Garden Alphabet: Dudleya
Garden Alphabet: Dudleya There are tons of different types of Dudleya. You could make your gardening life a study in them alone. I snapped this shot at the Los Angeles Continue Reading
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Garden Alphabet: Dudleya There are tons of different types of Dudleya. You could make your gardening life a study in them alone. I snapped this shot at the Los Angeles Continue Reading
Garden Alphabet: Catalpa This large catalpa trees grows in a yard a few lots away. These lovely flowers will turn into large bean-shaped pods of seeds later in the season. Catalpa Continue Reading
Garden Alphabet: Datura from Santa Cruz Island Granted, Datura (Jimson Weed) isn’t something that everyone would want or have in their garden, but I have always found its flowers to be Continue Reading
Garden Alphabet: Japanese Cherry (Prunus serrulata) Very close by we have a manmade lake that is surrounded with a heavy planting of Japanese Cherry Trees that put on quite a show Continue Reading
Garden Alphabet: Dietes (Fortnight Lily) Not my favorite garden plant, as they are hugely overused and abused here in Southern California landscapes, but they do have very pretty flowers. Called Fortnight Continue Reading
Garden Alphabet: Amaryllis These lovely Amaryllis appear each year in my garden — which is one of the main reasons I love bulbs so much. After a bit of initial Continue Reading
Garden Alphabet: Sweet Potato Growing food is one of the most fulfilling things you can do in your garden although growing flowers also provides much for the soul. My wife Continue Reading
Garden Alphabet: Orchid from the Southern California Spring Garden Show 2013 Today’s photo comes from our visit to the Southern California Spring Garden Show 2013 in Costa Mesa, CA. The Continue Reading
Acanthus This Acanthus has been reappearing and blooming in the front garden since we moved in 16 years ago. The leaves and flower stems dry and die back each Fall Continue Reading
Calla Lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica) A lovely flower caught during my travels this week. This is one of the great advantages to carrying a camera, even an smartphone, everywhere you go. Continue Reading