A Peek Inside Steve Casebolt's Greenhouse

I finally joined the Cascade Cactus and Succulent Society after having enjoyed attending their sales for several years and having members of the group visit my garden a couple of times.  Steve and Claudia Casebolt, members of the CCSS  invited me to visit their garden a few years back and I fell in love with the garden and gardeners. You can see posts from that visit here and here. Once again, I took too many pictures for one post so today we'll peek inside the greenhouse.


 Steve is a multi-talented man.  He not only grew many of these plants from seed but also made the pots in which they're growing.


His cacti and succulents seem very happy and I've started using the same soil mix that he makes for my own collection.  ( 1/3 soil, 1/3 pumice grit, gravel, or perlite, 1/3 Montmorillonite Calcined Clay AKA Turface.)








This variegated Agave potatorum (Japanese Hybrid)  caught my eye when Steve brought one to the CCSS Odd Plant Show and sale last year.  I'd been thinking about it ever since and today, once again, I had a chance to bring one home.

 There are a lot of agaves in my collection which have grown quite large and, because they look happiest when potted up annually, will get even larger.  Perhaps it's time to send some of  those to California where they'll be happy in the ground and concentrate more on diminutive varieties.


























If you're a fan of plants like these,  do visit this year's Odd Plant Show and Sale at Sky Nursery in Shoreline on September 8 and 9.