In A Vase (sort of) on Monday/Foliage Follow Up

This Sunday, members of the Cascade Cactus and Succulent Society from Seattle came down to visit my garden and I also guided them through the garden of my friend Florence who was out of town. It was such a joy to meet and share with other plant obsessed people. I learned a lot just listening to them and asking questions.   As much fun as it was, I wanted to relax for a time and so am simply using plants in containers that already exist in my garden.

Restarting sempervivum in this container.  I don't quite understand sempervivum - sometimes they take off and reproduce like mad and then peter out altogether, other times they stay forever. The semps that lived here previously were gloriously happy for several years and then decided to be done.

Something a little different this year in Burl's (Rare Plant Research) "pumpkin" planter.

Here are a couple of things I put together from odds and ends of succulents.  These were some of the several runners-up for my entry in Loree's Aeonium Challenge



Speaking of tillandsias, here's an idea found at GardenSphere Nursery.  Had to bring one home!