Tag Archives: Euphorbia cotinifolia
Cross-Pollination July 2013
Garden designer Dustin Gimbel hosted another of those fabulous mid-summer rave-ups that he calls “Cross-Pollination” at his home and garden, where “hikers, nursery professionals, beekeepers, home brewers, crazy plant people, artists, architects and designers” gather for food and conversation, slipping … Continue reading
Posted in agaves, woody lilies, artists, garden ornament, garden visit, pots and containers, succulents
Tagged Acacia cognata 'Cousin Itt', Acacia pendula, Adenanthos sericeus, Agave attenuata 'Raea's Gold', Agave gypsophila, Aristolochia gigantea, Asparagus densiflorus 'Myers', bocconia, Chrysanthemoides incana, Coleonema pulchellum 'Sunset Gold, Cotyledon orbiculata var. flanaganii, Dodonaea viscosa, dyckias, Euphorbia 'Blackbird', Euphorbia cotinifolia, Farfugium japonicum Crispatum, Frankenia thymifolia, Gainey ceramics, garden designer Dustin Gimbel, Gomphrena 'Fireworks', Lessingia filanginifolia, Leucadendron argenteum, Russellia equisetiformis, Sedum rubrotinctum, St. Augustine grass Stenotaphrum secundatum
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Bloom Day June 2013
For a girl who couldn’t get an eryngium to bloom before, this is shaping up to be an exciting summer. Eryngium pandanifolium is supposedly the biggest eryngo of them all. I’ve been intently watching it develop this wicked candelabra of … Continue reading
Posted in Bloom Day, Bulbs, succulents
Tagged Achillea 'Terracotta', Cupressus macrocarpa 'Citriodora', Eryngium pandanifolium, Euphorbia cotinifolia, Garlic Passionfruit, gladiolus, lilies, Lilium regale, Passiflora loefgrenii, Phylica pubescens, Russelia equisetiformis, Teucrium hircanicum, Verbena bonariensis
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tricks for the plant collector
A garden book among the many I’ve read that I’m reminded of almost daily is Pamela Harper’s “Color Echoes.” My synopsis goes like this: The eye is lonely and craves relationships, and will wander around restlessly to seek them out, … Continue reading
Posted in agaves, woody lilies, design, journal
Tagged ' Plant Delights Nursery, aeoniums, Agave 'Blue Flame', Albizia julibrissin 'Summer Chocolate', Anthericum saundersiae 'Variegata', Arundo donax 'Golden Chain, Chlorophytum saundersiae 'Agristripes', echeverias, Eryngium pandanifolium, Euphorbia cotinifolia, Isoplexis canariensis, kniphofias, mangaves, Pamela Harper's Color Echoes, Pennisetum 'Princess Caroline', phormiums, Scrophularia aquatica 'Variegata', Tetrapanax papyrifer, Yucca recurvifolia
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snapshot of August 2012
August is always a truth-telling time in the life of a garden and a good month to take a snapshot of it. The hoses have been deployed this week to deep water the trees and soak the now bone-dry soil. … Continue reading
Posted in agaves, woody lilies, creatures, garden visit, journal, Plant Portraits, pots and containers, succulents
Tagged ' Amicia zygomeris, Aeonium 'Zwartkop', Aeonium canariense, Agave americana var. medio-picta 'Alba', Agave attenuata 'Kara's Stripes', Agave lophantha 'Quadricolor', Agave parrasana 'Fireball', Anigozanthos 'Yellow Gem', Annie's Annuals & Perennials, Centranthus ruber 'Alba', Chionanthus retusus, Chrysanthemoides incana, Cotinus 'Grace', Crithmum maritimum, Cupressus macrocarpa 'Citriodora', Dustin Gimbel, Echeveria elegans, Euphorbia cotinifolia, Helenium puberulum, Hibiscus acetosella, Laurus nobilis 'Aureus', Lepismium cruciforme, Lotus jacobaeus, Lysimachia ephemerum, Manihot grahamii, Mirabilis jalapa 'Limelight', Pennisetum 'Princess Caroline', Persicaria amplexicaulis, Prostanthera ovalifolia 'Variegata', Ricinus communis 'New Zealand Purple', Salpiglossis 'Chocolate Royal', Scabiosa ochroleuca, Sedum nussbaumerianum, Senecio anteuphorbium, Sideritis oroteneriffae, Sonchus canariensis, Stipa arundinacea, Teucrium hircanicum, Vitis vinifera 'Purpurea', Zea mays 'Tiger Cub'
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Venice Garden & Home Tour 2012 (street view)
A little prelude to upcoming posts on this tour held last Saturday in Venice, California. None of these homes were on the tour. They just happened to be located in the neighborhoods we toured through. Venice oozes a love of … Continue reading
Occasional Daily Weather Report 12/3/11
Still very dry and breezy, but the violent Santa Ana winds have subsided. The Huntington Garden remains closed pending cleanup of fallen trees, and parts of Pasadena are still without power. The Los Angeles Times this morning has a photo … Continue reading
Euphorbia Love
Euphorbia, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways. Perennial, shrub and tree. You give a frost-free garden dappled shade and ruby tints high overhead. Euphorbia cotinifolia, about 15 feet, max. I’ve been entertained by the sound of … Continue reading
Summer and Smoke
Starring Cotinus ‘Grace.’ Here glimpsed through a frame of chains (This Year’s Folly). A confusion of smoke trees. The tropical Euphorbia cotinifolia is in the foreground, just now leafing out in June, a self-sown seedling from previous E. cotinifolias. Multi-stems … Continue reading
Drought Buster
Tibouchina heteromalla holding on to a raindrop. Photo by MB Maher. I understand the impulse. We’ve been promised a solid day of rain, but so far it’s only been a fitful one. Possibly more tonight. Euphorbia cotinifolia, Caribbean Copper Plant, … Continue reading
Posted in Bulbs, MB Maher
Tagged drought, Euphorbia cotinifolia, MB Maher, Scilla peruviana, Tibouchina heteromalla
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