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Sacramento Cactus too Succulent Society (SCSS) has started a garden tour computer program where members are encouraged to opened upwards their garden for other members. Yesterday I had the pleasance of visiting the garden of SCSS vice president Mariel Dennis.
As you lot volition encounter below, Mariel's garden is totally unique. Yes, in that location are succulents, but in that location are roses, gladiolas, butterfly bushes, geraniums, hydrangeas, fig trees, herbs, too a plethora of other plants every bit well. Then there's the garden art: drinking glass ornaments, talavera pieces, caput planters, too a whole lot more. And keeping sentry over the front end entryway are gargoyles that are unapologetically creepy.
At night, the backyard is lit upwards past times a diversity of calorie-free sources--from solar lanterns amongst drinking glass blocks placed inwards front end of them for added termination to rope lights set on transcend of a gravel walkway. Mariel said that people bring told her the backyard looks similar an alien landing strip at night. But she loves it, too that's all that matters. I couldn't grip more. It may seem similar a uncomplicated too obvious statement, but all likewise many gardeners are focused on what others powerfulness mean value of their garden. That should endure completely secondary. We should create the form of garden that makes us happy. If others similar it, too--that's great. If not--well, likewise bad for them.
Let's outset inwards the front end of the house:
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| I must admit, I wasn't certain initially most the 2 Italian cypresses flanking the entryway but past times the fourth dimension I left, I had a difficult fourth dimension imaging what the household would hold off similar without them. |
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| The cypresses exercise frame this pot real nicely |
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| The bluish flowers are from a plectranthus, non certain which species |
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| The aloe on the left is a stunner. My jurist is Aloe conifera. |
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| Entryway |
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| What a fantastic combination! |
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| The happiest hydrangea I've seen inwards years inwards the Sacramento area |
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| Every nook too cranny is used for plants or decorations |
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| Not for the faint of heart! |
Now we're inwards the due north side yard. The lot is wedge-shaped, amongst the narrowest betoken inwards the front, too the widest along the dorsum fence. The side yards flare out too are genuinely larger than the expanse behind the house.
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| One of a one-half dozen sitting areas inwards the garden |
The gravel expanse used to endure lawn. Mariel too her hubby took it out several years agone too created raised planters to compensate for the slow-draining clay soil.
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| Just a few of Mariel's many talavera containers |
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 serial of racks against the due north side of the household are habitation to a small-scale subdivision of Mariel's potted succulents, including a squeamish collection of haworthias. I could bring spent hours looking at all the plants.
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| I don't mean value I've ever seen Lithops staged better. Because the rocks too the plants hold off too so similar, guessing which is which becomes a fun game. |
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| Crested beauty inwards the perfect pot |
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| Echeveria 'Compton's Carousel' |
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| The caput pot is past times Sacramento expanse potter Connie Esquibel |
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| A real uncomplicated combo, but I constitute it strikingly beautiful. Not certain most the plant, but it looks similar a Graptosedum. |
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| Mariel has all the caput planters I've ever wanted! |
Let's perish along inwards the northeastern corner of the backyard:
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| The purple-flowering perennial is Canary Island sage (Salvia canariensis) |
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| Yucca elephantipes |
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| Mariel calls this bed "Aloe Heaven" |
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| Aloidendron 'Hercules' |
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| I was trying to figure out what the pink-flowering shrub was until I realized it's only regular Mexican eve primrose (Oenothera speciosa) weaving its means through the variegated Buddleja. |
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| Variegated Yucca gloriosa |
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| Agave multifilifera |
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| Yucca 'Blue Boy' too lavander cotton wool (Santolina sp.) |
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| Agave 'Cornelius' |
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| Agave 'Cornelius' too gazanias |
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| Epiphyllums inwards hanging baskets nether a pepper tree |
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| This was my favorite slice of drinking glass fine art inwards Mariel's garden |
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| Standing at the eastern debate looking towards the due north side yard (right) too the house |
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| The racks you lot saw before from a unlike angle |
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| Mariel leading SCSS members through the due north side yard |
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| Another inviting spot to sit |
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| Looking southward towards the greenhouse too the southward side yard |
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| Rope lights too transparent drinking glass tiles. This strip used to endure lawn every bit well. |
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| I tin flame alone imagine how beautiful this must endure at night! |
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| I must replicate only about of Mariel's combinations! |
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| Looking dorsum towards the due north side yard |
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| LEFT: Euphorbia horrida 'Snowflake' inwards a Connie Equibel pot RIGHT: Euphorbia ammak 'Variegata' |
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| Two fairy gardens Mariel lately made. The attending to item is amazing! |
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| Another sitting expanse adjacent to the greenhouse (currently empty) |
Now we're inwards the southward side yard. It's the same form too size every bit as the due north side yard.
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| Mariel's handyman Steve (in the tan T-shirt inwards the photograph above) built the greenhouse to Mariel's specifications |
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| Sitting expanse nether the pepper tree inwards the southeastern corner |
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| Tapestry of sedums too thymes |
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| I must admit, I bring a weakness for bottle trees. I don't bring 1 myself, but it's only a affair of time... |
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| One terminal hold off at the southward side yard |
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 large give thank you lot you to Mariel too her hubby Ian for their hospitality! I thoroughly enjoyed my visit. Sumber http://www.succulentsandmore.com/
