Our December trip to Los Angles was intentionally low key. Not a lot on the list of "must see/must do" but rather more downtime just spent relaxing together. It was lovely. But...but...one wants to make the most of time spend in a sunny warm climate so I had a list of places to visit, if the opportunity presented itself. As luck would have it Denise (A Growing Obsession) had almost offhandedly mentioned Sunset Boulevard Nursery a week or two before our trip. I'd made a mental note, and I visited.
I want that cart, a lot. Can you imagine?
Note the palm trees – we're not in Portland people.
Who needs a Buddha head that big???
I forget which Grevillea this was, but does it really matter?
Ya'll know what this is right?
Leucadendron argenteum (And Kris, if you're reading...plant one already!)
Adenanthos x cunninghamii (always photogenic)...
Trevesia palmata (Snowflake Aralia)
Someday I'll find one of these when I can actually purchase it and bring it home with me.
OMG...no!!! Aegopodium podagraria 'Variegatum' (Bishop's Weed) at $10.99 for a gallon container I could have been a millionaire if I'd sold mine during the big dig.
In the middle there is Agave gypsophila 'Ivory Curls' – a beauty no?
And with child.
Agave titanota
Echeveria agavoides 'Lipstick'
Mangave 'Bloodspot'
The sun! The succulents! (the girl from Oregon all blissed-out that she was experiencing this on December 21st!)...
Echeveria strictiflora
And wrapping it up with Echeveria setosa deminuta. I could do a lot of damage here, in the right season and with a way to get things home.
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I need a taste of SoCal right now, so this was perfect! I don't know that I could really enjoy browsing a place like this knowing that I had no way to get plants home, so not being able to buy. I suppose it's better than not even going, right? :)
ReplyDeleteAlways better than not going! And I did manage to squeeze a few plants into my luggage (http://www.thedangergarden.com/2016/01/wednesday-vignette-california-plant-haul.html).
DeleteLovely! I should make a map with all the places you mention so I can actually go visit them and get new plants this spring...
ReplyDeleteDo it!
DeleteI do love that Leucadendron, although its height would send my nazi neighbor into a foliage fury frenzy. I wonder how long it takes to reach its mature height of 25-40 feet? You've whetted my appetite to visit this nursery even if it's not exactly freeway close.
ReplyDeleteI can't imagine it's a fast grower, at least not fast enough to get that neighbor up in arms.
DeleteDefinitely making me homesick :-( I bet we could all use a day of sun and warm temps right about now.
ReplyDeleteI'm in...I can always use a day of sun and warm temps!
DeleteOoooh, so many lovely pointy things...
ReplyDeleteHa, yes indeed!
DeleteSo many cool plants. Ivory Curls is amazing!
ReplyDeleteWith a price tag to match.
DeleteMangave 'Bloodspot' !! That is so beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI wonder why I don't have one?
DeleteThat's the second time this week I've seen 'Ivory Curls'. I think the universe is trying to tell me something. Lots of lustworthy stuff in this post...good thing I'm an inveterate window shopper.
ReplyDeleteHave you seen it locally Ricki?
DeleteNo, just on blogs...but I'll be watching.
DeleteWow, great place. Enjoyed your visit.
ReplyDeleteIt is. Have you been?
DeleteGreetings,
ReplyDeleteI'm new to your blog as of late last year and am thoroughly enjoying your posts. I envy your Pacific North West climate, though I see from this posting, the grass can be greener. I live/garden in L.A. about half way between Sunset Nursery and The Plant Provocateur. Small world!
Thank you.
Janet
Small world indeed! And yes, that darn grass is frequently greener.
DeleteOh the plants! Agave gypsophila 'Ivory Curls' is glorious. Maybe it's time to take that groovy new plantmobile of yours on a trip to California.
ReplyDeleteJust going to start trying to get this idea out to you influential garden bloggers: Greg Starr and I just returned from 2 weeks of field work and data collection in Oaxaca. The plant listed above as A. titanota, is from a unique population in the Calapa river basin. All evidence currently suggests that it is not titanota. We visited the type locality for titanota and discovered two new populations-one proximal to tambor and one on the other side of Sierra Mixteca Alta. I am currently working on statistical taxonomic analyses to determine the exact nature of the Calapa river plants, but for now we believe this to be Agave species nova (of titanota x kerchovei hybrid origin) which we will be describing.
ReplyDeleteWe aren't done yet with analyses, but would like to ask all you brilliant garden bloggers to pause descriptions of this plant as titanota going forward. We will have updates and publications forthcoming that we expect to be more definitive (and we will likely reach out for your help in disseminating these ideas). But, out of an abundance of caution, Agave aff. titanota or Agave aff. titanota species nova would be the most correct -- all plant and flower measurements suggest this.
Best,
Daniel
Thanks Daniel (you had me at "influential garden bloggers"...). I admit to some confusion over this plant even before you shared this latest information. Plants with that label seem to vary so much. I look forward to learning more and helping to spread the word. Please feel free to contact me via my email (spiky plants at gmail dot com) since I have no way to get in contact with you (not on Google+).
DeleteYou and me and everybody else as well! We know why there is so much confusion as well -- 2 central players in that story . . . Seeing is believing, though. Great, will send you an email later tonight with photos from habitat demonstrating the issue -- ever seen a giant blue kerchovei?
DeleteOh gosh, I don't even know what a blue kerchovei is! Off to hope Google knows...
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