rare agaves

Agaves in a Celebrity Hybridizer’s Garden

by Debra Lee Baldwin January 6, 2015 – Posted in: Succulents

The first time I saw Agave ‘Blue Glow’, in a photo like the one above, I thought I was looking at a watercolor painting. A Kelly Griffin hybrid, it entered the nursery trade in 2005, and has since become one of the most commercially successful succulents. It does well in containers or in the ground, grows no larger than [...]

Jewels of the Cactus and Succulent Show

by Debra Lee Baldwin August 20, 2013 – Posted in: Garden Adventures, Succulents

Succulent enthusiasts flock to the annual Cactus & Succulent Society Show at the Los Angeles Arboretum mid-August. It’s the largest of its kind in the US. Judges award ribbons and trophies based on how well a specimen is grown, its rarity, and how well it’s “staged” in its pot. Pots aren’t merely containers, they’re works [...]