WE VISITED OUR favorite garden center, Viveros Guzman in the city of Alhaurín de la Torre, twice in the past month. We bought a few unusual plants in September.
San Geraldo, being from South Dakota, likes to do the planting.
San Geraldo, being San Geraldo, doesn't always get around to planting as quickly as I would like.
It took three weeks, but he did manage to transplant the cactus for our table on the terrace. The three other plants are still waiting. Friday morning, he announced he needed to buy more "dirt" (aka, soil). So we drove back up to Viveros Guzman. If farmer San Geraldo doesn't do the rest in the next few days, Obsessive-Compulsive me will move the bags of potting soil (new and old) out of sight.
VISITAMOS NUESTROS VIVEROS favoritos, Viveros Guzmán en la ciudad de Alhaurín de la Torre, dos veces en el último mes. Compramos algunas plantas inusuales en septiembre.
San Geraldo, que es de Dakota del Sur, le gusta plantar.
San Geraldo, que es San Geraldo, no siempre se dedica a plantar tan rápido como me gustaría.
Le tomó tres semanas, pero logró trasplantar el cactus para la mesa en la terraza. Las otras tres plantas todavía están esperando. El viernes por la mañana, anunció que necesitaba comprar más "tierra" (también conocida como tierra). Así que volvimos a Viveros Guzmán. Si el granjero San Geraldo no hace el resto en los próximos días, yo, que soy obsesivo compulsivo, moveré las bolsas de tierra (nuevas y viejas) fuera de la vista.
23 September...
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| JATROPHA BERLANDIERI: THE GREEN DIES OFF IN WINTER AND THE "GLOBOSE CAUDEX" IS THE SPECIMEN. EL VERDE MUERE EN INVIERNO Y EL "CÁUDICE GLOBOSO" ES EL ESPÉCIMEN. |
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| ECHEVERIA "RAINDROPS" HYBRID. ECHEVERIA "RAINDROPS" ("GOTAS DE LLUVIA") HÍBRIDO. |
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| LOPHOCEREUS SHOTTII MONSTROSE. |
27 October...
The terrace, 28 October...
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| DUDO: WHILE YOU'RE AT IT, OPEN THE DAMN WINDOWS WIDER!!! DUDO: ¡MIENTRAS LO HACES, ABRE MÁS LAS MALDITAS VENTANAS! |
Gardening, such a prickly subject.
ReplyDeleteTravel:
DeleteYep, always a thorny conversation.
no, dudo; you were a naughty kitty; your daddies will NOT open the windows wider.
ReplyDeleteyour patio is looking more and more like dr. spo's garden landscape.
anne marie:
DeleteWe started off wanting things that flowered all the time, but the bugs have won and now we're opting for things that are more resistant and lower maintenance. So we keep adding to the cactus and succulent collection.
I like the Echeveria, but have lost love for cacti. When we lived in Connecticut I tended a cactus garden and had perennial (in ground) prickly pear and many (very heavy) potted varieties that I would winter in the sunroom and carry out every spring. When we moved to New Mexico one of the first things I did was to dig up and dispose of several opuntia and chollas that were in the yard...I'm still trying to get rid of some. Everything here has thorns or points (the Spanish Daggers are deadly) and taming New Mexico in my yard has become my mission. Enjoy your cacti in pots on the table! And dress up the "monster" for Halloween.
ReplyDeleteFrank:
DeleteWe loved having cacti and succulents in Southern California and in Vegas. So, this is fun for us. And much lower maintenance than some of the bug-loved leafy plants we're giving up on.
I truly love cacti. The lophocerus looked familiar as soon as I looked at it. I purchased one years ago and yes it became a monster. The photo of the echeveria is very eye catching Love! Oh how I miss going to the nurseries. Your choices are quite remarkable.
ReplyDeleteRon:
DeleteWe could spend every day at the garden center. I'm going to take some photos of the plants we bought (and that have survived) when we arrived in Fuengirola. They are enormous now!
The Lophocereus makes quite a statement. We have 2 different Jatrophas in an outside bed. I should move them to a different spot that showcases them a little better. I work on SG's schedule, so it might happen in 2018. or 2019. Dudo looks unhappily thwarted.
ReplyDeleteWilma:
DeleteJerry's the planter, so whatever works for him really is fine with me... except for the plastic bags of soil visibly stacked. Dudo was I think stunned to find the windows not open wide enough for his head to fit.
I love the raindrop planet. Is that considered a succulent? What great fun pictures! I love the one of all the erect prickly penises!!!! I would love that garden center, with all that color and statues. I am betting that they have some usual pots too.
ReplyDeletemistress maddie:
DeleteThe echeveria (raindrop) is a succulent. There are so many varieties of echeveria, they're impossible to keep track of. The garden center is by far the best we've ever visited. I'll have to share the layout one of these times so you can so how massive it is. I'd love to have a large bed of the same cacti. Very dramatic. The Getty Center in L.A. has a gigantic triangular rooftop bed of barrel cactus.
All in due time, all in due time.....
ReplyDeleteBeing just a tad OCD myself, I understand your plight, Mitchell. CRACK that whip!! lol
Jim:
DeleteI'm not a whip cracker. Whoever is responsible for a given task gets to do it in their own way in their own time. No matter how fricking long it takes!
That last one, of the terrace, the sea and Dudo just scream peaceful to me ... well, maybe it whispers peaceful.
ReplyDeleteOn another note, about Farmer San Geraldo ... once again, he is Carlos and you are me. Just sayin'.
Bob:
DeleteDudo and Moose get much more use of the terrace than we do. I'lll have to learn from their example.
'Travel' (above) got there before me. Was gonna say "All those cacti, so many pricks" but shan't bother now.
ReplyDeleteRay:
DeleteI like that... "And I'm not going to mention..." and then you mention it. Surrounded by pricks.
What a beautiful garden center. I love your choices. My Mom does that too, leaves half bags full of soil on her back patio for the whole season, drives me bananas
ReplyDeleteCheapchick:
DeleteMy mother, who was more obsessive-compulsive than me -- BY FAR -- displayed it in different ways. So, she always had piles of in-progress things everywhere. It drove ME crazy.
That's a cool garden center
ReplyDeleteAdam:
DeleteI mentioned I'll have to share a layout shot. The place is enormous and so beautiful, with the best quality plants I've found anywhere. AND there's an excellent and charming large restaurant, gift shops, and a home furnishings store inside, too.
The garden centre looks to be very colourful, very much like the statues and the busts too.
ReplyDeleteSorry, I feel it would not be right to take sides between you and San Geraldo - you must sort out somethings for yourselves :)
Happy Halloween to you if you celebrate ?
Heron:
DeleteNo need to take sides. We are both of the mind that whoever is responsible for a given task gets to do it however and whenever they like. If it bothers me that the bags of soil are stacked in a visible spot, I can move them. Kind of like when Jerry decides to vacuum the floors. He takes out the vacuum cleaner and might leave it in the middle of the living room for 2 weeks. I finally say, "If you're not going to vacuum today, I'll just put the machine away until you're ready."
I admire people who grow things. I can't keep plants alive no matter how hard I try.
ReplyDeleteStephen:
DeleteWe both love gardening and do well. My mother was amazing. Her neighbors would give her their plants to either nurse back to health or just keep after they brought them close to death.
lovely!
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