Succulents in California, and a personal update

Here are a few more succulent photos taken in California.

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These first two were taken in San Diego, outside a beautiful home. Besides the lovely succulents, I also love the colourful tiles in the first photo.

The next 3 photos were taken in Oakland.

On a personal note, my succulent garden in Australia has been put on hold, since I have recently moved to California. I would love a garden in California, but we are not quite settled yet. Soon I hope :). I will continue to take photos of succulents, flowers and plants that I come across, and share them with you on this site.

Flowers to come home to

The weather was cold and windy, but Melbourne’s weather is lovely today. There was no wind so I managed to take some photos.

These plants have been left to fend for themselves over Melbourne’s winter while I was away, with a dripper that feeds water once a week. It was nice to come home to see some flowers :)

 

These plants have been untouched, so here are some blooms with spider webs.

This is the first time I am seeing so many of these Kalanchoe blooms. Maybe I should go away more often.

The Crassula Diane is a very hardy variety, and may have taken over some pots…

 

The Jade Plant is also quite hardy

Succulents all squished together – it’s survival of the fittest

If you can, grow tall – I’ve got to do something about these

And these…

There are lots to do… Happy gardening.

La Jolla, San Diego

We went to La Jolla in San Diego for a brief visit. There were some nice succulents…

A garden bed with lovely succulents. I just love these aeoeniums – such a casual little arrangement but so lovely.

I went to the Contemporary Museum of Art, but I was disappointed that it was closed. But they had nice agaves…

and a lovely sculpture garden, which had lots of nice succulents.

    

La Jolla is by the sea. I spent a lot of time here drawing :)

Have a nice week.

A few more photos…

I am getting confused with names of succulents. They are either Sedeverias, Sedums, Graptoverias, Aloes, Crassulas, Kalanchoes, Aeoniums  or some other “similar” sounding names…

Whatever they are called, I love them. Here are a few more from the balcony.

This photo prompted me to write the opening paragraph. I love this baby… but I cannot tell you the name unless I hunt for its tag…

Sometimes I come across Blue Chalk Stick as the name of this lovely plant. I think it’s easier to remember than Senecio…

 

Kalanchoe… I think this specie is easier to recognised by the shape of its leaves.

Echeveria and sedum… someone asked if this blue grey bloom was a ghost plant in an earlier post.  That would be an easier name to remember…

Sedum (probably)… wearing my Learner Gardener’s hat, this plant should not be classified as a succulent. Unlike the others, it loves water, so it messes up my watering routine. 

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Vegetables

are less confusing, I think...

There truth is I’ve given up on vegetables. They also mess up my watering routine and I don’t cook enough… These are my last few photos.

Have you seen a lonelier chilli?

Vietnamese mint makes me feel good as a gardener, like I’ve done something right. It just grows and grows and keep growing….

Oregano is also a happy plant on my balcony.

I love the smell of Rosemary. I cannot help but touch it.

Happy Gardening!

I’ll be taking a break for a little while. Please visit my other blog, as I will still be Enjoying the Good Life.

For Aeoenium Lovers...

Happy Cactus Monday.

It's a busy day so this is a quick post to wish everyone a great week, before my dinner guests arrive...

Have a fantastic week.

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Photos from the camping trip

Happy Cactus Monday. Here a few photos from a recent camping trip.

Lovely aeoenium

 

Echeverias

A bloom from a weed

Partial focus 

Sweet purplish spike

 

Garden sculpture – not too difficult to make…

Spider web

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Succulents pots

Happy weekend. 

Today I am sharing a couple of photos of my potted plants and one on my sempervivum.

A few kalanchoe flapjacks in the middle surrounded by crassula with yellow flowers, echeveria with buds on the right and Kalanchoe Blossfeldiana with red blooms.

 

A mixture of aeoniums and sempevivum in a shallow pot

 

And finally, zooming in to the sempervivum.

Have a nice weekend.

Assorted succulents

Happy Cactus Monday.

I hope you had a nice weekend. I have had a very nice weekend drawing, drawing, drawing and more drawing – you get the idea. So I am a little bit exhausted but I am on a roll, so more drawing today. Then I noticed that Teri has uploaded her Cactus Monday post. I can’t believe it’s Cactus Monday again; so here are a few photos, old and new that I have not used…

Sedum Gold Mound – this is a recent photo but yellow flowers have bloomed the last few days.

Aeonium – one of my favourite.

 
Senecio – these are not mine. A photo from the neighbourhood.

 
My aloe is having babies – oops, I am a bad gardener. This photo was taken a few months ago, and I have not separated the pups yet. I must check on the plant tomorrow morning!

Happy Cactus Monday and have a fantastic week.

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Succulent and flowers

Happy Cactus Monday.

I am sharing a few photos I took at a restaurant. Hope you enjoy these.

And a few more, these are taken on my balcony (below). 

  

 

Have a nice week. Visit Teri’s Painted Daisies for more Cactus Monday links.