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Kay's garden: hillside haven for succulents and bromeliads

uniquesucculents January 15, 2018
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…
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  • Southern California

Roger's Gardens: what a nursery should be

uniquesucculents January 12, 2018
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…
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  • agave
  • aloe
  • grevillea
  • private garden
  • proteaceae
  • Southern California

Piece of Eden truly is a slice of paradise (part 2)

uniquesucculents January 9, 2018
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…
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  • aloe
  • grevillea
  • private garden
  • proteaceae
  • Southern California

Piece of Eden truly is a slice of paradise (part 1)

uniquesucculents January 6, 2018
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…
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  • front yard
  • landscape design
  • landscaping
  • water-wise landscaping

My new favorite front yard in town

uniquesucculents November 17, 2017
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…
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  • aloe
  • art
  • black & white
  • cactus
  • echeveria
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Succulents in glorious B&W

uniquesucculents November 10, 2017
I recently participated in a black & white photo challenge on Facebook: for seven days, post a B&W photo of your everyday life, no explanation,…
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  • aloe
  • offsets
  • repotting

Turning 1 into 19: pot-bound Aloe suprafoliata

uniquesucculents October 31, 2017
With its icy blue leaves, Aloe suprafoliata is a striking landscape plant, as seen here at UC Davis: Four Aloe suprafoliata at the UC Davis (the flowering…
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  • cactus
  • Davis
  • fusion garden
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In-depth tour of the Succulents and More front garden

uniquesucculents October 17, 2017
Last Saturday I hosted an open garden for members of the Sacramento Cactus and Succulent Society. In preparation I did a fairly thorough clean-up of the…
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  • plant sale
  • UC Davis Arboretum

Aloes, aloes, aloes at UC Davis Botanical Conservatory pre-sale

uniquesucculents October 16, 2017
Plant sale season is kicking into high gear. If you live on the Central Coast, the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum is having their fall plant…
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  • agave
  • aloe
  • cactus
  • nurseries
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Plant porn from the 2017 Succulent Extravaganza

uniquesucculents October 16, 2017
As I always do, I took lots of photos at the 2017 Succulent Extravaganza held on September 29 and 30 at Succulent Gardens in Castroville on…
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