tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post1762948648769211481..comments2024-03-28T13:18:03.669-07:00Comments on Succulents and More™: Eyeball-worthy nuggets from around the web—2019 holiday editionGerhard Bock (Succulents and More)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17583583634141549759noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post-28660323160023751412019-12-26T18:55:44.064-08:002019-12-26T18:55:44.064-08:00Ha ! The square hole thing has been making the rou...Ha ! The square hole thing has been making the rounds on the internet--even a modest flame war on Garden Web,and some drama on the Garden Professors FB page. My biggest takeaway was pondering how many 4" square nursery pots have been root bound over my decades of gardening. Love the crown shyness stuff. kshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10847026541797857854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post-73735250897262403012019-12-26T10:43:30.884-08:002019-12-26T10:43:30.884-08:00Interesting information re: square holes for trees...Interesting information re: square holes for trees. Maybe 2020 will be your lucky year to indulge in a 'once-in-a-life time' trip. Any of those trips looks amazing. Best of the holiday season to you. Enjoy Arizona.luv2gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09883799040439283011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post-33673455474525322042019-12-25T08:59:44.639-08:002019-12-25T08:59:44.639-08:00The Crown shyness phenomenon is surreal, but in my...The Crown shyness phenomenon is surreal, but in my garden the birch is hugging the cedar totally unabashed. The idea of square hole planting is intriguing; I'm definitely giving it a try with my next tree. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!chavlinesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10907844942343152129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post-51962238093149705312019-12-24T21:58:50.281-08:002019-12-24T21:58:50.281-08:00Dear Gerhard
I write from sunny Cape Town, South A...Dear Gerhard<br />I write from sunny Cape Town, South Africa. Thank you so much for your blogs, which I am sure at times must involve quite a lot of work. I really enjoy reading them, and have learnt a great deal from them. My own garden was fashioned as a typically English garden, with all the plants that go with that. Some years ago we experienced the beginning of climate change, with no rain and very hot temperatures during our winter months, when normally it would rain and temperatures would drop to more livable levels. It came with the realisation that purchasing water every ten days [5,000 litres a time] would not be financially sustainable, and thus started the beginning of the change to the garden. With it came such a fascinating journey [long not finished...] for my gardener and I along the road with aloes, succulents, grasses, tough perennials [salvias come to mind, plectranthus, geraniums] and bulbs. And the occasional agaves. It has been at times an expensive exercise changing the garden, and trying to understand the fact that much less water is required - I also had to learn about how aloes require less rather than more fussing. Your blog has at all times been so inspirational and educational along the journey, and I am most grateful to you for guiding me. I do hope you will be able to visit our country at some stage - it is a beautiful place, and the flora will leave you as excited as some of that you have written about. James Hitchmough, on instagramme writes a great deal about some of South Africa's plants, and I hope it will be enough to encourage you to book a trip soon. I look forward to reading your blog in 2020. Kind regards Rene Johnsonrenejohnson285@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15355280059791701046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post-50144385093618128952019-12-24T17:48:52.720-08:002019-12-24T17:48:52.720-08:00This was a fun post! I'm glad you've mana...This was a fun post! I'm glad you've managed some time to breathe and enjoy the holidays. Merry Christmas Gerhard!Kris Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07097260283693156795noreply@blogger.com