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Winter Blooms
Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Crassula ovata f. Gollum
Common Name(s): Jade Plant, Jade Tree
Synonym(s): Crassula portulacea, Crassula argenta, Crassula argentea
Distribution: South Africa
Flower: White
Cultivar Availability : Common
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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 Hy.Afterglow
Common Name(s):
Synonym(s):
Native Habitat: Hybrid
Flower: Orange, Pink
Cultivar Availability: Common Locally in Some Areas
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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: 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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Malva sylvestris
Dartmouth House, August 2006
Does best in a hot, dry location. Grows up to 3 feet tall and blooms from early summer to frost.
Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Echeveria coccinea
Common Name(s):
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Native Habitat: Mexico
Flower: Orange, Red
Cultivar Availability: Common in some Areas
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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!!!
Baja Spurge - Euphorbia xanti blooming in June 2010. Native endemic to Baja California. Baja Spurge grows as stalks, then spreads by rhizomes to form dense colonies. Smooth green branches are nice contrast to bushy shrubs. Give room to spread. Baja Spurge is drought tolerant, and likes full sun. Semi - evergreen plant. Naturally grows on sea bluffs, coast dunes, and rocky slopes.
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.
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.
Bees search for nectar on flowers that bloom on many of the succulents at Los Angeles Air Force Base. LAAFB'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.)
Salvia clevelandii; "Cleveland Sage"
An aromatic, showy California native shrub.
Balboa Park, San Diego, California.
March 24, 2010.
As part of his ongoing work to “green the Valley,” Councilmember Bob Blumenfield broke ground at the Blumenfield Water-Wise Demonstration Garden at the West Valley Municipal Center in Reseda.
The project, a partnership between Blumenfield’s office, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), the Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL) and the Department of Recreation and Parks and the Department of General Services, will replace 20,000 square feet of thirsty lawn at the West Valley Municipal Center and neighboring West Valley Library with a variety of California friendly landscaping options.
Alyssum plant is annual with dense clusters of white flowers that bloome the whole growing season.
Alyssum or sweet Alyssum Lobularia maritima belongs to family Brassicaceae.
Alyssum flowers are native to Europe. The plants are small and dilicate, providing a soft border for rock gardens or plant edging. The flowers of the plant ranging in color from white to deep purple, although all species have characteristic tight clusters flowers, and creeping habit which will allow the plant to quickly take over an area of the garden if left uncheked.
Alyssum flowers attractive to bees, butterflies and the plant drought tolerant.
The Alyssum white flowers some times call Carpet of snow.
Another chance to tell a second-hand story of Bruce Goff's tenure at the University of Oklahoma (while using a really obscure word).
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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.