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Lythraceae Punica granatum 'Nana'. Spotted this shrub in one of the oddest places: right in the middle of The Fremont Street Experience. The shrub is part of an ornamental xeriscape at downtown Las Vegas, Nevada.
I made this dish this morning, using only cutting from plants I already had, I was able to create this awesome rainbow garden! I LOVE it!!!
Family: Aloaceae
Genus: Aloe aristata
Common Name(s): Lace Aloe, Torch Plant
Synonym(s): Aloe ellenbergeri, Aloe aristata parvifolia, Aloe longiaristata, Aloe aristata leiophylla
Native Habitat: South Africa
Flower: Green, Orange, Red
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!!!
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.
This buckwheat, a favorite among butterflies, lends autumn color to dry slopes in the Sierra foothills. This photo was taken near Onion Valley Road in Independence.
Common names include Eastern Mohave buckwheat. leafy buckwheat, wild buckwheat, and flattop buckwheat.
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: Cactaceae
Genus: Mammillaria karwinskiana subsp. beiselii
Common Name(s): Royal Cross
Synonym(s): Mammillaria praelii, Mammillaria multiseta, Mammillaria collinsii, Mammillaria confusa, Mammillaria strobilina, Mammillaria nejapensis, Mammillaria neomystax, Mammillaria ebenacantha, Mammillaria jozef-bergeri, Mammillaria beiselii, Mammillaria nagliana, Mammillaria tropica
Native Habitat: Colima, Michoacan de Ocampo - Mexico
Flower: White
Cultivar Availability: Common
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Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Echeveria "Afterglow"
Common Name(s):
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Native Habitat: Hybrid
Flower: Orange, Pink
Cultivar Availability: Common Locally in Some Areas
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Mohave Yucca, Spanish Bayonet - Yucca schidigera is a succulent perennial native to dry coastal sage scrub and chaparral in Southern California. Flowers occur April through May and are waxy in texture. May reach about 7 ft tall. The bushes in the background are Laurel Sumac another great CA native. The drought we are having probably killed off the chamise in the foreground.
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!!!
I have a big garden project underway, it involves succulents, I have been busy planning and gathering this week. These cuttings are from my Dad and Aunts houses, they will start a new life in my garden and I can't wait to see how it all turns out... stay tuned!
Here is what I did:
Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Echinopsis camarguensis
Common Name(s):
Synonym(s): Trichocereus camarguensis
Native Habitat: Chuquisaca - Bolivia
Flower: White
Cultivar Availability: Common in some Areas
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Family: Aloaceae
Genus: Haworthia v. 'Pepe'
Common Name(s):
Synonym(s): Hybrid of A.descoingsii x haworthioides
Native Habitat: Hybrid
Flower: Green, White
Cultivar Availability: Common
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Apart from the beaches, Provo's charm lies in its rugged hills and ridges, which are carpeted with prickly pear cactus and scrub.
Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Crassula rupestris hybrid var. “Springtime”
Common Name(s): Crassula “Springtime”
Synonym(s):
Native Habitat:
Flower: Pink, White
Cultivar Availability: Common
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Family: Aloaceae
Genus: Haworthia minima
Common Name(s):
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Native Habitat: South Africa
Flower: Green, White
Cultivar Availability: Uncommon
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Dry Gardens at RHS Hyde Hall, Essex, England: The dry garden is a key feature of RHS Hyde Hall - situated in an area of England with very low rainfall (e.g. 24” or less). Placed on a windswept hill, this part of the garden is a great example of drought tolerant planting with a wide array of plants from arid climates. Here the visitor will find Verbascums, Euphorbias, Alliums, Fennels, Phormiums, Echinopsis, Grasses, Lavenders, etc., all doing well in the English climate. Due to the high level of interest in drought tolerant plants the RHS have recently considerably extended the area of this dry garden. This new section is already starting to look interesting, but will probably take another couple of years to fully mature.
Dry Gardens in England: Interest in ‘dry’ gardens has grown considerably over the past few years. Although people often view England as a ‘green and pleasant land’ with plentiful rainfall, this is not always the case. The east of the country is much, much drier than the west and in recent years much of Eastern England was subject to a ban on using hosepipes for garden irrigation. Weather patterns in the country seem to be getting more extreme and in 1996 the annual rainfall in the East Anglia region was less than that in Jerusalem or Beirut!
These changes in weather patterns have stimulated gardener’s interest in growing more drought tolerant plants - which never need irrigation.
Many of the plants suited to dry gardens, such as Giant Verbascums, Perennial Grasses and Euphorbias also provide the garden with bold architectural statements giving all year round interest. When they have finished flowering many drought tolerant plants have stems and seed heads which look good and hold up well even when the first frosts arrive.
The hardiness rating of many plants also seems to be extended in dry garden conditions too. In these conditions plants seem better able to tolerate the cold winters as long as their roots don’t get waterlogged .
So, dry gardens really offer many advantages – no irrigation, some great architectural plants, a long season of interest, better hardiness rating and relatively low maintenance too. The other bonus is that plants that are happy in these conditions will often self-seed and propagate freely. With all these benefits I am sure we will be seeing many more dry gardens in the UK in the coming years!
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Photo from the Friends of the UC Davis Arboretum's first public plant sale of the spring 2014 season. Taken by Katie Hetrick 4.5.14.
Los Angeles Air Force Base's 61st Civil Engineering and Logistics Squadron uses drought-tolerant plants and landscaping known as "xeriscaping" to minimize water use as part of Air Force resource conservation efforts. Many xeriscaped areas on the base are only watered once a month or not at all. (U.S. Air Force photo by Sarah Corrice/RELEASED.)
Family: Aloaceae
Genus: Haworthia retusa
Common Name(s):
Synonym(s):
Native Habitat: South Africa
Flower: Green, White
Cultivar Availability: Common
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This is part of the drought tolerant outer landscaping at Uptown.
Uptown Shopping Centre, near Douglas Street, Saanich BC
Family: Euphorbioideae
Genus: Euphorbia aeruginosa
Common Name(s):
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Native Habitat: South Africa
Flower: Yellow
Cultivar Availability: Uncommon
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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.
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: Asteraceae
Genus: Senecio radicans
Common Name(s): String of Bananas, Necklace Plant, String of Fishhooks, Fishhook Senecio, Creeping-Berry
Synonym(s): Curio radicans, Cacalia radicans (basionym), Kleinia radicans
Native Habitat: Lesotho; Namibia; Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Northern Cape, Western Cape - South Africa
Flower: White
Cultivar Availability: Common
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We are supposedly a bit too far north for this beauty but that is no longer the case. We have two large shrubs that frequently flower.
© Native Sons Wholesale Nursery, Inc.
Carex praegracilis
Clustered Field Sedge
Stock #MG00027
Photographer: Melissa G. Gorman
Wild Peony, Paeonia californica, blooms from January to April. Its flowers have petals the color of red-wine, they grow on singular stalks and have 5 or 6 petals. Native from Monterey to San Diego County. Two species are found in the western United States, P. brownii and P. californica.
It will tolerate sun to part shade, little or no summer water. Summer-deciduous. Seeds are sown in late fall or winter. Germinates without treatment, although scarification may improve percentages.
The root of Wild California Peony was ground to a powder and used as a remedy for colds and sore throat by Native Americans. Others made a tea from it, which in small doses purportedly relieved stress, depression, and menstrual pain.
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Cosmos, a self-seeding annual adapts easily to hot, dry locations and does well in poor soil. There are over 20 known species of this flower family 'Compositae'.
Spanish priests grew cosmos in their mission gardens in Mexico. The evenly placed petals led them to christen the flower "Cosmos," the Greek word for harmony or ordered universe.
Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Discocactus placentiformis
Common Name(s):
Synonym(s): Cactus placentiformis, Discocactus insignis, Discocactus alteolens, Discocactus tricornis, Discocactus latispinus, Discocactus pugionacanthus, Discocactus pulvinicapitatus, Discocactus crystallophilus, Discocactus multicorlorispinus, Discocactus pseudolatispinus, Discocactus placentiformis
Native Habitat: Minas Gerais - Brazil
Flower: White
Cultivar Availability: Common
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