gramma loved her daffodils. . .
remembering Gramma
I’m remembering Gramma Doris today. . . She loved her daffodils and she certainly would have loved these.
Daffodils.
loving my hens and chicks.
hens and chicks, succulents in my garden
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hens and chicks = Echeveria elegans
- succulents in the garden, “Mexican Snowball, Mexican Gem, Pearl Echeveria, White Mexican Rose”
Echeveria elegans
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garden snapshot; “Happy Wander” vine is …wandering happily
the vine is 'happy wanderer' or, hardenbergia
garden snapshot, aeonium flowers start to open
Compare this to last week’s photo: link here
aeonium starts to bloom
flowers start to open on the cones of the aeonium
my gorgeous aeonium
aeonium, ready to explode!
My aeonium is going to explode into a million gazillion little yellow buds very, very soon~! Check out those cones. . .
flowering cones of the aeonium
spring has sprung in the garden, thank god for daffodils!
daffodils, opened in the first week of February no less!
Daffodils signal spring so, they’re my fav.
garden snapshots: happy succulents! Kalanchoe tomentosa and echeveria glauca
- the fuzzy one is a Kalanchoe (pronounced KAL-n-KOH-ee) tomentosa and the hens and chicks are Echeveria glauca
garden snapshot, succulents of course
garden snapshot, succulents
some aeonium, senecio, crassula falcata. . .
garden snapshot, aeonium ‘cyclops’
succulent garden snapshot, aeonium cyclops
aeonium cyclops
aeonium cyclops
garden snapshot, oscularia deltoides
oscularia deltoides
ah, oscularia deltoides, a prolific groundcover that grows fast in the garden- It produces simple but pretty lavender blooms in the springtime.
garden snapshots, succulent garden in september
my succulent garden, September 2010
senecio mandraliscae and graptopetalum paraguayense or, "Ghost Plant" in my succulent garden September 2010
Portulacaria afra/ crassula portulacaria aka, the Elephant's Food/ 'Spekboom', September 2010
garden snapshots, crassula falcata
crassula falcata, a succulent in my garden
garden snapshot, progress as of august 2010
garden progress august 2010
garden snapshot, aeonium tabuliforme
aeonium tabuliforme
garden snapshot, spider attack!
spider attack in the garden!
garden snapshot, tagine among the succulents!
Tagine the cat visits my garden, all the way from Pennsylvania
garden snapshot, succulent metamorphosis, Echeveria ‘Topsy Turvy’
Echeveria 'Topsy Turvy', as it looks now in my garden
over a period of time that seemed like overnight, the shape of this succulent transformed as it shot up two flower stalks, giving it an almost lynx-like appearance. Compare to these pics which show you how it looked last month. . .
Echeveria 'Topsy Turvy', the "before" photo
Thanks for the plant ID FarOutFlora. . . this is Echeveria ‘Topsy Turvy‘
garden snapshot, newly planted bamboo in the ‘back 40′!
15 August 2010
evening light on the bamboo newly planted in the backyard, specifically the area I call my ‘back 40′~
garden snapshot: ‘palm grove’ finished!
putting the finishing touches on my Palm Grove
Having dug the path and then, building up mounds of dirt to create a little height and shape, the addition of the moss and palms has brought the space to life. I’ve dubbed this corner of the garden, ‘Palm Grove’.
before and after shot of my garden design
