Succulents
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ESPOMA CACTUS MIX 4 QT | Organic Gardening
organicgardeningblog.co.cc via @ScottfromREE &bull 2 Hours AgoProduct Description Espoma Organic Cactus mix is a rich, premium blend of the finest natural ingredients that has been specially formulated for cactus and succulents, palm and citrus. It contains peat humus, sphagnum peat moss, sand, perlite, and has been… Full Story »
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Karoo Desert National Botanical Garden
blog.sa-venues.com via @savenuescom &bull YesterdayBefore any confusion sets in, there has been a name change. No, it's not new. It just obviously takes me a while to cotton on to these things. The Karoo Desert National Botanical Garden was known as the same, but without the 'Desert'. The fact that this change came about in 2001 had totally slipped me by. The addition of 'Desert' is to point out the obvious - that plants grown in Worcester are of a particularly arid nature; they're really… Full Story »
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Mulling Over Mulla Mulla
Dave's Garden &bull Yesterday
As a Texas gardener, my pulse always quickens upon reading the words Adrought-tolerantA and Aheat-tolerantA in a plant's description. And, no offense to succulents, but if the tough-and-tolerant plant IAm reading about is pretty, pink and fluffyAwell, even better. Full Story »
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Kirstenbosch Botanical Art Biennale - Cape Town Today
www.capetowntoday.co.za via @CapeTownToday &bull Sep 2, 2010The theme provides an invigorating artistic challenge and encourages artists to build relationships with conservation organisations, scientists, artists and horticulturists. The exhibition, has become one of the highlights on the Botanical calendar and without doubt this years theme will provide a thought provoking conservation message.… Full Story »
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Plant Talk: Inspired Potting
www.valeaston.com via @LifeOnTheBlcny &bull Sep 2, 2010I was stopped in my tracks at University Village the other day by the orange dahlias displayed outside Ravenna Gardens. Then I couldn't help but check out all the fabulous pots filled with succulents, grasses, shrubs and flowers. The textures,… Full Story »
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New CACTUS & SUCCULENT SHOW 9/18 TOWER HILL BOTANICAL GARDEN
gardennews.biz via @GardenNewsBiz &bull Sep 1, 2010Tower Hill Botanic Garden is proud to host the 4th Annual Show and Sale presented by the Cactus & Succulent Society of Massachusetts. Tower Hill Botanic Garden is proud to host the 4th Annual Show and Sale presented by the… Full Story »
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Succulent fantasia of form and texture
Digging &bull Aug 31, 2010
Flowers have a youthful beauty, but agaves and other succulents are like living sculpture. I find them fascinating and irresistibly touchable, despite those fierce thorns. Ghostly imprints of the thorns remain long after a tightly furled new leaf has opened… Full Story »
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Succulents and Some Poppy Seeds
Northern Exposure Gardening &bull Aug 31, 2010
My Garden Blog: A website to document the challenge of growing a variety of perennials in a northern Canadian climate. I post plenty of pictures of my gardening projects and welcome comments. La Ronge, Saskatchewan is in Zone 1b (USDA zone 2a), sitting on the Canadian shield at 55 06' N latitude, 105 16' W longitude. I… Full Story »
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Spice up containers with more than just plants
Fine Gardening Blogs &bull Aug 31, 2010
Along with being a master at combining plants (see yesterday's post), Minnesota garden designer Scott Endres also knows his way around a container, as you'll see in the next three days. In today's example, he's created a miniature landscape of… Full Story »
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British Columbia Succulents
Cactus Blog &bull Aug 30, 2010
Sam and I love succulents for their architectural structure, cool colour palette and low-maintenance nature - we travel a lot, so only having to water them once or twice a month is brilliant. My comments about this fabulous designer trip… Full Story »
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- Aeonium
- Echeveria
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Designing with Succulents
www.centrecommons.com via @iwellbc &bull Aug 30, 2010Product Description Succulent plants offer dazzling possibilities for garden design and require only minimal maintenance to remain lush and alluring year round. Featuring the work of more than 50 professional garden designers and creative homeowners, this complete design compendium is… Full Story »
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Adopt-a-Tree day
DragonFly Garden &bull Aug 28, 2010
Welcome to my blog--a journal about my urban garden, the critters that live and visit it, local places of interest, and an occasional rant on the environmental issues that affect us all. Since 1992 when hurricane Andrew devastated the tree… Full Story »
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Succulent plant wall; A bit of a different way to do containers.
www.digthedirt.com via @eberlycollardpr &bull Aug 27, 2010Even though I now live in Seattle, I used to live in LA and was a major succulent fan. Couldn't get enough! Succulents are the easiest plants to grow, as well as reproduce and make into garden art! Love love… Full Story »
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Agave deserti
Water When Dry &bull Aug 26, 2010
Taking a photo of this Agave deserti after another brutal summer is not really fair to this small Agave species. It will eventually reach up to two feet in diameter, and is far better looking in milder weather, as do… Full Story »
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DryStoneGarden Blog Archive The Ruth Bancroft Garden - Winterized
drystonegarden.com via @RBancroftGarden &bull Aug 25, 2010I've been meaning to do a long post about the Ruth Bancroft Garden in Walnut Creek, but long posts don't seem to fit into my schedule right now, so it'll come in a couple of parts. I visited the garden a couple of times recently, once in late March when the garden was still winterized and again two weeks later when the garden was primped up for… Full Story »
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Baby Crocs Container Garden
About.com Container Gardening &bull Aug 25, 2010
Wordless Wednesday Container Gardening Picture Baby Crocs With Succulents ( I replanted these after I killed the lobelia I originally planted ) Photo Kerry Michaels For More Info and To See This Image Larger Wordless Wednesday Container Garden Picture Gallery… Full Story »
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Succulent Container Gardens
www.flower-gardening-made-easy.com via @lynnbay &bull Aug 24, 2010Succulents are becoming more popular, and nurseries, garden centers and online suppliers offer a great deal more variety in plant choices than ever before. Baldwin's inspiring book shows you so many dramatic and appealing combinations with succulents that it may… Full Story »
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- Variety
- Agave
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Pencil "Cacti" - The Stick Euphorbias
Dave's Garden &bull Aug 23, 2010
You've found the famous Dave's Garden website! Join this friendly global community that shares tips and ideas for home and gardens, along with seeds and plants! Euphorbias come in all shapes and sizes and one of the most commonly grown but unusual Euphorbias are the stick Euphorbias. These plants are basically leafless shrubs and trees and make for unique landscape and potted specimens. This article will introduce the reader to just a few of the dozens of such weird plants. One of the weirder group plants you can grow are those I call the stick plants. These are actually Euphorbias,… Full Story »
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Succulents in containers
www.flower-gardening-made-easy.com via @mygreengarden &bull Aug 23, 2010Succulents in containers are ideal for laid-back container gardeners. These plants - hens-and-chicks (sempervivums), echeverias, agaves and sedums - show off fascinating sculptural shapes, textures and symmetrical patterns and rosettes of colorful leaves. Tropical types don't tolerate frost and won't… Full Story »
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Blue-Ribbon Succulents
Gardening Gone Wild &bull Aug 21, 2010The annual cactus and succulent show at the Los Angeles Arboretum is the largest in the world. It's a 2-hour drive for me, but I wouldn't miss it. When I see a plant I've never seen before or a perfect specimen of something I'm familiar with, I go slack-jawed and stare. And this year there were dozens. Like this soccer-ball-sized ruffled echeveria owned by… Full Story »
