Category Archives: pots and containers

Wispy Spring Annuals

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Denise

Along with the linaria I mentioned recently, some of the other wispy spring annuals I’ve been experimenting with in pots are this Anagallis. A. monelii, the Blue Pimpernel. And a little nemesia with long spurs, N. cheiranthus ‘Shooting Stars.’ The … Continue reading →

Posted in Plant Portraits, pots and containers | Tagged Anagallis monelli, Annies Annuals, annuals, Lunaria annua, Nemesia cheiranthus, Nicotiana langsdorfii, Nicotiana mutabilis, self-sown annuals, Senecio stellata, Trachelium caeruleum | 8 Comments

Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch- Cherry Bomb

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Denise

Anyone else curious enough about “The Runaways” movie last year, based on the eponymous, all-girl, Los Angeles-based band of the mid ’70s, to see it in a theater? Cherry Bomb was their big radio hit, Joan Jett the post-Runaways star. … Continue reading →

Posted in pots and containers, succulents | Tagged Lampranthus 'Cherry Bomb', Los Angeles, Penelope Spheeris, The Decline of Western Civilization, The Runaways | 5 Comments

More GC Open Days/Pasadena

Posted on April 28, 2010 by Denise

More on the Pasadena gardens on the Garden Conservancy Open Days, April 25, 2010. This was my first tour of Pasadena gardens. I knew the gardens would be large, stately, formal. What I wasn’t prepared for was their scale. The … Continue reading →

Posted in design, garden visit, MB Maher, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged Euphorbia ammak, Garden Conservancy Open Days, garden tour, pergolas, Spanish Revival architecture | 4 Comments