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My most memorable images from Madagascar

Isalo National Park Bismarckia nobilis

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 posts back then. I can…

January 19, 2017

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Filed Under: HODGEPODGE Tagged With: Aloes, Dypsis, Madagascar, Travel, Water Wise

The exceptional garden of Bob De Jong

Bob De Jong Garden

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 to oblige, I have waited…

January 5, 2017

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Filed Under: TOURS Tagged With: Agaves, Aloes, Cycads, Dypsis, Garden Art, Palm Trees, Rock Garden, Water Wise

Photo 120: Digital photography class final project

Photo 120 Final - Chambeyronia hookeri Leaf

A huge part of running a garden blog is the photography. Some of my favorite garden blogs that I frequent feature great photography, and it is a key reason why I visit them so often. Over the last few years of running Married to Plants, I have grown quite a bit as a writer. While my…

December 8, 2016

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Filed Under: HODGEPODGE Tagged With: Agaves, Aloes, Palm Trees, Pottery, Tropical Plants

Plant snobbery and the disrespect for the common

Mediterranean Fan Palm (Chamaerops humilis)

Plant snobs. Any long-time gardener or plant collector has run into them. The further you dig yourself into the gardening lifestyle, the more the plant snobbery reveals itself. Sadly, what is lost in all this is the beauty that can be found in a commonly available plant. Common plants become common for a reason. After many…

November 24, 2016

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Filed Under: HODGEPODGE Tagged With: Aloes, Cycads, Dypsis, Palm Trees, Rants

A private Johannesburg Encephalartos cycad garden

Johannesburg Cycad Encephalartos Garden

I have been holding on to this post for over a year now. Figured it was about time that I showed readers the most impressive Encephalartos cycad collection I have seen in a private garden. Of course it had to be in South Africa, the land of Encephalartos. This garden I am about to show is only…

November 10, 2016

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Filed Under: CYCADS Tagged With: Agaves, Aloes, Cycads, Rock Garden, South Africa

Agave albopilosa, Aloe pearsonii and other sneak-in plantings

Agave albopilosa Closeup Sneak-in Post

“Sneak-in” plantings? That is a term I use for any placement of a small plant into an unusual or random part of your garden. A place where most plants would fail or where one wouldn’t expect to see a plant. It is in these areas I like to place smaller-growing rare plants. I find that these types of plantings…

October 13, 2016

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Filed Under: SUCCULENTS Tagged With: Agaves, Aloes, Bromeliads, Rock Garden, Water Wise

Inter-City Cactus and Succulent Show and Sale

Tephrocactus geometricus - Intercity 2016

This past weekend I drove up to Los Angeles to visit the 31st Annual Inter-City Cactus and Succulent Show and Sale that took place at the Los Angeles Arboretum. LA traffic never makes things easy, so a 3-hour drive turned into 4 that Friday. The show was well worth the drive, however. The Inter-City Cactus and Succulent…

August 18, 2016

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Filed Under: SUCCULENTS Tagged With: Agaves, Aloes, Cactus, Euphorbia, Variegation, Water Wise

Tour of Gardens by the Bay in Singapore

Gardens by the Bay Super Tree Walk

As part of the second leg of the International Palm Society’s biennial group trip, Singapore was the next stop after Sarawak, Borneo. The IPS had planned three palmy locations to visit while we were in Singapore. Gardens by the Bay, Singapore Botanic Garden (topic of next week’s post) and McRitchie Reservoir. Gardens by the Bay was first up. Before…

July 7, 2016

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Filed Under: TOURS Tagged With: Agaves, Aloes, Botanical Garden, Bromeliads, Cactus, Cycads, Dypsis, Epiphytes, Flowering Perennials, Flowering Shrubs, Garden Art, Palm Trees, Southeast Asia, Travel, Tropical Plants

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