Succulent Flowers – Calandrina

Flowers are popping up all over the places in succulent gardens this time of year. Echeverias, with their tiny, tinker-bell shapped flowers, and agaves, shooting giant 30′ blooms, but none is more spectacular than the chilean bloomer, Calandrinia Grandiflora. This wonderful drought tolerant plant comes from a part of Chile that has a very similar climate to southern california and shoots large, 2’-3’ blooms, all summer long. In fact, some gardeners say their plants bloom year round, and most definitely spring through fall. The foliage is a bit nondescript on this particular cultivar, but the beautiful lavender flowers make it a great flowering shrub in a soft, drought tolerant, garden.

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Snake Plants: The Perfect Houseplants For Lazy People

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Echeveria Agavoides “Wax Agave”

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Euphorbia Dwarf Milii

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Succulent Flowers – Calandrina

Flowers are popping up all over the places in succulent gardens this time of year. Echeverias, with their tiny, tinker-bell shapped flowers, and agaves, shooting giant 30' blooms, but none is more spectacular than the chilean bloomer, Calandrinia Grandiflora. This...
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Drought-Tolerant Plants And Other Water-Wise Landscape Trends

We always encourage using drought-tolerant plants and other savvy methods of reducing water waste in the garden, but this year it’s extra important! Our projected rainfall for the year is much less than typical, so every drop of H2O counts. To save you from spending...
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