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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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Evergreen Pear Tree (Pyrus kawakami) Flowers

A flowering Evergreen Pear Tree (Pyrus kawakami) tells us spring is near

“What is this white-flowering tree I see all over Southern California right now? Cherry tree of some sort?” This is usually how it goes when you first see the impressive blooms of the Evergreen Pear Tree (Pyrus kawakami). When in flower, you just can’t miss this popular landscape tree that can be found…

February 16, 2017

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Rainy Day Dypsis prestoniana Leaves

A closeup view of a Southern California rainy day garden

A rainy day garden: often a curse in the tropics, but a rare treat in Southern California. I can honestly tell you that I have never said, “Oh, darn. It’s going to rain” while I have had my garden here in Vista, California. If you do not live in a low-rainfall Mediterranean climate, you can…

February 9, 2017

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Big Jake's Potting Bench

Is it wrong to really love your potting bench?

Perhaps it’s just me, but I love potting stuff up. I enjoy watching the plants I grew from seed, seedlings or cuttings get too large for the containers they are in and require a new home. I also realize that with each new pot I put them in, they come closer to being…

February 2, 2017

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Bjorklund Garden Front Yard Money Shot

Succulent Garden Party at the Rick Bjorklund and Greg Starr residence

Not long ago I decided to join the San Diego Horticultural Society (SDHS). I have been told by a few that it provides a great opportunity to view some amazing gardens and meet some interesting people from the world of plants. The first garden I would tour with the SDHS turned out…

January 26, 2017

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Isalo National Park Bismarckia nobilis

My most memorable images from Madagascar

Some readers may have taken note that the last few posts I have uploaded have been posts in which I am catching up on my Madagascar trip. That trip is almost a year and a half old now. Work, kids, life, etc., all got in the way of me finishing those…

January 19, 2017

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Echeveria from South Korea

Rolling the dice and buying Echeverias from Korea

Echeverias from Korea? Why? Well, if you want to grow the latest and greatest from the world of orchids and plumeria, you order out of Thailand. If you want a crazy new aloe hybrid, South Africa has them. The latest palm trees available, you purchase from Hawaii. If you want the newest echeverias,…

January 12, 2017

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Bob De Jong Garden

The exceptional garden of Bob De Jong

Welcome to the new year. Welcome to Bob’s garden. Last year I wrote a post about aloes, with a spotlight on hybrids. Those plants were all from the exceptional garden of Bob De Jong. That post received a lot of positive feedback and came with many private requests to see more. Wanting…

January 5, 2017

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Raindrop on Agapanthus Leaf

The magical properties of rainwater in Southern California

Here in Southern California my local forecast shows another two days of rain coming starting tomorrow morning. Considering the fact California is in a state of serious drought, all rain is welcomed. Last year was to be the year of the drought-breaking El Niño, but that never happened. Earlier this fall a…

December 29, 2016

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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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