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Mediterranean planting inspiration

You don’t think I’d go to southern California without snapping a few pictures of plant combinations I find inspiring, do you? Nah. Didn’t think so.

(rollover pics for occasional plant ID, click to biggify)

Los Feliz neighborhood, L.A.: Nassella tenuissima, agave, festuca glauca, salvia and, hmm, something else

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Los Feliz neighborhood, L.A.: Nassella tenuissima again, festuca glauca and succulents

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Los Feliz neighborhood, L.A.: succulents in a mailbox!

 

Lodge Torrey Pines, La Jolla: rosemary and 6-7' tall Echium can­di­cans “Pride of Madeira” covered in hummingbirds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Los Feliz neighborhood, L.A.: agave, rosemary, phormium. i wonder what that silvery stuff is?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sunny hillside at Lodge Torrey Pines, La Jolla: rosemary and lavendar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lodge Torrey Pines, La Jolla: better shot of the tufted grass securing the hill below the lavender

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hillcrest neighbood, San Diego: yucca, agave and lots of succulents and cactus I can’t identify

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

house we rented in Palm Springs: festuca glauca and lavender, purple lantana underneath the palo verde tree

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Legoland: ricinus (castor bean plant) grows into tall, hard-trunked trees here!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Legoland: blooming succulents, yucca, euphorbia, cyprus papyrus alternifolius (in the pond) and an awesome blue swath of festuca glauca

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Legoland: gorgeous waving sea of Nassella tenuissima

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also stopped at a few botanic gardens, so I’ll share more planties with you soon!

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