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Tag Archives: succulents
286/366: containment issue: spreading succulent
When I planted that little cutting from a neighbour’s property a couple of years ago, I never realised how scurrilous the spreading succulent would be. I have now put rocks at the back of the area I wish this succulent … Continue reading
276/366: a grey succulent
It looks like a grey succulent in a terracotta pot, but I was just playing around with the colour accent feature on my camera. This is certainly as devoid of colour as the photos in yesterday’s post were full of … Continue reading
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Tagged 366 days and 26 years in my garden, garden photography, my garden, project 365, succulents
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213/366: the succulent edge
In the front garden there is a succulent ground cover that is prolific. My plan is to slowly take over the area with slower growing plants to save trimming the edge of the path as often. To this end I … Continue reading
165/366: a succulent succulent
A couple of days ago I finally met a facebook friend, Fran. We were introduced through cyberspaceby a mutual friend Kathy, because we appeared to have a lot of things in common, particularly our love of anything French, and obviously … Continue reading
158/366: another beaut bargain
At a community market the other day, as usual I was on the lookout for a bargain. If I find something for the garden, it saves the house from further invasion, so I was happy with this little purchase. It’s … Continue reading
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Tagged 366 days and 26 years in my garden, garden photography, my garden, pot, project 365, succulents, three pots
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105/366: succulent city
Two little girls in transit (day 50/366) found themselves a new home in Succulent City. I also moved the big pot from between the lower and middle tier in the back garden down to this re-vamped garden bed. (See day … Continue reading
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Tagged 366 days and 26 years in my garden, conifer mulch, conifers, garden ideas, garden photography, mulch, my garden, project 365, succulents
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95/366: succulent cuttings
That 2009 drought inspired me to re-think my garden. With severe water restrictions and excessive heat, it was time to move towards succulents.On my morning walks there were many pretty little succulents growing, from which I took cuttings. Two months … Continue reading
