Monthly Archives: February 2013

The Sleeper Has Awakened – Illicium x ‘Woodland Ruby’

Welcome to another dimension where it is spring and the sleeper has awakened. This dimension is a place where provocative pink and ruby petals radiate from a cosmic crown.  When in bud this evergreen shrub holds the secret to the

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The Luxurious Desire Of Siberian Spires – Delphinium elatum

Come with me and experience the color of desire.  One thing that spring likes to do is tempt us with tantalizing color.  Here we have an ocean of it to swim in.  So soothing.  So calming.  Its effect is just

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Sunburst Supernova – Aeonium ‘Sunburst’

Stare deep into this rosette.  You are beginning to relax.  Everything else around you is melting away.  You feel a warmth, a calm, a happiness overtake you as you tumble effortlessly into this cosmic kaleidoscope of color.  Before you is

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Splendiferous Shangri-La – Crinum procerum var. splendens

Join me, won’t you, in the visual splendor of something so romantic, so tropically captivating, so enticing.  Pictured before you is a plant of paradise from far away lands (Malaysia); where the trade winds blow warm breezes and tropical birds

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Futuristic Flora – Euphorbia atropupurea

I don’t know if you figured it out yet, but The Plant Provocateur is all about the funky lookin’ flora that mother nature has designed for us to enjoy.  Here she gets all Dr. Suess on us and sets our

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  • The Voluptuous Verve Of A Summer Sun - Cosmos sulphureus
  • It's About Altitude Not Attitude - Fuchsia boliviana 'Alba'
  • Are U Experienced? - Nelumbo nucifera
  • Pelica Psychedelica - Aristolochia gigantea
  • Love Mysterious - Epidendrum parkinsonianum
  • The Exhilarating Ecstasy Of Exotic Love - Mina Lobata
  • Vivacious Violet Beauregarde Beauticiousness - Tomato 'Bosque Blue'
  • The Water Walking Wonderment Of Wow - Hymenocallis caribaea 'Variegata'
  • Everything You Do Is A Balloon - Platycodon grandiflorus
  • Succumb To The Scarlet Sumptuosity - Hakea archaeoides
  • Lookin' Like Lemon Louis Vuitton - Calceolaria tomentosa
  • The Surrealist's Shaving Brush - Pseudobombax ellipticum 'Album'
  • The Velvet Touch - Anigozanthos 'Amber Velvet'
  • Purple Powder Majesty - Cheirolophus canariensis
  • Lipstick Cherry All Over The Lens As She's Falling - Quisqualis indica
  • Otherworldly Alpinism Absolute - Pachystegia insignis
  • The Delicate Deliciousness of Exotique Eleganza - Strophanthus gratus
  • The Business We Call Show - Gloriosa superba 'Rothschildiana'
  • Tomorrow 6/8! Edible Container Garden Workshop at Ilan Dei Store, Venice, CA
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