In my latest video, you will see three very different succulent garden locations in Los Angeles County's Palos Verdes Peninsula. 2. The parent plant must be strong. It's best to avoid propagating from weak plants or ones that show signs of root decay. It is one of two ground covers the couple uses in their garden. Pam cuts through a 3 foot-tall specimen of 'Sunburst to see how it transforms into a beautiful bloom. It was hard packed and dry underneath. This is not the right environment for earthworms or other beneficials who need an oxygen-rich, friable environment. These darkened areas could have been damaged tissue. These are the botanical names of the plants: Aeonium pulchellum (Sunset Gold); Coleonema album; Coleonema macrocarpa [dark-colored shrub with pinwheel yellow flowers, aka Natal plum]; Coleonema canariense (Aeonium); Convolvulus.

She is a protege of San Diego artist Marsha Rafter, whose artworks and garden you can see here on my site and on YouTube. A watercolor was created by an artist during the spring San Diego Horticultural Society gardens tour. There are many well-tended succulents, colorful art pieces and lots of beautiful plants. But what I love most about Tim and Pam’s garden is the flow between each section. There are many more, including the succulent-filled front garden with its interesting and tough lawn alternative, cozy benches in garden corner nooks, a semi-shaded patio garden and a hidden utility area. The Jaras back yard faces south so it receives a lot of sun. It should therefore be shaded, ideally dappled. There are many options for decorating your cactus gardens. You can use colored pebbles or small stones, large stones, rocks, and figurines. Once you're ready to place your cacti into the soil, make small holes in the soil just deep enough to allow the roots of the cacti to fit in. You will need the correct soil, plants, and pottery to make this happen.

These do make the garden airy and open, but have a downside: Depending on the angle of the sun during the year, the glass may magnify the sun's rays and fry plants. It can introduce germs and bacteria to the stem cutting surface or mother plant if it is dirty. Stem cuttings should be used over leaves. Stem rot can be caused by a fungus, pest infestation, or water getting into an open wound. The good news is that it can look great in tall vase for many weeks. It also doesn't require any water because it lives off its stored moisture. Their front yard of cacti-and succulents was the talk in the neighborhood a decade back. Composting is another natural way of providing nutrients for your plants. This is a great way for more plants, no matter if you start with cuttings or a single leaf.

Your plants will take time to adjust. Pam loves Aeonium "Sunburst", which, being an arboreum species, grows taller and remains unbranched. If grown in the right conditions, Tricolor Jade may reach eight feet tall. They're now 7 to 8 feet tall with canopies that knit together. Tim cut the garden's Melaleucas to look like bonsai and thinned their canopy to let in more light, but not block view. Tim and Pam keep the SDBG’s bamboo forest in good condition. Pam also tends to the Garden’s famed topiary dancing performers and sea-themed succulents. Keep your succulents in a very protected area until you determine where they will be best suited to grow. With its pergola-style roof and granite countertops, the cocktails-and-barbecue area suggests an outdoor kitchen. A three-tier dry fountain, containing succulents, is located in the area. June explains in the video how she uses ceramic pots and red and blue glass to create a patio seating/dining area that seamlessly blends indoors and outdoors. Rich shares his garden, measuring 960 sq. ft. and standing 20 ft. high, in my latest video. Tim and Pam's plant expertise blend in a garden shaded by Melaleuca lanceolata trees.

Bordering the slope at top are pepper trees and a privet hedge, and along the bottom, a lawn. Mangave "Catch a wave" in my garden (top), and as seen on the Walters Gardens website. I've seen weed cloth in friends' gardens installed on slopes... Installing black fabric-although I've not done it myself-looks like a pain. The baker variant looks more like an aloe plant. The cactus is the most recognizable desert plant thanks to their interesting adaptations, unique shapes and weird adaptive features. Marsha is perhaps most famous for her mandalas. This is the ideal temperature for succulents to thrive and survive. This is a simple course with great advice for growing succulents. You don't have to put cacti outside in sunlight. If you love to see your plant babies grow as we do cactus needles dissolve, then you might want to get a species of cacti that are known for growing faster than the rest.