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San Diego Botanic Garden

by Leslie Crawford on February 21, 2010Thank you

I have spent the last three days at San Diego Botanic Gardens (nee Quail Gardens) taking Part 4 of my Flower Show Judge School course. I used the class breaks to wander around with my camera to capture vignettes of the succulent gardens. Most of the aloes probably peaked in their blooming a week or two ago, but I think it adds interested to see the various stages of bloom on the stalks. Enjoy!

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Not cool

by Leslie Crawford on November 30, 2009Thank you

This was a beautiful aloe, now it's a hole.

This was a beautiful aloe, now it's a hole.

To the Cockroach who stole my beautiful aloe:

Gardeners share, they don’t steal. :-(

If you had asked me, I would have happily, and generously, given you a pup from this plant. Instead, there’s a hole in the ground. May you feel guilty every time you look at your conquest.

P.S. Nice touch, taking the time to pull out all the flowering stalks and leaving those behind for me.

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Succulents Show

by Leslie Crawford on November 20, 2009Thank you

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Agaves vs Aloes

by Leslie Crawford on September 27, 2009Thank you

I’m a lover of aloes. Everytime I think I have completed my collection, I find another one. When I first started collecting, it took me awhile to realize that I was mistaking agaves for aloes so I had to get that figured out. It seems so obvious to me now, but I had to learn [...]

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