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This sagging shoot reveals that individual blossoms don't align themselves with the central stalk, per se, but with gravity.
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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!!!
Scenes from the Sherman Oaks Garden Tour 2018 -- For more photos and gardening content, visit A Gardener's Notebook with Douglas E. Welch
Since bees have discovered the fountain, it's become a good hunting ground for spiders.
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This is the second of two buds that were fascinating to watch open. Follow the links under each of the Stapelia photos to see their progress from big puffy bud to being fully open and attracting flies with their dead-meat smell.
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.)
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.
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!!!
Just discovered this flower down the street in front of the market. The blooms only last one day and bloom daily throughout the summer according to wiki. Am going to plant a cutting to see about adding it to my new garden here in Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Currently in bloom, the Aloe Vera in the foreground is doing its best to upstage the Agave attenuata in the background. Bit players include a Sago Palm, an antique wheelbarrow and Rock Samphire around the base of the Aloe that's turned out to be fairly invasive but also a major attraction for Swallowtail butterflies.
This is a beautiful cold hardy palm that is very easy to grow. It is also drought tolerant, inexpensive and readily available at nurseries and discount stores. Like many palms, the pindo produces an elaborate flowering structure called an inflorescence - the orange fruit forms on these structures after the female flowers have been pollinated. In the deep south, a jelly is made from these fruits. They have a terrific taste that starts out like apple and tranforms to tart tropical flavors as it tantalizes the tongue. Too bad the fruit has a large seed and stringy fibrous flesh or I would eat them by the handful!
This palm produces a large quantity of fruit, which can be a nuisance, as ripening fruit attracts wasps and other insects. Remove flower stalks to avoid messy cleanups.
mobile.floridata.com/Plants/Arecacea/Butia%20capitata/15
Ratibida columnifera
Native to the empty fields nearby. I collected a few seeds in 2005 and spread them around the yard. It continues to spread by seed, although it seems to prefer the hottest, dryest locations in the garden. Tends to flop if it gets too much water. Heat and drought tolerant.
July 2008
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.)
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.
Music in the Gardens, Sunday June 6th, 2010, the Garden at Lake Merritt.
Photo by Patrick Albin - www.thegardengeek.com/.
Lampranthus sp. (aurantiacus?)
One of the South African iceplants.
In California, this and similar iceplants are popular. They are tough, drought-adapted, and fire-resistant, and they feature big displays of brilliant spring-time color.
Streetside planting in San Diego, California.
March 1, 2010.
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.
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
R. Porch's Private Collection
Portulacaceae Portulaca grandiflora. Moss Roses. The plant is low maintenance and drought tolerant. An annual that grows like a weed in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Ocotillos are an interesting plant adapted to desert climates. When they are in bloom they look even more striking. Ocotillos stand out with several woody, spiny, straight branches angling outward from the base and rising as high as 20 feet. After Spring rains, narrow, oval leaves about 2 inches long appear on the branches. Mature plants have as many as 75 slender branches. There are 11 species of the Fouquieria genus, most of which occur in Mexico. The Ocotillo is the northernmost of these species. Fouquieria splendens ranges in the Sonoran and Chihuahuan deserts of southeast California to west Texas and south into Mexico.
Ocotillo provides a vertical element to xeriscape gardens. The lofty structure of the branches accents the landscape without dominating it. In humid climates Ocotillo is prone to rot and will not flower as much. Many mature plants for sale come from the wild so be sure yours has been rescued from a bulldozer, not stripped from natural areas.
Antennaria umbrinella
Short perennial ground cover, native to the Colorado Rocky Mountains. Evergreen in my Aurora, Colorado zone 5 garden.
This is a beautiful cold hardy palm that is very easy to grow. It is also drought tolerant, inexpensive and readily available at nurseries and discount stores. Like many palms, the pindo produces an elaborate flowering structure called an inflorescence - the orange fruit forms on these structures after the female flowers have been pollinated. In the deep south, a jelly is made from these fruits. They have a terrific taste that starts out like apple and tranforms to tart tropical flavors as it tantalizes the tongue. Too bad the fruit has a large seed and stringy fibrous flesh or I would eat them by the handful!
This palm produces a large quantity of fruit, which can be a nuisance, as ripening fruit attracts wasps and other insects. Remove flower stalks to avoid messy cleanups.
mobile.floridata.com/Plants/Arecacea/Butia%20capitata/15
The above picture was taken behind the Biology building at Georgia Southern University. This plant is drought-tolerant, requiring little water to sustain itself. The plant provides oxygen to the surrounding area. It also serves as a shelter for small animals. This plant helps to provide the oxygen that all humans and land animals need for survival.
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.
The native plants of this Southwest region never cease to enchant me! Reminds me of a shooting star. Photographed in Orange county, city of San Juan Capistrano, Southern California. Native habitat occurs in southwest Utah through Arizona with a small population in adjacent New Mexico and a disjunct population in Colorado. Aquilegia chrysantha is found growing in damp or moist areas generally in canyons or seeps. How is this not planted in more gardens around here? Beats lawns and palm trees in my opinion.
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.