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Some beautiful pumpkin succulent arrangements I have available for fall! They are made with real pumpkins, but they are not cut, so they will last for a few months.
Nobody plucked off the Santolina petals; these flowers don't have any to begin with.
Improbably, the common name is "lavender cotton," neither of which it resembles.
Thanks, everybody, for helping this make EXPLORE (#479 for 3/2/11)!
Some beautiful pumpkin succulent arrangements I have available for fall! They are made with real pumpkins, but they are not cut, so they will last for a few months.
Seen on a tour of my friend Paul's garden -- geraniums and succulents spilling down a hillside behind a weathered old twig chair. The succulents, rooted in the hillside, grow through the back of the chair and are gathered into a basket on the seat; they're not container-grown.
The shape reminds me of a strawberry!
Thanks, everyone, for helping this make EXPLORE, #394 on May 11, 2011!
This is a low-growing plant that seems to like growing on rock, in a large, dense mass. Only a very small flower, too, so this image is obviously zoomed in. I just loved the bright yellow against the deep blue sky - and consequently have given a false idea of what this plant is like and where it grows : ) Sorry, everyone, was out all morning, then had a volunteer shift this afternoon, and now I am about to dash out to see a gentleman's cactus garden this evening. I have a long day's hike tomorrow to botanize a new area. Will catch up with you as soon as I can : )
Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Echinocereus viereckii subsp. morricalii
Common Name(s):
Synonym(s): Echinocereus morricalii
Native Habitat: Nuevo Leon - Mexico
Flower: Purple, Red
Cultivar Availability: Common
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Beth Chatto’s Dry Garden, Essex, England: The renowned plants-woman, Beth Chatto, turned an old gravel car park into a superb dry garden. This area of Essex has average rainfall less than 20” per annum. She has chosen drought tolerant plants that put on a splendid display in the poorest of soils. Her creative planting provides inspiration and shows what can be done in a garden that is never irrigated.
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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Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Echinopsis ancistrophora subsp. arachnacantha
Common Name(s):
Synonym(s): Pseudolobivia ancistrophora, Echinopsis polyancistra, Pseudolobivia polyancistra, Echinopsis hamatacantha, Pseudolobivia hamatacantha, Echinopsis kratochviliana, Echinopsis leucorhodantha, Pseudolobivia leucorhodantha, Echinopsis pelecyrhachis, Pseudolobivia pelecyrhachis, Echinopsis torrecillasensis, Pseudolobivia torrecillasensis, Lobivia arachnacantha, Echinopsis arachnacantha, Lobivia pojoensis, Echinopsis ancistrophora, Lobivia cardenasiana, Echinopsis cardenasiana
Native Habitat: Salta, Argentina; Tarija, Bolivia
Flower: Orange, Yellow
Cultivar Availability: Common
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Dry Garden at RHS Wisley, England: The gardens at RHS Wisley contain an area which is predominantly devoted to a ‘dry’ garden. This is close to the large and impressive tropical and sub-tropical greenhouses and contains plantings of Kniphofia, Achilleas and other drought tolerant plants in impressive naturalistic swathes - all interspersed with gravel paths and mulches.
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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Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Echinopsis saltensis
Common Name(s):
Synonym(s): Lobivia saltensis, Echinopsis cachensis, Lobivia cachensis, Lobivia nealeana, Hymenorebutia nealeana, Echinopsis nealeana, Lobivia pseudocachensis, Hymenorebutia pseudocachensis, Echinopsis pseudocachensis, Lobivia emmae
Native Habitat: Salta, Tucaman - Argentina
Flower Color(s): Red
Cultivar Availability: Uncommon
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My friend Alfred (orchid dude) was kind and generous enough to give me this plant after a visit to his amazing garden. Thank you, Alfred!
This is a beautiful photo of a small ornamental cactus in a terracotta pot. The cactus appears to be a type of Gymnocalycium or similar variety that has striking red and green coloration with distinctive ribs and small white spines along its ridges. The vibrant red coloration contrasts nicely with the dark green sections, creating an eye-catching pattern. It's planted in what looks like a well-draining cactus soil mix in a square terracotta pot that sits on an orange saucer. The photo is taken with a shallow depth of field, creating a soft, blurred background that helps highlight the unique features of this colorful succulent.
Senna artemisioides. Silver-leafed Cassia. Tons of bees hovering and quite fragrant. Wanted to get these two shrubs up next to each other on my stream so that the difference in foliage could be easily noted.
This one is for Arrowlakeslass who wanted to see how tall this Aeonium gets. Almost 3' from soil level to tip top; taller growth if in the ground. On the edge of my patio in Mexican terracotta competing with yellow Lantana and some unwanted mint. Somewhere in there are dwarf Kanagroo paws that no longer flower due to the competition. This looked really good when the paws were flowering. The first succulent added to our garden. Transplanted from my father's yard last year (must be where the mint came from).
Family: Aizoaceae
Genus: Delosperma echinatum
Common Name(s): Pickle Cactus, Hairy Pickles, Spiny Pickles, Pickle Plant
Synonym(s):
Native Habitat: Eastern Cape, South Africa
Flower: Yellow
Cultivar Availability: Common in some Areas
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Ruth Kamula, a community-based seed producer in Kiboko, Kenya, planted KDV-1, a drought tolerant (DT) seed maize variety developed with the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) as part of CIMMYT's Drought Tolerant Maize for Africa (DTMA) project. "I am trying my hand at DT maize seed production because it will lift me and my family out of poverty. It is our lifeline during this time of drought," she says. (June 2009)
For more about DTMA see: dtma.cimmyt.org/.
Photo credit: Anne Wangalachi/CIMMYT.
Was walking across an parking lot landscape island and saw this fluffy coyote brush. the seed heads looked like dandelion seed heads. Totally surprising. One good gust of wind and they would all be gone. At least half of the plant was covered in a layer of seeds one inch thick.Tried my best to capture the images yet the seed heads were so thickly clustered they almost turned out blurry. Captured eleven images,all from the female variety.
Hybridizer Myron Kimnach, who headed Huntington's Desert Garden, created this species by crossing Crassula pyramidalis with Crassula falcata .
Photographed in the Desert Garden Conservatory (only open on Saturdays!) at the Huntington Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California.
Echeveria 'Topsy Turvey' beginning to flower in full sun surrounded by various sedums. Lower right corner, Sedum nussbaumerianum, lower left Sedum morganianum and behind that Sedum rubrotinctum.
Flowering leucospermum protea flower. Plant belonging to Proteaceae family with stunning inflorescences, prominent styles and grey green leathery leaves. This one is red with yellow tips
After our visit to the succulent cafe and walk on the pier, we consulted Yelp for a burger joint close by (the wait for Ruby's on the pier was almost an hour) and chose Ty's Burger Lounge. To my surprise they had an awesome outdoor garden with tons of succulents and a great spot to chill and eat what turned out to be fantastic hamburgers!!
Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Gymnocalycium riojense subsp. piltziorum
Common Name(s):
Synonym(s): Gymnocalycium triacanthum, Gymnocalycium piltziorum, Gymnocalycium bodenbenderianum
Native Habitat: Catamarca, La Rioja - Argentina
Flower: Pink, White
Cultivar Availability: Uncommon
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