Category Archives: pots and containers

Dwell on Design/Los Angeles 2012

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Denise

The Metro Blue Line out of Long Beach dropped me off on the doorstep of the Los Angeles Convention Center on Sunday, the last day of Dwell on Design. There’s such a buoyant feeling to bounding off a train at … Continue reading →

Posted in design, garden ornament, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged BKB Ceramics, Damian Velasquez, Dwell on Design Los Angeles 2012, expandable metal, Geometric by Bend, Laura Cooper, Loll outdoor furniture, Los Angeles Metro Rail, Oyler Wu Collaborative, Potted gifts for the garden, Potted's City Planter | 5 Comments

African Queen, fore and aft

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Denise

Trumpet lily ‘African Queen’ this morning.

Posted in Bulbs, Plant Portraits, pots and containers | Tagged Lilium 'African Queen' | 12 Comments

Occasional Daily Photo 6/5/12

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Denise

The spent, dried, bleached-out bloom of Allium schubertii embellishing a mossed basket of succulents and bromeliads.* Might be a ho-hum occurrence for many gardeners, but I never thought I’d see the day I’d get this allium to bloom, much less … Continue reading →

Posted in Bulbs, Occasional Daily Photo, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged Allium schubertii, Thunbergia alata | 5 Comments

Wrapping Up the Venice Garden & Home Tour 2012

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Denise

“The Venice Garden & Home Tour is an annual fundraising event, benefiting the children of the Neighborhood Youth Association’s (NYA) Las Doradas Children’s Center in Venice, CA. This self-guided walking tour showcases the unique homes and gardens of the creative … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, design, edibles, garden ornament, garden visit, MB Maher, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged Abutilon megapotamicum, Acacia pendula, Acanthus mollis, Aloe distans, Jan Brilliot, Jay Griffith, Johanna Woolcott, Las Doradas Childrenâ€™s Center, Linda Lucks, Los Angeles, Lotus maculatus, MB Maher, Potted For Outdoor Living, Russ Cleta, Sedum nussbaumerianum, Southern Califonria, Venice Beach, Venice Garden & Home Tour 2012 | 5 Comments

Bloom Day May 2012

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Denise

Carol’s hosting of Bloom Day is one of the highlights of the month in garden blogdom. Yes, blooms can be had year-round, but instead of scratching around to find them as we do some months, May delivers them by the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bloom Day, Bulbs, MB Maher, plant nurseries, Plant Portraits, pots and containers | Tagged Ammi visagna, Anigozanthos hybrids, Athanasia acerosa, Begonia 'Gumdrops Coco Rose', Begonia partita, Briza maxima, Convolvulus sabatius 'Compact', Coronilla valentina subsp. glauca, Cotula lineariloba, Derry Watkins Special Plants Nursery, Gerbera 'Drakensberg Carmine', Glaucium flavum aurantiacum, Impatiens glandulifera, Oenothera macrocarpa ssp. incana, Orlaya grandiflora, Ornithogalum dubium, Pelargonium 'Gary's Nebula', Pennisetum messiacum, Sideritis cypria, Tetrapanax papyrifer, Verbascum 'Clementine', Verbena bonariensis 'Lollipop' | 6 Comments

fine weather for garden tours

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Denise

The overcast skies burned off late morning but temperatures stayed moderate with light breezes. Nice garden touring weather. More will be forthcoming from the Venice Garden & Home Tour later this week, but Sunday’s tour deserves a quick post because … Continue reading →

Posted in design, garden ornament, garden visit, MB Maher, plant nurseries, pots and containers | Tagged Dustin Gimbel, garden tours, Mary Lou Heard Memorial Garden Tour, plant nurseries, Venice Garden and Home Tour | 5 Comments

succulents in spring

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Denise

Prowling around the garden yesterday with this or that new plant in one hand, spade in the other, looking for planting opportunities where I already knew none existed, it seemed more constructive to put the spade down and pick up … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged Aeonium 'Cyclops', Aeonium balsamiferum, Agave americana var. striata, Agave victoriae-reginae, Cotyledon orbiculata, Haloragis erecta, Manihot grahamii, Sedum confusum | 8 Comments

Saturday’s Clippings 4/28/12

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Denise

I enjoyed this article very much earlier in the week, well worth a Sunday read: “Any patch of earth, large or small, turns out to be a mad surprise party of species — fluid, unpredictable and wild — and a … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, Bulbs, clippings, design, garden ornament, garden visit, plant nurseries, pots and containers, science | Tagged "Counting Species on a Little Patch of Earth", Agave 'Felipe Otero', Agave attenuata 'Kara's Stripes', Agave attenuata 'Raea's Gold', Agave Coast Landscapes, arctotis, B&D Lilies, Carol Kaesuk Yoon, Catalina Ironwood, Desert to Jungle, Dustin Gimbel, Fermob garden chairs, Gary Hammer, Huntington Botanical Garden plant sale April 2012, Laura Dalton, Lily 'Lankon', Lyonothamnus floribundus, Potted gifts for the garden, San Marcos Growers, Sarah Robinson/Sarah's Gardens, Second Nature Garden Design, South Coast Plaza Spring Garden Show, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times | 2 Comments

quick trip to Rolling Greens

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Denise

Work cancelled at the last minute today, the message on the phone said, so there I was in a Culver City business center parking garage with nothing to do. Driving around Culver City, I mulled the situation over and considered … Continue reading →

Posted in design, garden ornament, plant nurseries, pots and containers | Tagged Rolling Greens Culver City | 6 Comments

Foliage Followup April 2012

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Denise

Grasses and agaves, yes, of course, solidity and movement, so why not grasses and aloes? A youngish Aloe marlothii and the evergreen cold blue steel blades of Blue Oat Grass, Helicotrichon sempervirens. I can’t imagine keeping a plant in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Plant Portraits, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged aeoniums, Aloe marlothii, echeverias, Foliage Followup, Frankenia thymifolia, Helicotrichon sempervirens, Plectranthus argentatus, Viola labradorica, x Fatshedera lizei | 4 Comments