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Mexican Marigold is one of my favorite plants. Drought-tolerant, tough and hardy, this plant is lush and starting to bloom out in the yard. I love the bright yellow blooms when not much else is going on in the garden this time of year.
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We made our annual trip to that great amusement park of legend, land of giant ears, home of the (more) famous Matterhorn, Mousey merchandising mania mecca – yes, Disneyland. I always have a love/hate relationship with the big D before I go, but once I get there I’m always amazed at the logistics of running the park. Everything is freshly painted, the park is amazingly clean for the number of people wandering around day after day, and there are a lot of little details everywhere if you are paying attention. This trip is the first time we have ventured to the “other side”, aka California Adventure, and I marvelled at a whole bunch of new, interesting stuff. I have to say, Disney does a great job with all the plantings, and I noticed that they are moving toward a lot more drought tolerant and succulents in the gardens. It was fun for me to analyze what they planted, where and why, and I have a lot of appreciation for the creativity put into the plantings given the different microclimates in the park. In addition to exuding all this garden nerdiness, I actually went on a lot of rides, too. 
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Water Conservation Garden Festival at Cuyamaca College – Gardening lectures, Plant sale, Ask The Expert, Kids activities. FREE! 9:00am-3:00pm. For more info call 619-660-0614 or www.thegarden.org.
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On October 17, from 10am to 3pm, the San Diego Chapter of the California Native Plant Society is holding its annual Native Plant Sale. Thousands of plants, seeds, and books will be for sale. The sale will be in Balboa Park in the Casa del Prado Courtyard west of the Natural History Museum. Only cash [...]
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Balboa Park is a place I don’t visit as often as I should. Everytime I have the opportunity to wander through the park I am amazed at all there is to see, plant-wise. I was in the park on Friday and I took a walk through the Succulents Garden that sits between Park Blvd and [...]
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Mother-in-Law’s Tongue, aka Snake Plant, is of the Genus Sansevieria. It is one of those plants that doesn’t get much notice. They are pretty maintenance free, very drought tolerant and seem to tolerate any situation I put them into whether indoors or out. Sansevieria is one of NASA’s top 10 houseplants for removing indoor air [...]
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These interesting little plants are starting to get my attention. The detail on them is really interesting and I like the colors, especially when plants are gathered together. They seem to be pretty tough little succulents and today I had a nice surprise to find one of the plants blooming. I’m hoping the plants divide [...]
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Yesterday was my yearly trek to the Del Mar -oops- San Diego County Fair, and I had a great day with friends and family. Once we checked the Pig Races off our list, we ate food that was really delicious but broke the meter on greasy, and we rode the Ferris Wheel mainly for the [...]
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A friend called me today and said “Get over here. My poppies are blooming.” They were better than I could have imagined. Wow. They edged along one whole side of her front yard and were towering over me, probably to 8 feet. I wish I had enough room to grow these, but at least I [...]
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