Succulent Container Designs
21 Feb 2010 7 Comments
in Garden Design, Garden Projects Tags: nadia's garden blog, succulent arrangement, succulent container, succulent design
modern succulent design
Succulent Container Designs
A small tabletop succulent design with a simple inspirational message rock, decorative pebbles and a linear design of small succulents all the same species makes a clever gift. I like to keep my camera with me when I shop at garden stores to gather up design ideas for creating my own garden gifts, this one shown has a popsicle stick price tag for $60. Being creative with gifts can mean reproducing a design like this one for less than half the price- now that’s being creative! There are many possibilities when designing with succulents from choosing the size and color of a container to picking out which succulent species will best match the theme. Modern, Feng-shui, Ocean theme, or Mexican-Rustic are just a few themes that come to mind when I create gifts for family and friends, and matching up their personality is part of the creativity and design.
Succulents have evolved out of harsh growing conditions and although they look quite exotic, they actually grow well in average soil conditions weathering both hot and cool temperatures. The key to growing successful succulents is planting them in containers that allow for good drainage.
This tabletop display is especially stunning with the choice of using one succulent species and planting them on a diagonal. As the rock says, Imagine!
Tips for creating succulent containers:
1. Use garden charcoal as the bottom 1/4 of the container base.
2. Use cactus mix to fill the container. Place succulents and add a top decorative rock or sand around plants.
3. Water succulents at the roots of the plants, avoid saturating the leaves.
4. Allow soil to dry between watering.
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Sharing Inspirations- Creating- Growing
Rainbow of Colors in Bloom
17 Feb 2010 5 Comments
in Cactus, Flowers, Garden Fruits, Photography Tags: macro lens photography, nadia's garden blog, rainbow colors in bloom, succulent blossoms
There are some popular garden blogs on the internet this month all showing their colors in bloom. I’ve enjoyed my new garden blogger friends and their photos from other parts of the country where trees are capped with snow and their gardens are in blankets of white. Capturing photos of garden color is a bit more of a challenge for them in these winter months and it gives me an appreciation for San Diego’s year-round gardening.
I’m joining in on the celebration of color this month with my rainbow theme of colorful blooms in my garden. These photos were all taken with a macro lens digital camera yesterday in the afternoon.
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Create – Grow – Be Inspired!
Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue and Violet Blossoms.
Red Blossoms on Crown of Thorns
Orange Nasturtium Bloom
Yellow Succulent Bloom- (This succulent got a little beat up by hail two weeks ago)
Green-Lime Succulent Blooms
Blue Blooms on Rosemary
Violet Color on the Lilac Vine
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Southern California Planting Guide- FEBRUARY
03 Feb 2010 3 Comments
in Living Healthy, Vegetable/ Herb Garden Tags: February Vegetables, nadia's garden blog, Organic Turnip Seeds, Southern California Planting Guide
VEGETABLE PLANTING GUIDE
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY -
Radish & Turnip Seeds
Raised planters, containers, garden beds or troughs… any size space will work if you want to start growing some vegetables of your own. Health, vitality and personal satisfaction are all the benefits of gardening and growing your own food. Eating a salad with even ONE ingredient from a home-grown garden creates tastier and fresher meals at home. Now get out there and dig!
PLANTING GUIDE 
PLANTING GUIDE PLANTING GUIDE
ASPARAGUS —– BEETS —– BROCCOLI —– BRUSSEL SPROUTS
CABBAGE —- CARROTS —– CHIVES —– COLLARDS —-CAULIFLOWER
KALE —– KOHL RABBI —- LETTUCE —–ONION
PARSLEY —– PARSNIP —– PEAS —– POTATOES —–
RADISH —–RUTABAGA —– SPINACH —– TURNIP —– SWISS CHARD
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My New Year’s Resolution was to try new vegetables with each growing season and this month I chose to plant Organic Turnips seeds.
Follow this link to Renee’s Garden Seeds for more information on ordering your own seeds online.
Some of my favorite flowers to plant this month are California Poppy, Carnation, Dahlia and Sage. Follow this link for a complete flower planting list : Flower Planting Guide by Digital Seed.
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Plant- Grow – Create
email subscription to nadiaknows.com
09 Dec 2009 2 Comments
in Vegetable/ Herb Garden Tags: email subscription, nadia's garden blog, subscribe to nadiaknows.com
SUBSCRIBE BY EMAIL…. GARDEN BLOG POSTS
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I just added a new “widget” to my blog. If you would like to have my blogs sent to your email whenever there is a new post, click on the right side at the bottom of the green columns of this screen where it says “email subscription” and add your email address. Now that I am becoming more computer literate, it should make it easier for my readers too!
This is a great way to stay current with my garden posts because there is a lot you don’t want to miss- right?
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