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: cactus
Cactus and aloe sightings at UC Davis (rare euphorbia, too)
On Saturday I had friends from the East Bay visiting. After a docent-led walk through the Acacia Grove in the UC Davis Arboretum, I took…
Steel and succulents: a perfect match
A few weeks ago I posted the photo on the left below as a teaser of things to come. Now it’s time for the reveal.…
Heavy-duty plant-shopping → trunk full of plants
On Saturday, I made the 50-minute drive to Walnut Creek to attend two morning events at the Ruth Bancroft Garden. The first was a 7:30…
South Coast Botanic Garden: new life on top of a landfill
You’ve never heard of the South Coast Botanic Garden? I don’t think it would have been on my radar either if it hadn’t been for…
Book review: The Complete Illustrated Guide to Growing Cacti & Succulents
When I first became interested in succulents, these were the kinds of books available: I’m sure you’re familiar with them. A fair amount of information,…
Succulents in glorious B&W
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,…
In-depth tour of the Succulents and More front garden
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…
Plant porn from the 2017 Succulent Extravaganza
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…