Tag Archives: Euphorbia tirucalli

French chateau succulent garden

Posted on January 16, 2018 by Denise

There I was, biking through French chateau country, rounding a bend in the zig-zag roads stitched with Lombardy poplars. And just as I was brushing the wind-blown hair out of my face, doing my best impersonation of Jeanne Moreau in … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, design, driveby gardens, succulents | Tagged Aloe thraskii, COR-TEN steel, Echinocactus grusonii, Euphorbia ammak var. variegata, Euphorbia mauritanica, Euphorbia tirucalli, front gardens, Long Beach, Lophocereus schottii, Palo Verde (cercidium) | 11 Comments

Potted’s Eternal Gratitude Sale – last weekend

Posted on January 6, 2018 by Denise

There it is, behind that gauzy curtain of Acacia iteaphylla. Potted’s City Planter, pretty much untouched since first planted. I really should trim back those lanky succulents, but overall I’m amazed at how unblemished and pristine the City Planter remains … Continue reading →

Posted in design, garden ornament, plant nurseries, plant sales, pots and containers | Tagged Euphorbia tirucalli, Palm Springs Modernism Week 2018, Potted For Outdoor Living | 2 Comments

Monday clippings 6/22/15

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Denise

It’s almost the end of the month, a good time to unpack some random June impressions. Dustin’s potted Aloe ‘Johnson’s Hybrid,’ the mother of my little one I mentioned recently. See how spectacular? Blooms nearly year-round, and Dustin says it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, clippings, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged 50th CSSA Annual Show and Sale JUNE 26-28, Aloe 'Johnson's Hybrid', Euphorbia am, Euphorbia tirucalli, Rancho Reubidoux Open House 6/20/15, Reuben Munoz, Rob Roy MacGregor, Solandra maxima | 11 Comments

terraced gardens and the Cow Horn agave

Posted on October 1, 2014 by Denise

I love terraced gardens, with their multiple shifting perspectives from up, down, side to side. I can probably trace this appreciation to an aunt’s hilltop home in the harbor town of San Pedro, Calif. My dad’s sister had a house … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, design, driveby gardens, succulents | Tagged Agave 'Nova', Agave bovicornuta, agave garden, Dracaena draco, Echeveria agavoides, Euphorbia tirucalli, Kalanchoe luciae ‘Fascination’, Kalanchoe tomentosa, terraced gardens, terracing, Yucca rostrata | 10 Comments

Kalanchoe ‘Oak Leaf’

Posted on January 10, 2014 by Denise

Wonderful architectural bloom trusses on this 5-gallon kalanchoe at Lincoln Avenue Nursery in Pasadena. Was this a Kalanchoe beharensis in flower? The leaves at the base of the plant were difficult to see without disturbing the careful display. The San … Continue reading →

Posted in MB Maher, plant crushes, plant nurseries, Plant Portraits, succulents | Tagged Dwarf Velvet Plant, Euphorbia tirucalli, John Greenlee, Kalanchoe 'Oak Leaf', Kalanchoe beharensis x K. millot, Lincoln Avenue Nursery, San Marcos Growers | Leave a comment

succulents around town

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Denise

I’ve been accumulating photos of the ever-present succulent arrangements I see all over town. All over town might be an exaggeration. It’s just possible that I tend to gravitate to places where there will be succulents. But there’s no denying … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, plant nurseries, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged Aeonium 'Kiwi', Aeonium balsamiferum, Agave 'Blue Glow', Agave americana 'Variegata', Culver City, dyckias, Echeveria agavoides, Echeveria cante, Echeveria peacockii, Echeveria prolifica, Echeveria subsessilis 'Variegata', Euphorbia tirucalli, Furcraea macdougalii, Inner Gardens, knotwork, Portulacaria afra, Rolling Greens Culver City, Sedum morganianum, Senecio radicans, Spring Garden Show at South Coast Plaza | 5 Comments

what Dustin Gimbel does with gazanias

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Denise

The humble gazania, that kaleidoscopic daisy from South Africa overused in years past as the go-to municipal ground cover, is undergoing a minor local revival. I included a few for this summer in my full-sun back garden, the LA Times … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, driveby gardens, MB Maher, succulents | Tagged Acacia stenophylla, Aeonium 'Schwarzkopf', Euphorbia mauritanica, Euphorbia tirucalli, garden designer Dustin Gimbel, gazania hybrids, Second Nature Garden Design, silver leaves, South African plants | 9 Comments

driveby agave garden

Posted on October 20, 2012 by Denise

I have the Long Beach Marathon to thank for finding this garden. No, I didn’t run the marathon, more like actively avoided it. The marathon barricades cut off much of my end of Long Beach on October 6, so trying … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, driveby gardens, garden travel, garden visit, Plant Portraits, succulents | Tagged Aenoium 'Sunburst', Agave bovicornuta, Agave colorata, Agave ferdinandi-regis, Agave guiengola 'Creme Brulee', Agave lophantha, Agave potatorum, barrel cactus, Beaucarnia recurvata, Bismarckia nobilis, Colletia paradoxa, Echinocactus grusonii, Euphorbia ammak, Euphorbia tirucalli, Yucca rostrata | 32 Comments

Mergers & Acquisitions

Posted on May 29, 2010 by Denise

If nature abhors a vacuum, then I am nature’s willing handmaiden. By late May, the garden is stuffed, bursting at the seams like this potted Euphorbia tirucalli. Echevarias and sedums tucked into every available spot. Euphorbia ‘Diamond Frost’ filling in … Continue reading →

Posted in essay, Plant Portraits, succulents | Tagged 1970 Volkswagen bus, Atriplex hortensis, Debra Lee Baldwin, Ein the wonder corgi, Euphorbia rigida, Euphorbia tirucalli, Heuchera 'Southern Comfort', plant nurseries, Polygonum orientale, Roger's Gardens, Sticks on Fire, succulents, Teucrium 'Fairy Duster', Verbena bonariensis | 6 Comments