Even More Mendocino
Abutilon megapotamicum "Trailing Abutilon" Are you sick of pictures of Mendocino yet? I posted about Mendocino Coast Botanical Garden’s fuchsias a little while back, then Matti posted more pics in his...
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Shaw's Agave - Agave shawii It was as gorgeous morning when we cruised through the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden. As you know we popped over to the Dudleya section first, but check out the color on...
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Mimetes cucullates We’ve been kind of slacking on the blog front lately. It’s been way too nice out. Summer has arrived! It was sunny & 70 degrees at 5PM for three days in a row. The fog’s back, so...
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Dudleya attenuata You know the term, a man’s man? Well if there’s such thing as a gardener’s garden…this is the place. What a treat it was to visit Ted Kipping’s private oasis over in the Glen Park...
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Big Sur Spirit Garden - Agave parryi On Christmas Eve we cruised down Highway One to Big Sur for the day. We love the Big Sur Spirit Garden. One of the first blog posts I ever wrote was about this...
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Dudleya attenuata You know the term, a man’s man? Well if there’s such thing as a gardener’s garden…this is the place. What a treat it was to visit Ted Kipping’s private oasis over in the Glen Park...
View ArticleSanta Cruzin the Arboretum
Mimetes cucullates We’ve been kind of slacking on the blog front lately. It’s been way too nice out. Summer has arrived! It was sunny & 70 degrees at 5PM for three days in a row. The fog’s back,...
View ArticleTED’s Garden
Dudleya attenuata Update: Sadly Ted passed away November 24th, 2019. Here’s a great tribute by Bart O’Brien, President of California Horticultural Society. You know the term, a man’s man? Well if...
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