Category Archives: pots and containers

Plant Societies

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Denise

Why has it taken me so long to check out local plant societies? I’ve been a member of the various conservancies, The Mediterranean Garden Society, but membership was mostly in a passive sense, as a means to attend tours and … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, garden travel, garden visit, Plant Portraits, pots and containers, shop talk, succulents | Tagged Agave americana var. striata, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, Dominguez Rancho Adobe, Inter-City Cactus Show & Sale, Long Beach Cactus Club, Los Angeles Arboretum, Nazca lines, Peru, The Mediterranean Garden Society, Woody Minnich | 8 Comments

Garden Tasks, Dogs & Productivity

Posted on June 18, 2011 by Denise

I work at home most days of the week and keep this guy fairly close all day. Working alone all day with a dog instead of people has some interesting ramifications. I’m not sure if it makes me any more … Continue reading →

Posted in Plant Portraits, pots and containers, shop talk, succulents | Tagged "Dogs Make Employees More Productive At Work", Douglas Adams, Echeveria, Heliophila longifolia, Isoplexis isabelliana, moving plants | 5 Comments

Hortus Chaotica

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Denise

So many contradictions, so little time. A love of spare, austere, sculptural plantings. Yet every summer I still invite the circus to camp in my garden.

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, Occasional Daily Photo, Plant Portraits, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged Agave bovicornuta, Anigozanthos 'Yellow Gem', dasylirion, Echeveria gigantea, echeverias, Senecio medley-woodii, Solanum, Solanum rantonnetii | 11 Comments

Kalanchoe delagoensis x daigremontiana “Pink Butterflies”

Posted on June 12, 2011 by Denise

The entire name wouldn’t even fit in the post title: Kalanchoe delagoensis x daigremontiana ‘Pink Butterflies.’ How fitting that a hybrid with a parent commonly known as ‘Mother of Thousands’ would have a name involving syllables of thousands. I’ve had … Continue reading →

Posted in Plant Portraits, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged 'Houghton's Hybrid', A.D. Houghton, Arthur Duvernoix Houghton 1870-1938, Hortus Third, Kalanchoe delagoensis x daigremontiana 'Pink Butterflies', Terra Sol Garden Center, website Succulent Gardening; The Art of Nature | 46 Comments

June Leans In

Posted on June 11, 2011 by Denise

Look away briefly, and June overwhelms winter’s carefully laid plans. Since spring in Southern California really gets going in March, by June plant growth is at full throttle. The agaves, succulents, and Mediterranean evergreen shrubs have presented a sedate, enchanting … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, Plant Portraits, pots and containers | Tagged ' Amicia zygomeris, Agave titanota, Briza maxima, Cotyledon orbiculata var. oblonga, crocosmia, Gaura linheimeri, Geum magellanicum, Haloragis erecta, Lobelia tupa, perovskia, Persicaria amplexicaule, Salvia 'wendy's Wish', Salvia cacaliifolia, Teucrium 'Fairy Dust', zone 10 Southern California | 6 Comments

The Kitchen Garden Contained

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Denise

Is it possible for a vegetable to reach celebrity status? Tuscan kale has seemingly reached a kind of stardom with both ornamental and vegetable gardeners. Brassica oleracea var. acephala, aka Italian lacinato, Nero Toscano, black kale, dinosaur kale. I grow … Continue reading →

Posted in design, edibles, Plant Portraits, pots and containers | Tagged black kale, Brassica oleracea var. acephala, climbing squash Trombetta di Albenga, Deborah Silver, dinosaur kale, Italian lacinato, Nero Toscano, Noel Kingsbury, pole bean Trionfo Violetto, small garden, urban garden, Vitis vinifera 'Purpurea' | 4 Comments

Manly Plants

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Denise

I’m a lumberjack, and I’m okay. I sleep all night and I work all day. (Manly chorus: He’s a lumberjack and he’s okay He sleeps all night and he works all day) I cut down trees. I eat my lunch. … Continue reading →

Posted in garden travel, Occasional Daily Photo, Plant Portraits, pots and containers | Tagged Debra Lee Baldwin, Gymnocalycium doppianum, Gymnocalycium multiflorum, Los Angeles Cactus & Succulent Society, Mammillaria decipiens var. camptotricha, Monty Python, Peter Walkowiak, San Diego Cactus and Succulent Society, Sulcorebutia mentosa, Titanopsis calcarea | 6 Comments

Occasional Daily Photos 6/6/11

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Denise

San Diego Cactus & Succulent Society Plant Show and Sale at Balboa Park (San Diego), California. First-time visit to this amazing show in an open-air courtyard at the Casa Del Prado of Balboa Park. I’ll stick with photos of some … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, Occasional Daily Photo, Plant Portraits, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged Agave lophantha 'Goshiki Bandai', Agave parrasana 'Fireball', Crassula capitela, Echeveria agavoides 'Ebony', Euphorbia bupleurifolia | 4 Comments

Occasional Daily Photo 6/3/11

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Denise

The garage was cleaned out yesterday, and I was offered four leftover glass doorknobs. Yes, of course, I need them. I absent-mindedly stuck them in the closest thing to hand, a pot of succulents. Kinda startled me this morning, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Occasional Daily Photo, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged Echeveria 'Crinoline', Echeveria ciliata x nodulosa | 4 Comments

Santolina ‘Lemon Fizz’

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Denise

There’s no space in the garden for this wonderful santolina currently, so pots it is. Rationale No. 1: Best to be prepared in case a plant in the garden should…die… (and open up a spot for one or both). Rationale … Continue reading →

Posted in Plant Portraits, pots and containers | Tagged Helictotrichon sempervirens, Santolina 'Lemon Fizz' | 15 Comments