So thankful.

Saturated Succulent

Potrero Hill Community Garden, San Francisco

stop and smell them, rose parade 2010

"Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every New Year find you a better man"

-Benjamin Franklin

urban gardening

introducing www.sempersucculent.blogspot.com

A Lithops (Living Stone) fruit capsule opens after being sprayed with water (time-lapse). In the wild, rain will open the Lithops capsule and then splash out the seeds. From www.youtube.com/user/CooleyBufo

happy birthday to a real innovator

Bootsy Collins, b. 10/26/1951

You have to get up and plant the seed and see if it grows, but you can't just wait around, you have to water it and take care of it.

cactus couture

p'recious

supply room at the conservatory of flowers

goooood morning

From Succulent Garden

porch life

coolness confirmed

Echeveria Metallica II
Family: Crassulaceae


A seldom offered hybrid that resembles the famous Bittersweet but doesn't grow quite so large. It is deep red with a purple overcast and bright red edges.

from www.highlandsucculents.com

it's a propagation party

how to propagate new succulents from cuttings

succulents in september

see more

take it into your own hands

Guerrilla gardener movement takes root in L.A. area
by Joe Robinson
LATimes.com


There is no law against planting on city landscaping, except for ficus trees, whose roots wreck roads and sidewalks. The city discourages unapproved gardening but tries to work with road planters it discovers. "If you want to do this, my advice is to contact myself or the council person," says Arevalo. "We want to partner with people who care about where they live."


At a time of shrinking city budgets and skeletal landscaping staffs, it's a hint at where guerrilla gardening could go -- to approved brigades of citizen gardeners helping cities turn wasted space into food and flowers.

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hanging vases under $5

flowers - planted, fingers crossed

flowers - cut and displayed