Jud’s garden<\/a>. It was this beet red crassula and Coppertone Stonecrop (Sedum nussbaumerianum) that first drew my attention to this bit of detailed planting. The crassula looks like C. pubescens ssp. radicans.<\/p>\n![\"](\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/drivebyagavegardenmay2014\/P1016097.jpg\")
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The longer I looked, the more apparent the garden maker’s intentions became. A golden barrel cactus picks up the gleam of the Coppertone Stonecrop. This is also a fine example of how rocks are simultaneously used to create flow through the garden and also to highlight specific plants.<\/p>\n
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Playing with texture and color, the garden maker starts a dialogue with the viewer. When you begin to hear it, as if by magic the vignette enlarges, expands, and ripples outward. Sedum, barrel cactus, and now playing along, I noted the biscuit-colored blooms of the crassula. Nearby are the saw-toothed, lance-shaped bursts of deep green Agave lophantha.<\/p>\n
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I trace the lines of another pale-colored cactus arching over the Agave lophantha<\/p>\n
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Whose long arms playfully frame shifting views.<\/p>\n
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A coral-colored aloe comes into focus.<\/p>\n
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Step back, and the details become the whole.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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