plant purchases

7 min read 2022-07-03 07:33:00

Succession Planting

1. "Succession planting is a gardening method that extends the growing season and yields a greater harvest"More of those! 2.

9 min read 2022-06-08 07:34:00

June gloom = happy plants = happy gardenerMore small tasks as summer heat looms--actually it arrives tomorrow and stays until at least Sunday.

7 min read 2022-04-18 14:00:00

The recently purchased Hakea, of all plants, was scorched by our two days of near-100F (38C) heat. Its tender new growth crisped . The rest of it

7 min read 2022-04-18 14:00:00

The recently purchased Hakea, of all plants, was scorched by our two days of near-100F (38C) heat. Its tender new growth crisped. The rest of it

7 min read 2022-04-07 18:58:00

phone camera photo by Beloved I love foggy mornings. They have become rare in Southern California. When paradise gets paved over, fog cannot

9 min read 2022-03-31 14:00:00

Back to things like stumps. Progress slow. The motivation is two healthy shrubs still waiting to be planted. They won't stay healthy forever

8 min read 2022-03-21 07:59:00

Turning over a new leaf? Lots of activity this past week. We got 0.18" (4.5mm) of precious rain late Saturday night--gardener/garden

6 min read 2022-03-08 07:23:00

Last week we had several days of hot weather with very low relative humidity--around 10%. Possibly because of these condtions, a fire erupted in

8 min read 2022-02-24 15:00:00

Newish--the second Leucospermum 'Blanche Ito' A just-get-out-of-the-house trip to Plant Depot in San Juan Capistrano on Sunday. Fresh Dahlia

8 min read 2022-02-09 15:00:00

Hellebore argutifolius 'Pacific Frost'A visit to a local garden center with a Christmas gift card, thanks to Beloved. Beloved also graciously

1 min read 2021-11-25 06:57:00

Okay with windA high wind warning for tonight. Though we've had a few mild Santa Ana events lately, this looks to be the first strong one, with

1 min read 2021-10-05 03:39:00

The garden is the gardener, and the gardener is the garden: we're both struggling, waiting out the heat, waiting for cooler weather. It's been

1 min read 2021-09-12 04:16:00

Agave attenuata variegated, rebornI left the beautiful variegated Agave attenuata in a pot far too long. Its health and beauty declined

1 min read 2021-08-09 07:31:00

Rose 'Moon Dance' A survey of some recent new plants and how they have, or have not, performed.Dark blue Agapanthus ('Graskop'?) begged from a

1 min read 2021-08-02 14:00:00

We took a drive Sunday morning to visit a favorite nursery and found plenty of beauty there. Photos kindly and excellently taken by Beloved,