peak february bloom

The storm was pass­ing, and the after­noon light was per­fect. The suc­cu­lents bloom­ing in the front yard never looked bet­ter. I had to get the cam­era for this one!

february-succulents-in-full-bloom

In bloom are Aloe arborescens (orange-red) and a cras­sula species or rel­a­tive (yel­low). To the right, not in bloom but still dra­matic, are two clones of a tree aloe (Aloe bar­berae). The low filler plant to the right is the Cal­i­for­nia native coy­ote bush (Bac­cha­ris pilu­laris pilu­laris ‘Pigeon Point’). I don’t nor­mally love the neighbor’s big pointy juniper in the back­ground, but I think it com­pletes this pic­ture nicely.

February 08 2009 07:28 am | Categories: gardening • my garden | Tags: • • • • •

6 Responses to “peak february bloom”

  1. out of doors on 08 Feb 2009 at 9:55 am #

    what a beau­ti­ful pic­ture with the stormy sky and dra­matic light. I’m actu­ally com­ing around to junipers and var­i­ous other conifers…think they’ll be more pop­u­lar in the near future. oh, and yay for rain!

  2. lostlandscape on 08 Feb 2009 at 4:41 pm #

    Absolutely, I’m so happy for the rain!

    Conifers seem to cycle in and out of fash­ion along with other plants (to topic of a post I’m assem­bling). I think they have their place, though planted 18 inches from the foun­da­tion of the house next door wasn’t the best place and use…

  3. Karen - An Artists Garden on 08 Feb 2009 at 5:44 pm #

    wow — what a great shot — the dark sky with the strong colours and forms in the fore­ground is won­der­ful — great shot James.

  4. Steve on 08 Feb 2009 at 8:27 pm #

    Pretty ter­rific shots of those gor­geous suc­cu­lents, man. God, there are times I envy you San Die­gans! Wait.….….when is there not one of those times?

    Lit­tle known fact: I was born there. I could stran­gle my par­ents for mov­ing, lol.

    Love that pic­ture, James.

  5. lostlandscape on 09 Feb 2009 at 9:38 pm #

    Karen and Steve, thanks for the com­ments on the photo. We don’t get spec­tac­u­lar light­ing like this very often! Too often it’s just plain sun­shine or a blan­ket of clouds–not much in between.

  6. buedamau on 12 Feb 2009 at 12:19 pm #

    it’s a spec­tac­u­lar path to heaven! and that vibrant col­ors com­bine in a div­inal way…
    i wish i could have space for some­thing like that, but i have to resume myself to pots ;P
    and the pic­ture is just great, i love really it!!

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