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Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Mammillaria petterssonii
Common Name(s):
Synonym(s): Mammillaria obscura, Mammillaria pilensis, Mammillaria apozolensis, Mammillaria huiguerensis
Distribution: Guanajuato, Queretaro de Arteaga - Mexico
Flower: Pink, Red, White
Cultivar Availability: Common
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Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Parodia magnifica
Common Name(s): Balloon Cactus
Synonym(s): Eriocactus magnificus, Notocactus magnificus
Native Habitat: Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil
Flower: Yellow
Cultivar Availability: Common
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Family: Aloaceae
Genus: Gasteria batesiana
Common Name(s):
Synonym(s): Gasteria carinata, Gasteria subverrucosa marginata, Gasteria transvaalensis
Native Habitat: South Africa
Flower Color(s): Coral, Green, Orange, Red
Cultivar Availability: Common
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Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Pachyphytum clavifolia
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Synonym(s):
Distribution: Mexico
Flower: Pink, Red
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Crews from the Arboretum and Public Garden planting the northernmost section of the La Rue Road median. Photo taken by Katie Hetrick 2.5.14.
Family: Aloaceae
Genus: Aloe vera
Common Name(s): Aloe Vera
Synonym(s): Aloe vera chinensis, Aloe vulgaris, Aloe vera lanzae, Aloe indica, Aloe barbadensis chinensis, Aloe vera wratislaviensis, Aloe elongata, Aloe vera littoralis, Aloe perfoliata vera, Aloe perfoliata barbadensis, Aloe flava, Aloe chinensis, Aloe barbadensis, Aloe lanzae
Distribution: Northern Africa? Widely Cultivate Worldwide
Flower: Orange, Red, Yellow
Cultivar Availability: Common
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Crews from the Arboretum and Public Garden planting the northernmost section of the La Rue Road median. Photo taken by Katie Hetrick 2.5.14.
Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Crassula muscosa
Common Name(s): Rattail Crassula, Watch Chain, Lizard's Tail
Synonym(s): Crassula lycopodioides
Native Habitat: Lesotho; Namibia; South Africa
Flower: White
Cultivar Availability: Common
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Family: Aizoaceae
Genus: Glottiphyllum depressum
Common Name(s): Tongue Leaf Plant
Synonyms:
Flower: Yellow
Native Habitat: Cape Province, Little Karoo - South Africa
Cultivar Availability: Uncommon
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Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Epiphyllum oxypetalum
Common Name(s): Dutchman's-Pipe Cactus
Synonym(s): Cereus oxypetalus, Phyllocactus oxypetalus, Cereus latifrons, Epiphyllum latifrons, Phyllocactus grandis, Epiphyllum grande, Epiphyllum acuminatum
Native Habitat: Costa Rica : El Salvador : Guatemala : Honduras : Nicaragua : Mexico
Flower: White
Cultivar Availability: Common
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Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Mammillaria spinosissima f. un pico
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Native Habitat: Horticultrual Origin (Hybrid)
Flower: Magenta, Pink
Cultivar Availability: Common
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I was finally able to visit The Succulent Cafe in Oceanside today, they are located at 322 N Cleveland St, in Oceanside, CA. I had been dying to go, I follow them on instagram and just had not gotten over there. There were tons of succulents, and gardens to purchase along with Teas and Coffees. The owner was super friendly and the joint is wall to wall succulents I was so excited to be there. There were huge living walls, and vertical gardens. I snapped a bazillion pics and enjoyed every second! I enjoyed a delicious iced tea of the day, and cannot wait until my next visit!!!
Busy in the garden today, little succulent projects, I had these purple pots laying around, I had gotten them for .50 each at Loews, so I bought one more pot and made a new little grouping in my garden, along with working on the guitar project.
Family: Aloaceae
Genus: Gasteria acinacifolia
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Synonym(s): Aloe acinacifolia, Aloe acinacifolia ventusa, Aloe candicans, Aloe ensifolia, Aloe nitens, Aloe venusta, Gasteria acinacifolia ensifolia, Gasteria acinacifolia pluripuncta, Gasteria acinacifolia venusta, Gasteria acincifolia nitens, Gasteria candicans, Gasteria ensifolia, Gasteria fuscopunctata, Gasteria huttoniae, Gasteria inexpectata, Gasteria lutzii, Gasteria nitens, Gasteria pluripuncta, Gasteria ventusa
Native Habitat: South Africa
Flower: Green, Orange
Cultivar Availability: Very Uncommon
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Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Epiphyllum oxypetalum
Common Name(s): Dutchman's-Pipe Cactus
Synonym(s): Cereus oxypetalus, Phyllocactus oxypetalus, Cereus latifrons, Epiphyllum latifrons, Phyllocactus grandis, Epiphyllum grande, Epiphyllum acuminatum
Native Habitat: Costa Rica : El Salvador : Guatemala : Honduras : Nicaragua : Mexico
Flower: White
Cultivar Availability: Common
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Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Pilosocereus pachycladus
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Synonym(s): Pseudopilocereus pachycladus, Pseudopilocereus azureus, Pilosocereus atroflavispinus, Pseudopilocereus atroflavispinus, Pilosocereus azureus, Pilosocereus oreus, Pseudopilocereus oreus, Pilosocereus pemambucoensis, Pseudopilocereus pernambucoensis, Pilosocereus splendidus, Pseudopilocereus spendidus, Pilosocereus superbus, Pseudopilocereus superbus, Pilosocereus cyaneus, Pilosocereus cenepequei, Pilosocereus schoebelii
Native Habitat: North eastern Brazil
Flower: White
Cultivar Availability: Common in some Areas
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A beautiful Santa Cruz Island buckwheat, Eriogonum arborescens, in the shade at Ulistac Natural Area in Santa Clara, Ca. This specimen is about 2 feet tall. These buckwheats are very tolerant of drought and attract a lot of native bees and butterflies.
Follow these links for more information:
www.laspilitas.com/nature-of-california/plants/277--eriog...
www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/specieslist.cgi?countylist=any&a...
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Euphorbia ferox
Common Name(s):
Synonym(s): Euphorbia capitosa
Natural Habitat: Great Karoo - South Africa
Flower:
Cultivar Availability: Uncommon
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Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Stapelia asterias
Common Name(s): Carrion Plant
Synonym(s):
Native Habitat: South Africa
Flower: Burgandy, Purple
Cultivar Availability: Rare
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This is a house in my neighborhood that has gotten rid of their front lawn in favor of this (great looking!) drought tolerant garden.
Been busy with my succulent business,Sarah's SoCal Succulents. If you are a SoCal local and interested in an arrangement, find me on facebook.
If you participate in the Long Beach Lawn to Garden program, you can request a free rain barrel, along with advice on installing it.
Assuming that cost is the main criterion, I was surprised to find that the program buys blow-molded barrels of air, shipped all the way from Greece and then modified. These are made of food grade plastic, which probably makes a lot of sense if they're used to grow things people eat. They're probably made for use with wine or olive oil: big plastic amphoras.
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Music in the Gardens, Sunday June 6th, 2010, the Garden at Lake Merritt.
Photo by Patrick Albin - www.thegardengeek.com/.
Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris
Common Name(s): Beavertail, Beavertail Cactus, Beavertail Prickly Pear
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Native Habitat: Sonora - Mexico; Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah - United States
Flower: Pink, Red, White
Cultivar Availability: Common Worldwide
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This is a variation that I got at 34.074580, -115.765207 south of Twentynine Palms, California