The 2017 Succulent Extravaganza at Succulent Gardens in Castroville, CA took house this past times Fri too Saturday, September 29 too 30. Both days were jam-packed amongst presentations, socalizing, looking at plants, too of class shopping. I didn't become far until slowly afternoon on Fri therefore I missed out on Friday's activities. But I enjoyed a total hateful solar daytime on Sat visiting amongst old succulent friends too coming together novel ones, taking photos of the wonderful plants at Succulents Gardens (the demonstration gardens looked ameliorate than ever), too listening to 4 presentations. I bought a few things, too, but oddly plenty none of them were succulents.
Walking dorsum to my auto afterward Janet's talk, I felt a slap-up feel of contentment. I had met wonderful people, seen beautiful plants, too soaked upwardly novel information I would live on able to position to practiced work inwards my garden. For me, the 2017 Succulent Extravaganza was 1 of the best ever.
The appointment for 2018 hasn't been announced yet, but if Succulent Gardens sticks to tradition, it should past times on the finally Fri too Sat of September, i.e. September 28 too 29, 2018. If y'all haven't already, subscribe to Succulent Gardens' newsletter to buy the farm along upwardly to appointment on all their events.
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Late afternoon on Fri I attended a special happy hr to celebrate the launch of Debra Lee Baldwin's novel book, Designing amongst Succulents, sec Edition. Afterwards I walked around the plant nursery too took some photos. Except for a few plant nursery employees, I was the only 1 there. Some of the photos are inwards this post, the others volition live on inwards the side past times side one: pure succulent porn.
If you've never been to Succulent Gardens, this is what y'all consider every bit approach on Elkhorn Blvd:
Many agaves along the route get got flowered (I believe these are Agave 'Mr Ripple'):
Entrance to the nursery:
Every Extravanza seems to characteristic a novel succulent tapestry. This is this year's:
More vertical arrangements:
Plants for sale are everywhere:
If y'all enjoying making succulent arrangements out of repurposed items, you've come upwardly to the right house for inspiration:
The display gardens are getting ameliorate too ameliorate every bit the plants mature. (Part 2 volition get got many to a greater extent than photos taken inwards the display gardens.)
This is the speaker surface area where near of the presentations are held:
This is 1 of 2 greenhouses opened upwardly to the public. The others are for propagation only too are off limits.
Bringing a carriage is a smart idea! And accept a hold off at that gorgeous Agave attenuata 'Ray of Light'!
So many succulents for sale! If I didn't already get got 1 of those Agave guadalajarana 'Leon' inwards the photograph below, I would get got been tempted.
Boxed specimens for minute impact:
This surface area exterior the primary retail greenhouse looked spectacular this year:
The painted doors are the perfect backdrop for sale plants.
More clever arrangements merely exterior the retail greenhouse:
Am I crazy for wanting a metallic agave similar the 1 inwards the photograph below?
I don't know if the large Kalanchoe beharensis inwards the side past times side photograph was for sale but it definitely was a focal point.
Speaking of focal points, this potted scheme featuring several Agave attenuata 'Boutin Blue' is a truthful showstopper:
The retail greenhouse has some areas that are off limits (see below) but near aisles are stocked amongst sale plants.
The discover of echeveria hybrids on the marketplace keeps growing from twelvemonth to year. With some exceptions, echeverias don't thrive inwards our climate (it's merely every bit good hot inwards the summer) but I taste looking at them. This is 1 I hadn't consider before: Echeveria 'Purple Pearl'. It's similar to 'Perle von Nürnberg" but fifty-fifty more purple.
I'll get got a lot to a greater extent than photos from within the retail greenhouse inwards my side past times side post. Here's 1 to a greater extent than to tide y'all over:
Very few visitors brand it to this surface area behind the propagation greenhouses. I'm non certain if these plants are officially for sale (yet), but at that topographic point are some prissy ones tucked away dorsum here.
The rows of cactus inwards the side past times side photos are new. Succulent Gardens is clearly making a concerted endeavour to grow larger cactus specimens.
I'm non certain what this 1 is (some Cereus or other)...
but this is Euphorbia ammak 'Variegata':
I've never seen this method of propagating columnar cactus before (I mean value this is a Trichocereus, straightaway lumped into Echinopsis). Apparently novel vertical stems volition grow from a department placed on the dry reason horizontally.
I was excited to detect a bloom that had merely opened upwardly (they only finally a day)
The arrangements below were created past times members of the Succulent Fanatics, a wildly pop Facebook grouping created 7 years agone past times San Jose gardener extraordinare Laura Balaoro. Every year, the Succulent Fanatics get got their ain tabular array inwards the retail greenhouse where visitors tin plow over the axe admire their creations too inquire succulent-related questions. The Extravaganza is a slap-up chance for people who otherwise only know each other from cyberspace to run across upwardly inwards person.
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| "Under the Sea" past times Laura Balaoro |
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| "Under the Sea" past times Laura Balaoro |
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| "Nemo's Magical Garden" past times Marlene McCullough |
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| Succulent pumpkin past times Deana McMillion |
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| "Autumn Splendor" past times Catherine Scott |
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| "Propagation Fairy Garden" past times Gina Maloney |
What would live on a gathering of like-minded people similar the Succulent Fanatics without a grouping shot!
This novel photograph spot, consummate amongst a succulent-adorned frame, is the perfect house for it. I took these photos therefore I'm non inwards it. But every bit y'all tin plow over the axe see, the y chromosome was non good represented. Not that you'll hither me complain!
Debra Lee Baldwin, a fellow member of Succulent Fanatics herself, gave presentations on both days. I caught her beak on "Designing amongst Colorful, Textural Succulents" on Sat morning. Here she is introducing Agave guiengola 'Crème Brûlée', 1 of her favorite alternatives to the ubiquitous (bad, if non downright evil) Agave americana. Agave guiengola definitely makes a statement, particularly every bit it gets bigger (it tin plow over the axe accomplish a summit of 3-4 ft too a width of 4-6 ft). Unfortunately, it's non rattling hardy; the specimen I in 1 lawsuit had developed unsightly blemishes every wintertime when temperatures savage below freezing.
Other presentations I attended were past times Robin Stockwell, the sometime possessor of Succulent Gardens ("Hybridization of Succulents") too Walker Young, assistant curator of the Ruth Bancroft Garden ("Succulent Design").
The concluding speaker of the hateful solar daytime was Janet Sluis, Program Developer too Curator of the Sunset Western Garden Collection. Entitled "Drought-Tolerant Plants for the Western Garden", Janet's beak focused on unthirsty plants that brand slap-up companions to succulents. I had seen this cart before inwards the hateful solar daytime too had guessed (correctly, every bit it turned out) that these plants were going to characteristic prominently inwards Janet's presentation.
I'm certain these plants were placed on the cart inwards completely random fashion, but hold off how beautifully they play off each other:
Janet's picks included Lomandra 'Platinum Beauty', Lavandula allardii 'Meerlo', Dianella 'Clarity Blue', Festuca glauca 'Beyond Blue', Mahonia 'Soft Caress' too Mahonia × media 'Marvel'. Many plants become through rigorous irrigation trials at UC Davis, Janet explained, but only the toughest brand into the "Water-Wise Plants" category of the Sunset Western Garden Collection. As I was listening to Janet, I was showtime to realize that Sunset had already done the difficult move for me: determining what would do good inwards my climate.
I actually similar the 2 selections from the Sunset Western Garden Collection I already have—Lavandula 'Meerlo' too Mahonia 'Soft Caress'—so I bought 3 to a greater extent than plants right too then too there: some other Lavandula 'Meerlo' too 2 Lomandra 'Platinum Beauty'. Succulent Gardens had brought inwards stock of both too a few others particularly for the Extravaganza. I'll hold off for the fescue too dianella at Green Acres inwards Sacramento side past times side weekend.
Walking dorsum to my auto afterward Janet's talk, I felt a slap-up feel of contentment. I had met wonderful people, seen beautiful plants, too soaked upwardly novel information I would live on able to position to practiced work inwards my garden. For me, the 2017 Succulent Extravaganza was 1 of the best ever.
The appointment for 2018 hasn't been announced yet, but if Succulent Gardens sticks to tradition, it should past times on the finally Fri too Sat of September, i.e. September 28 too 29, 2018. If y'all haven't already, subscribe to Succulent Gardens' newsletter to buy the farm along upwardly to appointment on all their events.
CLICK HERE TO SEE 70+ ADDITIONAL PHOTOS ("PLANT PORN") FROM THE 2017 SUCCULENT EXTRAVAGANZA.
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