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20 late afternoon garden photos

Geiger Garden - Agave Pots and Carcharodons

I needed a quick post for this week as I will be in North Carolina for our family reunion at the Outer Banks. So before heading out with the wife and kids for a 3 AM departure, I went outside the day before and shot some late afternoon garden photos. Likely the most popular request…

August 10, 2017

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Filed Under: HODGEPODGE Tagged With: Agaves, Aloes, Bromeliads, Cactus, Cycads, Dypsis, Flowering Perennials, Flowering Shrubs, Flowering Trees, Garden Art, Palm Trees, Rock Garden, Tropical Plants

PSSC Meeting – Gregg Hamann Garden Tour

Gregg Hamann - Pool

It is not often that you have an opportunity to visit a multi-generational garden. So when the Palm Society of Southern California (PSSC) quarterly meeting was going to be held at one of my favorite palm gardens in Southern California, I knew I would be blocking off that time on my busy schedule. The Gregg…

May 25, 2017

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Filed Under: TOURS Tagged With: Aloes, Cycads, Dypsis, Garden Art, Palm Trees, Tropical Plants

A closeup view of a Southern California rainy day garden

Rainy Day Dypsis prestoniana Leaves

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 not really understand why rain…

February 9, 2017

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Filed Under: HODGEPODGE Tagged With: Agaves, Aloes, Bromeliads, Cactus, Cycads, Dypsis, Flowering Perennials, Flowering Shrubs, Garden Art, Hibiscus, Palm Trees, Tropical Plants, Weather

Succulent Garden Party at the Rick Bjorklund and Greg Starr residence

Bjorklund Garden Front Yard Money Shot

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 to be a doozy. Dubbed…

January 26, 2017

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Filed Under: TOURS Tagged With: Agaves, Aloes, Bromeliads, Cactus, Echeveria, Garden Art, Rock Garden, 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

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

San Diego Bonsai Club 51st Annual Fall Show

SDBC Exhibition Kishu Shimpaku (Juniperus chinensis var. sargentii

The San Diego Bonsai Club held their 51st Annual Fall Show on September 24th & 25th. Having never been to a bonsai show, I had to set aside time for this one. Thanks to my daughter’s soccer game on Saturday afternoon, I had to get up early and catch the show when the doors first opened in order…

September 29, 2016

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Filed Under: TOURS Tagged With: Garden Art

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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