Somewhere in the inland sea of Japan is an idea that strikes me as a truly exceptional exercise in the simplicity of beauty. A few years ago, I went to an island in this inland sea known as Naoshima. It…
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Monthly Archives: July 2012
Luminous Language
Posted in Habitat, Inspiration
Textural Tangent
|(L plate/clockwise L to R) Colocasia esculenta ‘Black Magic’, Muhlenbergia dumosa, Livistona chinensis (R plate/Top to Bottom) Hakonechloa macra ‘Aureola’, Tradescantia pallida ‘Purple Heart’| Textures are a spice that everyone should think about when crafting a style. They can give…
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Posted in Style
Hummingbird Hooch
|Salvia iodantha-Mexican Fuchsia Sage| There are sages and then there are sages. This is one of those sages. Salvia iodantha. I planted this one year in my garden and it went off! In a good way. This is one sexy…
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Posted in Plants
This Is ‘Bananas’!
|Musa sp.-Banana|One recent discovery made while walking Lulu the other day was that you can grow actual fruiting bananas in Silver Lake. I happened along this parking strip planting and got to see them doing their thing live and in…
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Posted in Plants
The Effervescence Of Orange
|Clockwise L to R|Clivia miniata|Aloe ferox|Leucosopermum patersonii| Orange is hot! Want to add something vivacious, energetic and inviting to your plant palette? Orange is it! Orange is easy to get to know and makes the perfect party guest. So charismatic,…
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