A spiky surprise in the country
I live in Davis, about 15 miles west of Sacramento, the capital of California. Our town of 65,000 is surrounded by a flood plain to…
Category: agave
Rotting agaves don't hurt so good
When John Mellencamp wrote his song “Hurts So Good,” he definitely wasn’t thinking of two of his favorite agaves rotting away. That, my friends, does…
2018 is the year of the mangave
Agaves are great the way they are. But do you know what’s even cooler? The love children from a hanky-panky between an agave and a…
Ruth Bancroft Garden: everything but the kitchen sink
Last Saturday the Ruth Bancroft Garden in Walnut Creek opened early for a 7:30 am sunrise photography session. This was not a traditional workshop; instead,…
Kay's garden: hillside haven for succulents and bromeliads
When I visited Piece of Eden on my Southern California trip at the end of December, Hoover Boo took me to see her friend Kay’s garden…
Roger's Gardens: what a nursery should be
Day 2 of my late-December trip to Southern California began with a visit to Roger’s Gardens in Corona del Mar (basically Newport Beach). Hoover Boo of Piece…
Piece of Eden truly is a slice of paradise (part 2)
Piece of Eden is one of my favorite gardening blogs. It chronicles the evolution of Hoover Boo’s garden in Orange County where you can grow…
Index: December 2017 trip to Southern California
Below are all the posts about my December 2017 trip to Southern California. OVERVIEW POSTS My 1,000 mile Southern California succulent adventure Of course I’m…
Piece of Eden truly is a slice of paradise (part 1)
The first destination on my recent trip to Southern California was a slice of succulent paradise: a Piece of Eden, one might say. Many of you…
My new favorite front yard in town
In my previous post I showed you thickets of weedy Agave americana growing in two front yards just a block apart. On the same street I made…