Can you even?
These photos come from a garden I visited during the Bromeliad Summit, in Santa Barbara. Anything is possible in their dreamy climate, including river of Senecio serpens.
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Oh, that's beautiful, Loree! I know it's not quite as exciting, but maybe you could emulate at least the color of that snaking, blue swath using Acaena 'Blue Haze'...? (I know, not quite as exhilarating, but still...)
ReplyDeleteI do love the purple Acaena, but it doesn't love me. I struggle to keep it alive.
DeleteIsn't it fabulous. I have one little Senecio out there. I should plant that today. Thanks for the reminder. Gorgeous photos & inspiration. You keep us up on things. Thx
ReplyDeleteOne is all I've got this year too...
DeleteGorgeous! and exotic looking!
ReplyDeleteGlad you agree!
DeleteI am so with you on that plant! Was just wondering how I could have a swath...
ReplyDeleteIf you live in a swath-friendly climate I know they respond well to propagation by cuttings.
DeleteI've long admired those mass planting of blue Senecio too. Oddly, it's one succulent that hasn't done particularly well in my garden but maybe I didn't plant it densely enough. I wonder how the gardener responsible for the display handles their ugly flowers?
ReplyDeleteOh I imagine the staff is out cutting the second the ugly flowers appear!
DeleteA favorite houseplant of mine, but oh, to have a 'river' of it would be amazing!
ReplyDeleteIt is a pretty easy houseplant isn't it?
DeleteLooks dreamy. Mass planting are always a good idea if one has the room for it. If only you could find a good substitute that would thrive a zone 8 garden. Or persuade Andrew to move :-D
ReplyDeleteThe subject of moving has come up a time or two...
DeleteI bought about a zillion S. serpens in eeny-weeny 2" pots and have my very own river slowly filling in.
ReplyDeleteWonderful idea ! :)
DeleteI hope to see that river in person someday...
DeleteThat is awesome. Yes, I remember seeing rivers of Blue Chalk Sticks in the San Diego area, and I had the same reaction. I can't even think of growing this plant in my climate, of course, unless I grew a few in pots and overwintered them. Not the same effect. ;-)
ReplyDeleteNo it's not, I've tried.
DeleteThat is stunningly beautiful ! I have some in a hanging basket ... it is one of my favourite succulents . Beautiful blue ! :)
ReplyDeleteSuch an unreal color for a plant to be!
DeleteSaw a similar effect at the Kuekenhof garden in Holland except they used blue muscari. Truly stunning. Are so many plants you can use to get this effect such as Blue Fescue or the Creeping Veronicas. Not quite the same but will still give you the river effect.
ReplyDeleteSadly I'm stuck on the chalk sticks...
DeleteLovely to look at. All of my rivers are gravel and even those are beyond my ability to maintain. But oh so delightful to delight over here.
ReplyDeleterickii
Puts my Iris river to shame. Hard to get all my flowers to bloom at the same time which rather ruins the effect. Clearly not a problem here.
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