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Agave xylonacantha near 6th & Fig
I have a lot of affection for Downtown LA, our underdog of a city center that lay fallow and forgotten for so many decades, its opulent old movie palaces abandoned or turned into dollar stores. It’s a boom town now, … Continue reading
Garden Bloggers Fling 2013; Matt Gil Sculpture Garden
Second garden on Friday, designed for a work/live fabrication studio and sculpture display space in a light industrial neighborhood of San Francisco. We are an avid bunch, craning necks, snapping cameras, firing off questions (my bad habit). I have to … Continue reading
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Tagged Agave 'Blue Glow', Agave americana var. medio-picta 'Alba', Agave parryi var. truncata, Aloe plicatilis, anigozanthos/kangaroo paws, Annie's Annuals & Perennials, California poppy, cussonia, Dan Carlson of Wigglestem Gardens, Dramm garden supplies, Eschscholtzia californica, Garden Bloggers Fling 2013 San Francisco, Geranium incanum, hillside garden, Matt Gil Sculpture Garden, protea
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Bloom Day July 2012
I’m taking the last few weeks of July off work, which means sitting at a computer is the last thing I want to do. But miss a Bloom Day? Never! Since I’m heading out on more adventures this week, I’m … Continue reading
Posted in agaves, woody lilies, Bloom Day, garden ornament, garden travel, garden visit, plant nurseries, succulents
Tagged Agave celsii var. albicans 'UCB', Agave colorata, Agave parryi var. truncata, Agave polianthiflora, Agave xylonacantha, Aloe capitata var. quartzicola., Aloe polyphylla, Asparagus virgatus, Aster x frikartii 'Monch', Big Daddy's Antiques San Francisco, Calliandra eriophylla, Cussonia paniculata, Dahlia 'Chat Noir', Eryngium maritimum, Helenium puberulum, Kniphofia triangularis, Lilium regale, Papaver rupifragum, Paxton Gate, Persicaria amplexicaulis, Salvia canariensis var. candissima, University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley
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Rained Out
Unlike a sporting event or outdoor concert or meal, a Southern California garden that’s rained out in early October is cause for rejoicing. And to really intensify the blissed-out experience of the first seasonal rains, just the day before you … Continue reading
Posted in agaves, woody lilies, Bulbs, design, garden visit, Occasional Daily Weather Report, Plant Portraits
Tagged Agave bovicornuta, Agave desmettiana 'Variegata', Agave parryi var. truncata, Allium sphaerocephalum, Bouteloua gracilis 'Blonde Ambition', climate change, dahlias, garden disputes, Pennisetum 'Princess Caroline', prechilling tulips, Salvia farinacea 'Texas Violet', San Marcos Growers
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Landscape Crit
A new shopping center was planted with sharp plants four years ago. Agaves, yuccas. I was thrilled but also slightly alarmed.
Posted in agaves, woody lilies, design, succulents
Tagged Agave 'Blue Flame', Agave 'Blue Glow', Agave americana, Agave attenuata, Agave desmettiana, Agave parryi var. truncata, Agave weberi 'Arizona Star', California, Del Amo Mall, Salvia greggii, sansevieria, Senecio mandraliscae, The Malling of America by William Severini Kowinski, Torrance, Yucca aloifolia, Yucca rostrata
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Friday, January 21, 2011
Today was a day of mathematical simplicity, nothing too complex. Like an abacus, disparate elements slid in and out of place, adding in then subtracting out throughout the day. Work lined up for the day cancelled. Subtraction. But being home, … Continue reading