The plum tree is still alive! Woo Hooo!!!! I love the plum tree in my yard. It is about 40 years old. It was probably planted when the house was built. Over the years it has provided dark purple, sweet plums for all the families living here. A few years ago a man drove by Read More…
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Don’t hate me because it’s 90 degrees
Yes, it’s hot in So Cal today. We’ve been having a bit of a Santa Ana condition so it’s been pretty warm. I felt sorry for my drought tolerant plants in the back yard so I gave them a good soak yesterday. It’s a little early in the season to be this hot. Nobody’s drooping Read More…
Cranberry-Pear Or Apple Dessert For Abundant Autumn Gardens
If you are lucky enough to be harvesting lots of pears or apples this fall, or just looking for a new dessert dish, here are two simple and tempting recipes using fresh fruit from the garden. One combines cranberries and pears, the other uses blackberries and apples. Feel free to mix and match berries depending Read More…
Flowering Plum Tree Resurrection Story of Hope for #FloralFriday
There’s a bit of a comeback story going on in my back yard. There was an ancient plum tree here when I moved in. I don’t know the name, but I know it has wonderful, sweet plums with dark purple skins and bright creamy yellow flesh. It’s probably an older variety. The plums taste best Read More…
Plant Rescue Update: Crassula Plant Setback
A few weeks ago I rescued this little succulent plant from the store. It was very abused, beaten up, had broken parts and gave me a very sad look when I walked by. So, I took it home, gave him some water and tucked the broken leafs back into the pot. I put him in Read More…
Newest addition to the family a variegated portulacaria succulent plant
Here’s my new baby, a variegated portulacaria, also called baby jade, or elephant food. Normally these succulent plants are lime green with brown stems. This little cutie has has white edges with a little red here and there. I’m working on a new portulacaria succulent plant page for main website so I just HAD to Read More…
Awesome Aechmea Bromeliad Flower Performance Continues!
Just in time for #FloralFriday on theGardenPages; the flowers on my Aechmea (Urn Plant) just keep getting better. I showed you the prickly pink flowers when they first emerged from my Urn Plant. Now they have continued flowering with added features! The blooms develop what look like extra flowers consisting of deep blue petals deep Read More…
FloralFriday Hot Pink Silk Floss Trees Bring More Fall Color to LA
The silk floss trees are blooming in Los Angeles right now. I’ve seen them blooming along the 101 Freeway, in front of office buildings and this one, which is blooming in front of a DWP station with a drought tolerant theme. Chorisia speciosa trees are native to south America. They grow up to 60 feet tall Read More…
Mixed Herbs: Latest plant rescue, can you name them?
I just scored this pot-o-herbs the other day at the dollar store. It would be easy for you to name each plant if you could only smell my blog! This latest plant rescue are all herbs, and consists of one herb that will either grow upright or over the pot and has blue flowers . Read More…
Amazing Aechmea; Unique Urn Plant Pink Prickly Posies
Can you identify this photo? No, these are not the tendrils of a sci-fi monster, or the top of a giant pink bug. Anticipation has been crackling in the air over here since this aechmea flower was discovered emerging from one of the urns in my silver urn plant. It was a few years ago Read More…