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August 27, 2018

A Brief History of our Backyard

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Adenanthos sericeus1
aeonium nobile1
African Tree Grape1
agave2
Agave 'Blue Flame'1
Agave 'blue glow'2
Agave 'Red Margin'1
Agave acutissima1
Agave angustifolia2
Agave attenuata2

Agave attenuata 'Boutin Blue'1
Agave Blue Flame4
Agave bovicornuta2
Agave bracteosa Mateo4
Agave brateosa1
Agave celsii4
agave chabaudii1
Agave chiapensis7
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Agave Cornelius2
Agave desmettiana3
Agave Durango1
agave ellemeetiana2
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Agave ferox1
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Agave filifera2
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Agave funkiana2
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Agave gypsophila1
Agave Kissho Kan1
Agave lopantha1
Agave macroacantha1
Agave montana1
Agave ovatifolia3
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Agave pedunculifera5
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Agave pumila1
agave salmiana1
Agave sisalana1
Agave striata2
Agave titanota "Lion's Mane"1
Agave titanota Blue1
Agave utahensis1
Agave valenciana1
Agave vilmoriniana5
Agave vilmoriniana 'Stained Glass'1
Agave wercklei1
Agave xylonacantha3
Alluadia procera1
Alluaudia procera1
Aloe 'Blue Elf'2
Aloe 'Eric the Red'5
Aloe 'Tangerine'1
aloe "Moon Glow"1
Aloe aculeata1
Aloe africana2
Aloe alooides3
Aloe antandroi1
Aloe arborescens1
Aloe arborescens x ferox ‘Tangerine’1
Aloe broomii1
Aloe bulbillifera1
Aloe cameroni1
Aloe cameronii4
Aloe camperi2
Aloe castanea3
Aloe chabaudii1
Aloe comosa1
aloe comptonii1
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aloe cryptopoda2
Aloe dawei4
aloe dorothea1
Aloe elegans2
Aloe ferox9
Aloe fieretii1
Aloe framesii1
Aloe glauca3
Aloe harlana1
Aloe helenae2
Aloe Hercules6
Aloe kedongensis4
Aloe Marlothii2
Aloe mawii2
aloe microstigma1
Aloe mitriformis1
Aloe mudenensis3
Aloe munchii2
Aloe mutabilis5
Aloe petricola1
Aloe plicatilis5
Aloe pluridens6
Aloe pretoriensis1
Aloe psuedorubroviolacea1
Aloe rivierei2
Aloe rooikappie1
Aloe rubroviolacea1
Aloe scobinifolia1
Aloe secundiflora1
Aloe somaliensis1
Aloe speciosa4
Aloe stiata1
Aloe striata6
Aloe thraskii8
Aloe tomentosa1
aloe tongaensis1
Aloe tororoana1
Aloe vanbalenii9
Aloe vaombe9
Aloe wickensii6
Aloidendron dichotomum1
Armstrong Woods1
backyard3
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backyard wildlife1
Barrel Cactus1
bloodspot manfreda1
Brian Kemble1
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Bromeliads1
bulbil2
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Calibanus hookeri1
Center for Sustainable Landscapes1
Cleistocactus1
cleistocactus borzicactus1
concrete urn1
Coral Aloe1
Corten steel edging1
Cotyledon orbiculatum1
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deer2
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division1
drimia maritima1
dry creek4
dry season1
drystack wall5
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Escheveria1
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Euphorbia antisyphilitica1
Euphorbia esculenta1
Euphorbia species1
Euphorbia tirucalli2
family gargoyle2
fern garden1
Festuca rubra1
Feverfew1
flower1
flower stalk2
foot bridge2
Fouquieria columnaris1
Free hugs1
French Aloe1
gabion baskets2
garden city1
garden design1
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garden spirits1
garden tour1
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gate pillar1
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greenhouse1
Grizzly Bear cactus1
grow tent2
growth2
Half Moon Bay Nursery1
Hesperaloe2
Heteromeles arbutifolia1
hillside garden13
hot tub1
Huntington1
infloresence1
Institute for Aloe Studies2
jerusalem sage1
juniper1
Kalanchoe Copper Spoons2
Kalanchoe luciae2
Lamb's Ear2
lares1
Laura Eubanks1
lawn1
Lawrence Halprin1
Leucadendron 'Jubilee Crown'1
Leucadendron 'Wilsons Wonder'1
Leucadendron argenteum1
Leucospermum2
logs1
low cost1
Lyngso1
M&J nursery2
Manfreda maculosa1
Mangave1
mangave 'Lavendar Lady'1
Mangave 'Mayan Queen'3
Mangave "Mission to Mars"2
Mangave Macho Mocha2
micronutrients1
Mountain Crest Gardens1
mouth of truth1
Nepta tuberosa1
new garden2
new soil1
New Year1
Notocactus magnificus1
nursery4
opuntia1
Opuntia erinacea3
Opuntia gosseliniana1
Opuntia monstrose1
Oyster Plant1
pachycereus pringlei1
Pachypodium lamerei2
pacific bleeding heart1
Palm Springs1
Parodia magnifica1
Parterre1
pedantic1
pedilanthus bracteatus1
pedilanthus macrocarpus1
Pennisetum spathiolatum1
Penstemon1
Pescadero1
Phipps Conservatory1
plant hunter1
plant sale1
planting1
plug1
potager garden1
potted plant1
potting table1
pride of madeira1
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Puya alpestris1
puya berteroniana1
rain1
Rancho Tissue Technologies1
redwood sorrel2
retaining wall2
Roberto Burle Marx1
Robin Stockwell1
rock steps1
rockwall2
Roger Osbaldeston1
root bound1
rough grade2
Salvia1
Salvia canariensis2
Savannah1
sedum angelina1
Sedum kamtschaticum1
seedlings2
Sempervivum1
Senecio2
Senecio anteuphorbium1
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Shade House1
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soil amendment1
spring planting1
Stapelia gigantea1
starting a nursery2
stump1
stumpery1
stumps1
Succulent Gardens1
sunrise1
sword fern1
Telluride Gold2
termites1
then and now7
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Tortoise Shell Yam1
toyon1
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Verbascum1
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Wednesday Vignette6
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