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Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Crassula tetragona
Common Name(s): Miniature Pine Tree
Synonym(s): Crassula caffra, Crassula fruticosa
Native Habitat: South Africa
Flower: Orange, Yellow
Cultivar Availability: Common Locally in Some Areas
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Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Matucana madisoniorum
Common Name(s):
Synonym(s): Borzicactus madisoniorum, Submatucana madisoniorum, Loxanthocereus madisoniorum, Eomatucana madisoniorum
Native Habitat: Amazonas - Peru
Flower: Orange, Red, White
Cultivar Availability: Fairly Common
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Cylindropuntia ramosissima
Common Name(s): Diamond Cholla, Branched Pencil Cholla
Synonym(s): Opuntia ramosissima, Opuntia tesselata
In natural habitat, about a ½ mile East the Ryan campground tword the old homestead.
Family: Aloaceae
Genus: Haworthia attenuata cv. "WIDE ZEBRA"
Common Name(s): Haworthia WIDE ZEBRA
Synonym(s):
Native Habitat: South Africa
Flower: Green, White
Cultivar Availability: Common
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Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Dudleya virens subsp. Hassei
Common Name(s): "Catalina Live-forever"
Synonym(s):
Native Habitat: Southern California Coast: Catalina Island
Flower:
Cultivar Availability: Uncommon
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Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Euphorbia mammillaris
Common Name(s): Indian Corn Cob, Corn Cob Euphorbia
Native Habitat: South Africa
Flower: Greenish Yellow
Cultivar Availability: Uncommon
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Drought-tolerant plants from our Fall Plant Sale, Oct. 24–26, 2014.
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
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a freebie from Yvette Fisher's Tillandsias, yet another impulse purchase of two hoya plants for $20!
Forestiera neomexicana
Also called Desert Olive
Native to New Mexico. Very heat and drought tolerant, although it will go dormant (drop its leaves) in cases of extreme drought.
Blooms appear in early spring before the leaves. Olive-green leaves emerge as the flowers fade; leaves turn bright yellow in fall.
New Mexico Privets are dioecious (meaning a plant is either male or female). I have both a male and female shrub in my yard - both bloom but only the female plant produces the purple berries. These are fast growing shrubs that reach 12-18 feet tall by 12 feet wide. They can be grown into a dense hedge, or pruned to form a small tree.
Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Epiphyllum oxypetalum; Hybrid - "Pinafore"
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: Commercial Hybrid
Flower: Pink, Coral
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!!!
A small tree that offers a broad shade canopy and a long flowering season.
Drought-tolerant plants from our Fall Plant Sale, Oct. 24–26, 2014.
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
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This is my baby. I designed it, planned, managed it, priced it out, and installed it too.
Visalia, CA
Landscape Development Inc.
Woodside Homes
Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Rhipsalis neves-armondii
Common Name(s):
Synonym(s): Lepismium neves-armondii, Rhipsalis foveolata, Rhipsalis megalantha, Lepismium megalanthum, Rhipsalis novaesii
Native Habitat: Parana, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo - Brazil
Flower Color(s): White
Cultivar Availability: Common in some areas
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An educational tool for lifecycle study. A natural prairie habitat, open to the public. Located behind the East side of school.
Succulents in my garden: Aeoniums and Senecios with other drought tolerant plants (verbena, blue oat grass, pride of madeira, etc).
Asterales Asteraceae Gazania. Named for Theodorus Gaza (15th century scholar/translator), this flower opens during the daylight sunshine and furls at night. Displayed as a part of a container garden at Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. One of the most exquisite wildflowers I have seen and very complex.
Zamia furfuracea is a cycad native to southeastern Veracruz state in eastern Mexico. Although not a palm tree (Arecaceae), its growth habit is superficially similar to a palm; therefore it is commonly known as "Cardboard Palm" but the alternate name Cardboard Cycad is preferable. Other names include Cardboard Plant, Cardboard Sago, Jamaican Sago and Mexican Cycad (from Mexican Spanish Cícada Mexicana). The plant's binomial name comes from the Latin zamia, for "pine nut", and furfuracea, meaning "mealy" or "scurfy".
All parts of the plant are poisonous to animals and humans. The toxicity causes liver and kidney failure, as well as eventual paralysis. Dehydration sets in very quickly. No treatment for the poisoning is currently known.
I liked the contrast between the rusty red spikes and the gray-green leaves.
Photographed in a neighbor's garden.
Agustín Aguilar, CIMMYT greenhouse and laboratory assistant, at work in the greenhouse that houses transgenic wheat at CIMMYT's El Batán, Mexico headquarters. In its work on drought tolerant wheat, CIMMYT is here developing lines that are homozygous for drought tolerance transgenes, requiring that they be self-pollinated for several generations. Aguilar is bagging the heads of the wheat to prevent any risk of cross-pollination.
Photo credit: Xochiquetzal Fonseca/CIMMYT.
Anthemis marschalliana
Tough ground cover that tolerates heat and drought. The gray feather-like leaves grow about 2" tall and cover the ground in dense patches; 1-inch yellow daisy-like flowers rise about 6-8 inches above the foliage in spring. Plants spread by underground roots to form a large patch. Needs full sun for best show of blooms.
One spring a baby bunny managed to squeeze under the fence and nibbled every one of my Marshall Chamomiles to the ground. They looked as though they had been mowed down to the soil. I thought for sure they would not survive, but about two weeks later they had completely regrown and even began to bloom.