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And this is just one of many residential succulent gardens on my channel. Check out my "Great Succulent Gardens" playlist: ru-vid.com/group/PLfBjDimnqpMps8-ggNkbqiuXh1fk8fMiH
There are not enough superlatives to describe this garden. Hearing from the owner and the designer about the installation and to see the rapid maturation of the garden is a rare treat. I'm reminded of Lotusland. What a spectacular achievement!
Stunning! I needed this. I'm sick of winter. I can't plant 98% if these here in New Mexico but to see other people's succulent/euphoria/cacti gardens is one of my favorite pass times.
@@QueenofSucculents yes it's on Vancouver Island which is the warmest climate in Canada! For the 99% of the rest of the country it's a different story, myself I live in the wonderful climate of the Northern Plains! Not a lot of Dragon trees to say the least!
What a beautiful garden! My best regards and many thanks for a video! I already have some own seedlings of Dracaena draco, but Brachychiton was a surprise for me, many thanks for information! I just bought 2 seeds on EBaY. ))
Absolutely gorgeous! I've been cultivating succulents off and on now for years and this is one of the most well arranged garden I think I've ever seen. I have both liked the video and subscribed to your channel, Debra Lee. I'm always impressed with your videos, Debra and love your channel. Happy growing from Louisiana! 😁
Debra I had a question. I have a large mature Foxtail agave that I plucked a small pup from the trunk of the plant. After planting into a small pot, I noticed it started to flower. And now has a small arched flower just like the mature arched foxtail flower bloom. Is that normal? Its only 3 inches in diameter leaf tip to leaf tip.
As much as I love some plants, I realize I don't like to have plants that are good at containing 🕸️🕷️🕸️ galore like Euphorbia trigona, and aloes, agaves, yuccas, Juniper (which is the plant I dislike the most) and other plants as I experience and learn which ones I have to often clean up spider webs from. There are also many trees in the Bay Area (N. Cali) that when you walk on the sidewalk or your yard you accidentally walk across slider 🕸️ webs face/chest high 🤬 sometimes with an actual 🕷️ nearby 😱.
The picture of Carolyn's first garden was my inspiration picture when I first noticed succulents and decided to plant a garden. I need Michael Buckner in my life! - These gardens are stunning and clean ... the hillside is a picturesque backdrop. I prefer this "specimen" style of planting.
I’m insouth west gulf coast Florida, and I would like so much to get rid of our sticky native grass…and put in native or succulent plants. Part of the year we get NO RAIN. Part of the year we can get 3-6inches a day! The soil is pure sand. It can rain 3” and a fe hours later the sand/soil is dry. I LOVE the look of this and wonder if it could work in Florida.
Hi. I've two species of dragon trees in my garden. One is growing aerial roots on one of the three stumps. Can I cut below the aerial roots and propagate? Which is the best method to propagate with these heavy trunks?
Hi Shawn -- Excellent question, but I have no idea. You might want to consult the plant expert who designed the garden. Michael Buckner is a former succulent nurseryman and there's nothing he doesn't know about them, including trees and rarities. www.deeterbucknerdesign.co
Those trees are so fun and so cool looking and on top of it water responsible. I just don't get how they aren't more common. They don't even look crowded or anything, just right for filling a space and giving decent shade and vertical interest while keeping that open feeling. Also that side property hill with the tree aloe and oranges and reds flowing together like a sea is breathtaking. I've never seen anything like that in my life. Thanks for sharing.
Nurseries will offer them in response to growing demand. Not only does that take time, but plants take a while to mature enough to be sold, and then t's a matter of them becoming an in-demand plant, so nurseries will offer them. It could take several years for them to get large enough to be salable.
Debra, love it, please go back to this garden and take videos for every section. Please tell the owner I would love any cuttings she’s willing to give ❤
Just gorgeous. It was interesting to hear Michael talk about grouping plants together in drifts, to mimic nature. I wouldn’t mind being stuck at home with such a spectacular garden to enjoy! Thanks for the video Debra and to Carolyn and Michael too - it’s special to get a look at such an amazing private garden.
thank you thank you thank you!! i'm interested only in edible succulents, and I discovered Portulacaria afra here! for florida climate change heat/sun/drought thank you!!
Well I learned something...per Wikipedia: "Dracaena draco, the Canary Islands dragon tree or drago, is a subtropical tree in the genus Dracaena, native to the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Madeira, western Morocco, and is thought to be introduced in the Azores. Its closest living relative is the dragon blood tree of Socotra, Dracaena cinnabari." Pretty sure Carolyn's are good old draco, but one of the photos in the video may be of cinnabari (I shot it at the San Diego Botanic Garden). The two species look a lot alike.
The designer has a crew come as needed. Most succulent gardens need maintenance 3 or 4 times a year. For referrals, see debraleebaldwin.com/caring-for-succulents/succulent-garden-maintenance-referrals/
I’m about to start a cactus/succulent garden but I’m a bit worried because I’m in south Texas where the heat is easily 95 degrees during the summer and my yard doesn’t have much shade. Are there any you recommend that can handle full sun daily?
Yes, and it'll seem obvious when I tell you: Those that are native to your area. As for which those may be, check with your local Cactus & Succulent Society, and notice neighbors' gardens with specimens that are thriving (and you like the look of).
For more great tips; specifics on the garden's slope, soil, pathways, islands, stone and fertilizer; and a gallery of the plants ID'd, go to debraleebaldwin.com/succulent-landscape/dragon-tree-succulent-garden/ 🤓
You're most welcome! Also find a gallery of 40+ of the garden's plants on my site, all ID'd. ;+) debraleebaldwin.com/san-diego-succulent-sources-and-destinations/
I return to this progam over the years and derive great enjoyment from it and imagining how the garden may have changed. I hope we get to see it again as it develops and perhaps re-develops Thanks again to you both!
