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Wordless Wednesday: A Clean Slate
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My favorite plant this week is a weed?
Last week, I shared photos of a bed I'd recently replanted. Although the focus of that post was on my newest Australian plant introductions, another plant, Hibiscus trionum, vied for attention by...
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In a Vase on Monday: The Old and the New
The seasonal change is in the air. After a miserable heatwave, temperatures here in Southern California have returned to more normal levels. It's possible to work outside without melting and to sleep...
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Planting Bed Facelift #2
My first planting bed facelift involved the bed formerly occupied by an unused wood-fired spa. Last week, I tackled my second facelift, the bed once occupied by a 60 foot Eucalyptus tree. I replanted...
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My favorite plant this week: Salvia 'Mesa Azure'
I've thought of featuring Salvia microphylla 'Mesa Azure' as my favorite plant of the week several times but always passed it up in favor of something flashier and more photogenic. This plant has had...
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Pleated Leaves
I have a few orchid plants of different types sitting alongside the window in my home office. They bloom sporadically despite receiving little attention. I usually water them when I dust my office...
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In a Vase on Monday: A Substitute for Roses
I'd planned to feature yellow roses in this week's vase, prepared in connection with the popular meme hosted by Cathy at Rambling in the Garden. One of my 'Buttercream' rose shrubs has been working...
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Wide Shots - October 2014
I can't believe it's already October. People frequently talk about how time flies all but I rarely feel its passage as strongly as I do right now. Too many balls in the air perhaps, with one or more...
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My favorite plant this week: Agave 'Blue Glow'
As I was accumulating photos for this post, it suddenly occurred to me that I might have already featured this week's choice, Agave 'Blue Glow,' as my favorite plant of the week. It's a plant I've...
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The Best Way to Start a Hot Day
I was up at dawn this morning. The heat ratcheted up again this week, making it difficult to work outside except early in the morning and very late in the afternoon. So I got up early to get a head...
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In a Vase on Monday: Survivor Story
I'd hoped I might have Camellia sasanqua to use in my vase this week. When the weather cooled a week ago, a few of these flowers began to appear in a shady area adjacent to my vegetable garden. I...
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Unplanned Changes
Looking out my home office window one morning recently I saw this:Then, when I took photos of my backyard for my wide shots post on October 1st, I saw this:The beautiful - and dying - pine trees aren't...
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My favorite plant this week: Pelargonium tomentosum
My favorite plant this week is an old standby, Pelargonium tomentosum, commonly known as peppermint geranium. What's not to love? It's soft and velvety - very touchable. It has a delightful scent....
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Back with a Vengeance
I haven't complained about my raccoon adversaries in one of my own posts for quite awhile. For a time, my furry visitors did relatively little damage. They didn't cease their visits - the fact that...
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In a Vase on Monday: There's Always Something
Since the start of summer, I've wondered every week what I can possibly come up with to include in a vase for the post linked to the "In a Vase on Monday" meme hosted by Cathy at Rambling in the...
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Bloom Day - October 2014
The monthly floral celebration that is Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day, hosted by Carol of May Dreams Gardens, has sneaked up on me yet again. With most of my available time absorbed in preparing the...
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Foliage Follow-up - Celebrating Succulents
Summer here in Southern California takes its toll. At this time of year, most of my plants are looking a little worse for the wear. That's especially true this year as we're in a severe drought and,...
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In a Vase on Monday: The Old & the New
This week I actually had a floral feature in mind in advance for the vase prepared in connection with the celebration sponsored each Monday by Cathy at Rambling in the Garden. Mid-month, just after...
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Nursery hopping in San Diego County
A friend and I made the rounds of 6 nurseries in San Diego County on Saturday. As all were relatively small and freeway close, it wasn't as daunting a trip as it might seem. There are some larger,...
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My favorite plant this week: Pennisetum 'Fireworks'
I've developed a keener interest in ornamental grasses since we moved into our current house almost 4 years ago. My most recent acquisition is Pennisetum 'Fireworks,' a sport of P. setaceum and P....
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