Category Archives: pots and containers

sunday clippings 7/6/14

Posted on July 6, 2014 by Denise

I think the conversation left off with brillantaisia, the salvia look-alike I stumbled upon at the local city college. Except it’s not really a salvia but a member of the acanthaceae family. I did go back for photos and also … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, artists, clippings, Plant Portraits, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged "Botany's New Boys" by Michael Tortorello, "Sowing a Garden One Knit Flower at a Time, Agave celsii var. albicans 'UCB', Agave x leopoldii, Aloe cameronii, artist Tatyana Yanishevsky, Brillantaisia subulugurica, Garden Designer Carolyn Mullet, Lavandula multifida, Melianthus 'Purple Haze', Paul Stamet's 6 ways mushrooms can save the world, Salvia 'Amistad', Tanacetum vulgare 'Isla Gold', TED talk, ” | 7 Comments

notes from the CSSA plant sale at the Huntington June 28-29, 2014

Posted on June 29, 2014 by Denise

Aloe cameronii from the Cactus & Succulent Society of America show and sale at the Huntington this weekend. An aloe famous for the deep coloring of is leaves, which requires harsh treatment to maintain, full sun and minimal water. I … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, clippings, garden visit, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged 29th Annual Intercity Show at LA County Arboretum, Agave bracteosa, Aloe cameronii, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, Cephalocereus urbanianus, Huntington Botanical Gardens, Notocactus magnificus | 4 Comments

sunday clippings 6/22/14

Posted on June 22, 2014 by Denise

Future shock for me has arrived in the guise of an orange wristband. “Congratulations! You moved 24,995 steps, 12.07 miles, 249% of goal!” Jawbone’s UP pedometer calculates all that aimless garden puttering and tallies up some surprising stats. My orange … Continue reading →

Posted in clippings, plant nurseries, Plant Portraits, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged "Green is Good" by D. T. Max, 2014, Annie's Annuals & Perennials, Brillantaisia subulugurica, Cissus discolor, Commelina coelestis, Dypsis decaryi Triangle Palm, Edyn garden system, Ganna Walska, Garden Bloggers Fling 2014 Portland, Hellstrip Gardening by Evelyn Hadden, Huntington Botanical Garden plant sale June 28-29, Jawbone UP wristband, Lotusland, Musschia wollastonii, Oregon, Philodendron melanochrysum, Senecio scaposus v. addoensis, Tanacetum vulgare 'Isla Gold', The Nature Conservancy, The New Yorker May 12, Timber Press | 4 Comments

summer in Judy Horton’s garden

Posted on June 20, 2014 by Denise

A couple weekends ago, the Southern California Horticultural Society hosted another “Coffee in the Garden,” and included was a garden that I had been advised not to miss should it come up for tour. (Thank you, Shirley Watts!) For her … Continue reading →

Posted in artists, design, garden visit, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged Acacia boormanii, Aloe plicatilis, Beechwood Canyon, begonias, Blechnum brasiliense, CA, Echeveria agavoides, garden designer Judy Horton, Hollywood, Kalanchoe thyrsiflora, Southern California Horticultural Society, Teucrium fruticans | 8 Comments

Aeonium ‘ Copper Penny’

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Denise

The potted manihot doesn’t seem to need great gulps of water so works well with these succulents sharing container space. The main stalk became two when a nearby Euphorbia cotinifolia tree snapped, crashed, and sprawled over the garden last summer. I think … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged Aeonium 'Copper Penny', Agave titanota 'Lanky Wanky', Manihot grahamii, Mexican stonecrop, Sedum confusum | 6 Comments

Fishing with Senecio radicans

Posted on May 26, 2014 by Denise

From a recent garden tour. The fishhook senecio, Senecio radicans, doing what it does best, throwing its lines of hook-shaped leaves not from a pier but from a second-story balcony. Maybe I’m reading too much into this arrangement, because it … Continue reading →

Posted in Occasional Daily Photo, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged Fishhook senecio, Senecio radicans | 3 Comments

a long weekend (and a local plant sale)

Posted on May 23, 2014 by Denise

Name me three other words in the English language that can be strung together to produce as exciting an effect as A…Long…Weekend. The pergola table will have to be cleared for weekend breakfasts and dinners. (I never seem to eat … Continue reading →

Posted in garden visit, plant nurseries, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged Dustin Gimbel's June 14th plant sale, Memorial Day Weekend, Sonchus canariensis, three-day weekends | 3 Comments

Plectranthus ‘Emerald Lace’

Posted on May 17, 2014 by Denise

Loree is talking about her favorite plant of the week today, and Pam is discussing the virtues of beautiful leaves, which of course set my eye wandering critically over a heat-ravaged landscape to find a suitable entry. Needless to say, … Continue reading →

Posted in Plant Portraits, pots and containers | Tagged Plectranthus 'Emerald Lace', shade plants | 9 Comments

dishy tillandsias

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Denise

From a garden on the Los Angeles Garden Conservancy Open Days tour last weekend.

Posted in garden travel, garden visit, Occasional Daily Photo, pots and containers | Tagged Garden Conservancy Open Days Los Angeles, hanging plants, tillandsias | 1 Comment

Agave parryi ‘Cream Spike’

Posted on May 10, 2014 by Denise

This is such a sweet agave for containers. Under a foot across in ultimate size, it is nevertheless a busy little mother. Just before its photo, I had cleaned out the offsets it produces so freely, which I’ll grow on … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, plant nurseries, Plant Portraits, pots and containers | Tagged Agave applanata 'Cream Spike', Agave parryi 'Cream Spike', San Marcos Growers | 4 Comments