia paniculata, Cussonia spicata, Cussonia transvaalensis, pachycaul, South Africa, XOTX-Tropico Nursery
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thinning dyckias
If you asked me what I planned on doing when I woke up that morning a couple Saturdays ago, tackling the enormously overgrown clump of dyckias in the front garden was as remote a contender as washing the windows, which … Continue reading
Posted in design, journal, Occasional Daily Weather Report, pots and containers, succulents
Tagged bromeliads, dyckias, jacaranda debris
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echeverias runneth over
I work at this building a lot, where there are enormous pots planted with a central Sticks on Fire surrounded by echeverias. Lusty, thriving, insanely multiplying echeverias. They look to be Echeveria secunda. I swear, I get the worst case … Continue reading
blue fence
Double-sided, dog-eared redwood fence, you win. Smug, aren’t you? You know I can’t afford to replace you. Over the years I’ve stained you blue (twice), stenciled you in scrolls, but to no avail. There you stand, a blue, stenciled, dog-eared … Continue reading
Posted in design, pots and containers, succulents
Tagged Beaucarnea recurvata, bromeliads, Cupressus macrocarpa 'Citriodora', cussonia, dog-eared redwood fencing, fences, graptoveria, Hardiebacker cement board, Ponytail palm, Potted's City Planter, rhipsalis, salvage, Schefflera actinophylla 'Soleil'
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Bloom Day October 2014
Guest-hosted by Evie the Cat. Not another Bloom Day…and you’ve got nuthin’ Wait, I got it! Why don’t you show them your nerines?* Let’s see what else we’ve got… Evie, those aren’t blooms! I better take over. Bloom on the … Continue reading