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    Palm Tree Spotlight: Dictyocaryum lamarckianum

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  • Propagating Crotons from stem cuttings

    Propagating Crotons from stem cuttings

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  • 20 late afternoon garden photos

    20 late afternoon garden photos

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  • The long flowering season of the Yellow Geiger Tree (Cordia lutea)

    The long flowering season of the Yellow Geiger Tree (Cordia lutea)

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    Massive Garden Project Update #3 - Planter Bed Preparation

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Radermachera ignea flowering

My Radermachera ignea seed has germinated

Today I was presented with some good news on the seed germination front. When I popped the lid on one of my germination chambers I found that my Radermachera ignea seeds had started to sprout. This is my third attempt to germinate seed of this beautiful tree. I believe the…

February 19, 2014

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San Diego Cactus and Succulent Society Winter Show

San Diego Cactus and Succulent Society (SDCSS) Winter Show and Sale

On February 8th the San Diego Cactus and Succulent Society (SDCSS) had their annual Winter Show and Sale at Balboa Park. Over the last few years my interest in succulents has grown quite extensively, to the point where Aloes and Agaves now take up a big signature in my landscape. Because…

February 12, 2014

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Rancho Soledad Nursery Plants

Rancho Soledad Nursery Tour

Over the last two days I’ve had the enjoyable pleasure of heading to what is probably my favorite nursery. Rancho Soledad Nursery has been around since 1954 and is the creation of the late Jerry Hunter. The nursery can be found on a 25-acre lot in the rolling hills of…

February 5, 2014

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Vriesea Hybrid Offsets

The step-by-step process for proper Vriesea propagation

With winter in full effect, my garden’s heartbeat has slowed, allowing me time to do some of my least favorite housekeeping jobs. Jobs I tend to avoid during the growing seasons. One of those jobs is Bromeliad propagation. As my garden has matured I have acquired a growing fondness for…

January 29, 2014

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Purple Lobelia Flowering

Is there such a thing as Lobelia weed?

How can something as beautiful as Lobelia erinus be a weed? OK, so perhaps “Lobelia weed” was stretching it a bit, but based purely on the definition, Garden Lobelia is indeed a weed in my garden. Back in 2007 I picked up ten regular purple garden-variety Lobelia plants to add some color…

January 22, 2014

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Tabebuia Species

Mother Nature does not offer freebies. Winter gardening in California.

Even though I was born in California, I didn’t return to live full time until 1997. So my personal historical data only goes back so far. But I can tell you I have never experienced a winter such as this in my short time being a Southern California resident. Winter…

January 15, 2014

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Meryta balansae – a rare New Caledonia gem

One of the main reasons I started my blog was to introduce new plants to people and hopefully give them a few more brushes from which to paint their landscape. Back in the spring of 2007 I was lucky enough to purchase my first Meryta balansae. At the time no…

January 8, 2014

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Yellow Bird of Paradise ‘Mandela’s Gold’

The Bird of Paradise (Strelitzia reginae) is a native of South Africa and is closely related to the banana tree. It is one of the most popular flowering perennials that can be grown in a Mediterranean-type climate. The Yellow Bird of Paradise has been known for a while now and…

January 1, 2014

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Encephalartos lehmannii x trispinosus
Thanks for visiting! Married to Plants is the lifestyle blog brainchild of me, Len Geiger. I like to consider myself a Mediterranean climate gardening aficionado with far too much interest in the plants that grow in this climate to be normal.

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