Category Archives: pots and containers

Saturday clippings 2/14/15

Posted on February 14, 2015 by Denise

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 | 9 Comments

Occasional Daily Weather Report 1/2/15

Posted on January 2, 2015 by Denise

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 →

Posted in Occasional Daily Weather Report, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged Aeonium 'Cyclops', Aloe elgonica, Sedum rubrotinctum 'Aurora', Vintage Industrial; Living with Machine Age Design | 7 Comments

large pot with shrub and succulents

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Denise

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 | 3 Comments

weekend nursery browse

Posted on December 2, 2014 by Denise

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 | 7 Comments

cussonia crazy

Posted on December 1, 2014 by Denise

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 | 6 Comments

thinning dyckias

Posted on November 24, 2014 by Denise

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 | 11 Comments

echeverias runneth over

Posted on November 22, 2014 by Denise

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 →

Posted in pots and containers, succulents | Tagged Echeveria secunda, Sticks on Fired/Euphorbia tirucalli, succulent containers | 7 Comments

blue fence

Posted on October 27, 2014 by Denise

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' | 10 Comments

Bloom Day October 2014

Posted on October 15, 2014 by Denise

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 →

Posted in Bloom Day, Bulbs, creatures, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged Emilia javanica 'Irish Poet', Evie the cat, fall-blooming bulbs, Manihot esculenta 'Variegata', Nerine sarniensis, Salvia 'Love and Wishes', Senecio anteuphorbium, Solanum pyracanthum, South African bulbs | 8 Comments

Culver City Cactus Tower

Posted on October 13, 2014 by Denise

Yes, it’s true, I’ve been prowling craigslist, hoping to stumble upon dream listings like “free fence post cactus!” or “unwanted cactus, you dig and haul away.” I want to line the east fence with large containers of mature succulents, none … Continue reading →

Posted in design, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged Cactus Tower, California, Craigslist, Culver City, Eric Owen Moss Architects, Lemaireocereus marginatus, Marginatocereus marginatus, Mexican Fencepost Cactus, Pachycereus marginatus, Stenocereus marginatus | 13 Comments