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Where do YOU shop for succulents?
…I think a big box store agave is how the snout-nosed beetle got into my garden! Buyer beware! I will buy little dish garden succulents from the big box stores,…
Read MoreTop 20 Succulent Types at a Glance
…to: Aeonium page on my site, my Aeonium playlist on YouTube Agave page on my site, my Agave video on YouTube Aloe page on my site, my Aloe playlist on…
Read MoreTypes of Succulents from Aeonium to Zebra Plant, Photos & IDs
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…Agave parryi ‘Truncata’—go much lower. Into plants that look like artichokes? Go to the Agave page. Visit Agave Page Aloe Dramatic flower spikes are hot hues of orange or yellow….
Read MoreSucculent Garden Design Essentials
…combining agaves with yuccas, the designers used similar-but-different plants to create continuity. The Yucca rostrata at far right repeats the dark green starburst shapes of slender-leaved agaves at middle left….
Read MoreFrost and Succulents: What You Need to Know
…Agave attenuata is the first succulent to show damage from frost in winter. In my garden, this soft-leaved agave is the canary in the mineshaft where cold is concerned. A…
Read MorePlants and Pots at the Cactus & Succulent Show
…in any nursery; hopefully it will be some day. Above: Agave victoriae-reginae ‘Variegata’. Above: Agave utahensis, from-no surprise-Utah. It’s one of the most cold-hardy agaves. Don’t you love its long…
Read MoreAnnouncing My 2022 Succulent Watercolor Calendar
Elise Hartmann Debra, These are gorgeous. You are very talented!!! Favorites: Artichoke Agave Blue Curls Echeveria Blue Sky Echeveria Blue Rose Echeveria Agave Polly Pelops Quadricolor Agave Sedeveria Sempervivum Least…
Read MoreSee a City Hacienda Succulent Garden
…Agave macroacantha, Agave ovatifolia (Whale’s tongue agave), Agave tequilana, Aloe bainesi, Aloe ‘Blue Elf’, Aloe marlothii, barrel cactus, Coppertone stonecrop, Euphorbia ammak ‘Variegata’, Euphorbia trigona ‘Rubra’, Pedilanthus macrocarpus, sansevierias, Yucca…
Read MoreSucculent Landscapes
…with the feral-cat characteristics of century plants (Agave americana), select Agave cultivars that stay reasonably small, don’t produce invasive pups, take a long time to bloom (a good thing), and…
Read MoreSucculents for Coastal Southern California Gardens
…haworthii, A. ‘Kiwi’ and other branching types. →Go to the Aeonium page. Agaves. Agave attenuata, A. bracteosa, A. ‘Blue Flame’, A. parryi ‘Truncata’. →Go to the Agaves page. Aloes, notably…
Read More12 Collectible Succulents Anyone Can Grow
…Tina says. “There are so many kinds.” Agaves and More Gerhard Bock and Agave victoriae-reginae Agaves are still his first love, says another plant addict: Gerhard Bock, who does the…
Read MoreSucculent Driveway Essentials
…is an easy place from which to remove it. Far better than, say, your back yard. Learn more about agave removal. Agave americana ‘Marginata’, poorly trimmed. Chopping leaves of a…
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