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Tag: succulents

Go beyond aloes and agaves

Aloes and agaves are admittedly awesome. So are the more unsung heroes of the water wise world such as aeoniums, echeverias, euphorbias, senecio, and graptopetulums. Not to mention graptoverias, crassulas, kalanchoes, and cotyledon. Often pigeonholed for containers, these 10 genera belong on the list of superb garden choices. The past year I planted 40 varieties… Read More Go beyond aloes and agaves

January 4, 2017February 11, 2017 Patti Prairie

Offset drip’s downsides

Irrigation is crucial when it seldom rains, and drip (unlike spray) is an effective mechanism to keep plants healthy with minimal waste. But it has some downsides, and now in our 6th year of a drought and 3rd of rationing, a gardener can either get creative or crazed. Drip is just that – a drip… Read More Offset drip’s downsides

September 29, 2016January 26, 2017 Patti Prairie1 Comment

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  • Water when?
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  • Grass be gone #5
  • Snap and see
  • Get hooked on succulents
  • Rains, reservoirs, drought
  • Cut maintenance AND water
  • My plants
  • Absorb articles of note
  • Go beyond aloes and agaves
  • Rationing-when less is enough
  • New year, new way
  • My 3 favorite aloes
  • Wean plants based on age
  • How to fix a big drip line hole
  • Live and let die
  • Fight the ‘freebies’ urge
  • Offset drip’s downsides
  • Now you sedum, now you don’t
  • Channel your inner Sherlock
  • What’s in a name?
  • Firewise…is…waterwise
  • Reform lawn irrigation
  • Too much, too little, just right?
  • Cycle and soak gardens
  • 5 years and counting
  • When a tree falls…
  • My 3 favorite shrubs
  • Save with benches
  • A world of waterwise choices
  • My 3 favorite agaves
  • Grass be gone #4
  • Seeing is believing
  • Control the controller
  • My 3 favorite low hedges
  • Binge-reading revelations
  • Wage war on weeds
  • Data worth a thousand words
  • My top 10 waterwise tools + 2
  • Revere mulch
  • Squander on the grass
  • My favorite resources
  • Remember the trees
  • Rethink groundcover
  • Four smart sleuthing skills
  • Four winning plant strategies
  • Six stages of adaptation
  • Grass be gone #3
  • Top 10 myths, dispelled
  • Say no to goof, yes to smart
  • Grass be gone #2
  • Tailor emitter flow rates too
  • Purge the garden
  • Stop irrigation leaks
  • Choose wise plants wisely
  • Water, water, where are you?
  • Control the slopes
  • Calculate drip intake
  • Grass be gone #1
  • Gauge plants by water/sq. ft.
  • Do less to get more
  • Read the meter and reap
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  • Pack it in when plants die
  • Abolish open hoses
  • Nix spaghetti connectors
  • Follow the water
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Agave 'Blue Glow' - formerly carex
Formerly Ceonythus Yankee Point, now as of Nov. 2016 Rhagodia spinescens, Coprosma kirkii 'Variegata', Yucca linearifolia, Graptopetalum paraguayense
Formerly Ceonythus Yankee Point, now as of Nov. 2016 Rhagodia spinescens, Coprosma kirkii ‘Variegata’, Yucca linearifolia, Graptopetalum paraguayense
formerlyuppergrass
Agave ovatifolia 'Frosty Blue', Dasylirion wheeleri, and Agave franzosinii
Agave ovatifolia ‘Frosty Blue’, Dasylirion wheeleri, and Agave franzosinii
Callistemon 'Jeffers' - Purple Bottlebrush, Portulacaria afra - Elephant's Food, and Artemisia 'Powis Castle' - Wormwood
Callistemon ‘Jeffers’ – Purple Bottlebrush, Portulacaria afra – Elephant’s Food, and Artemisia ‘Powis Castle’ – Wormwood
formerly grass, now Dudleya brittonii in succulent knot garden
formerly grass, now Dudleya brittonii in succulent knot garden
Little stone man
Little stone man
Entrance garden
Entrance garden
Kate on steps to upper level - formerly grass
formerly grass, now stone bench terraced into hillside
formerly grass, now stone bench terraced into hillside
Agave ovatifolia 'Frosty Blue' - Whale's Tongue Agave
Agave ovatifolia ‘Frosty Blue’ – Whale’s Tongue Agave
Pisonia umbellifera 'Variegata' - Map Plant
Pisonia umbellifera ‘Variegata’ – Map Plant
pathtosacredcircle
Phormium 'Guardsman' - Guardsman New Zealand Flax - and Max
Phormium ‘Guardsman’ – Guardsman New Zealand Flax – and Max
Salvia leucantha 'Midnight'
Salvia leucantha ‘Midnight’
looking down at lower level knot garden that was formerly grass
looking down at lower level knot garden that was formerly grass
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Formerly grass, now knot garden
Formerly grass, now knot garden
Aloe speciosa - Tilt-head Aloe and Bougainvillea ‘Orange King’
Aloe speciosa – Tilt-head Aloe and Bougainvillea ‘Orange King’
looking up from flat area's knot garden that was formerly grass to tiered slope garden
looking up from flat area’s knot garden that was formerly grass to tiered slope garden
formerlycarex
tiered garden southwest of house
tiered garden southwest of house
formerly grass, now log bench and small terrace along upper level path
formerly grass, now log bench and small terrace along upper level path
Formerly grass, now Aloe hercules and aloe rubroviolacea
Formerly grass, now Aloe hercules and aloe rubroviolacea
sacred circle
sacred circle
Agave attenuata 'Ray of Light'
Agave attenuata ‘Ray of Light’
Looking up from lower level
Looking up from lower level

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