Succulents and More™

«   Back to  January—March  |  April—June  |   July —September Continuing the year in review... ⬐ OCTOBER I finally had the opportunity to visit the garden of my  Sacramento-area plant friend Theresa . I was blown away by the size of her property (2 acres), the Southwest architecture of her house, and the many creative touches in her garden. New Mexico or Sacramento? Open door in the front garden, just because

«   Back to January—March  | April—June Continuing the year in review... ⬐ JULY Back to the Ruth Bancroft Garden   for a change of scenery. It's an easy 60-minute drive, and the therapeutic value is priceless. Leucadendron 'Ebony' next to a large Agave ovatifolia Erythrina × bidwillii and Agave montana

«   Back to January—March Continuing the year in review... ⬐ APRIL In April we were sheltering in place. Many people were transitioning to working at home, but since I've been working at home for years, my work routine wasn't affected. In the midst of all the confusion, the garden became even more of a a sanctuary. Vriesea fosteriana 'Red Chestnut' Side yard

Hindsight is 2020. A bad pun, I know, but I've been wanting to say it all year. And now that I've indulged myself, I won't say it again. I want to take this opportunity to review what 2020 had in store for me as far as gardening and plants were concerned. Garden visits and opportunities to hang out with fellow plant nerds were few and far between, but as far as our plants were concerned, 2020 was just another year with a long dry summer and a dry fall.  Originally, I'd planned to do one consolidated year-in-review post, but to my surprise I had more ground to cover than I'd expected. To keep the number of photos manageable, I'm going to cover one quarter per post, for a total of four installments. ⬐ JANUARY January was the beginning of aloe season. Ours were just starting ... Our aloes getting ready to flower but the aloes in John Miller's Oakland garden were in full bloom when I visited him at the end of the month: