Monthly Archives: September 2019

California Native Succulents

A close-up of a succulent plant with long, pointed green leaves tipped with reddish hues, growing from a base in rocky soil. Sunlight highlights the plant, casting shadows on the leaves.

Dudleya “Frank Reinelt” is a coastal variety of D. caespitosa, so you know it will grow well for you, assuming you are coastal too, since we are the Bay Area, so named after the coastal feature that defines it.

Tightly Stacked Succulent Leaves

Close-up of a succulent plant with tightly packed, spiraled green leaves, growing upright in a pot filled with brown, rocky soil.

Crassula columella Common Name: Silinderplakkie Origin: South Africa; Namibia Description: Miniature square-shaped vertical stems to 6″. Grows in quartz outcroppings along hillsides. Temperature : Hardy to 28F

Peperomia prostrata

A close-up of a potted string of turtles plant with round, patterned green leaves and several tall, thin reddish stems emerging above the foliage. The pot is terracotta and the background is wooden.

Peperomia prostrata in production! Coming soon! That’s the parent plant in bloom… I love peperomia bloom spikes!

Aeonium Questions

I’m wondering why the succulents on this plant have gotten so small in size…the pant used to produce very large “blooms”…. Any idea? Thank you Brian Brian, What you have on the ends of each branch is a rosette, not a bloom – if they bloom they will form giant pyramids of small yellow flowers…. Read more »

Agave ocahui

A close-up of a green agave plant with pointed, spiky leaves edged in reddish-brown. Sunlight highlights the sharp, symmetrical foliage.

Agave ocahui are astonishing, with a very vigorous terminal spine just hanging out there. That red on the tips is painted on. I used the latest in plant paint technology to individually get right up close to the most dangerous spines around and very delicately hand paint just the spines with no drips at all… Read more »

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