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October Ti Society meeting at the home of Norm and Candy Nakanishi

Ti Society Meeting

Last month I was invited to attend a small, local plant group’s monthly meeting in the Los Angeles area. My wife and son were out of town that weekend, so what a great opportunity to stay at Disneyland with my 8-year-old daughter and the next morning attend the meeting and tour a “must-see collection of plants.” So…

November 3, 2016

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Filed Under: TOURS Tagged With: Bromeliads, Cycads, Flowering Perennials, Greenhouse, Palm Trees, Ti Plants, Tropical Plants

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

A Neoregelia ‘Ink Well’ to Alcantarea odorata switcharoo

Lava Pots Alcantarea odorata

It was maybe six years ago that I received a few lava stone pots from Bali after a family trip. In two of those pots I place a Neoregelia ‘Ink Well,’ each with two pups growing from it. I always loved the color of Neoregelia ‘Ink Well,’ and because it is a bigger Neoregelia, I wouldn’t…

October 6, 2016

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Filed Under: HODGEPODGE Tagged With: Bromeliads, Garden Art

A tour of the beautiful Cuesta Linda garden estate in Vista

Cuesta Linda PSSC - Garden Pictures

I have written a few blog post over the last two years showing off some of the amazing gardens that members of the Southern California Palm Society (PSSC) have created. Recently I had the opportunity to tour what is most likely the nicest of all of them in Southern California: the beautiful “Cuesta Linda” garden estate…

September 22, 2016

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Filed Under: TOURS Tagged With: Bromeliads, Cycads, Dypsis, Flowering Shrubs, Orchids, Tropical Plants

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

Southern California Spring Garden Show: At Home in The Garden

SC Spring Garden Show Orchids

Earlier today I drove up to Costa Mesa to finally visit the Southern California Spring Garden Show “At Home in The Garden.” I have heard mixed reviews over the years about the show with some years being great and others a waste of time. The biggest complaint I hear from people now is that the larger…

April 28, 2016

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Filed Under: TOURS Tagged With: Aloes, Bromeliads, Epiphytes, Flowering Perennials, Garden Art, Orchids, Tropical Plants, Water Wise

Online shopping makes it too easy to fuel your Bromeliad addiction

Bromeliads bought off eBay

I have a few old-timer friends that have been collecting plants and building their garden for over 40 years now. When they ask me where I get some of my rare plants and I tell them off the Internet, they just laugh. They remind me that “back in their day” they would either have to travel…

July 30, 2015

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Filed Under: FLOWERING PLANTS Tagged With: Bromeliads, Greenhouse, Tropical Plants

Palm Society of Southern California May garden tour

Nesheiwat Garden Address Lightpost

This past Saturday the Palm Society of Southern California (PSSC) held their quarterly meeting . This May meeting included two wonderful gardens tours in the Mission Viejo area. While I have been a member of the PSSC for many years now, I am usually unable to attend these meetings, as something kid-related always seems to take up my calendar. Lucky…

May 21, 2015

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Filed Under: TOURS Tagged With: Agaves, Bromeliads, Flowering Perennials, Garden Art, Landscape, Palm Society, Palm Trees

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