
Have any of you succ-ers visited Lone Pine? What's your favorite nursery north of San Francisco?
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This weekend, we had the pleasure of joining my parents at the lovely Lone Pine Gardens in Sebastopol, CA. Primarily a wholesale nursery, Lone Pine is open to the public Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. It's worth a pilgrimage. The owners are terrifically knowledgeable, and the nursery always has a magnificent selection. I also like wandering around the growing grounds--and my favorite part is probably the trays full of different kinds of semps. Seeing one kind of sempervivum en masse is always a treat: Lone Pine also has some lovely bonsai. Many of these are traditional-looking bonsai, but the bonsai area also featured these gorgeous, tiny semps in a little dish: Admittedly, I went seeking some unusual types of crassula, and found nothing on that score this visit. However, I didn't leave empty-handed! In an admirable exercise of self-restraint, I took home only three plants: ![]() Lastly, I got my first conophytum! I was nervous, but the good folks at Lone Pine just said that if I "barely water it," it will be fine. The pot is actually a wooden bowl my girlfriend made a few years ago and never finished. I sanded it down and then rubbed it over with peanut oil and let it dry. The top dressing is jade pebbles. It turned out well, no? Have any of you succ-ers visited Lone Pine? What's your favorite nursery north of San Francisco? 7/15/2013 06:31:24 am
Wow, cool gasteria! Love the stripe. Coincidentally, I visited a conophytum grower a couple of weeks ago, and he was saying that they're not as popular as they might be because they go dormant for half the year, during which they look all dried up and dead. But it's marvelous when they wake up, emerge from their wrappers, and bloom. There's less danger of overwatering an active conophytum than one that's asleep. Most are waking up now. Looks like yours is yawning and stretching.
Felipe
7/15/2013 08:26:51 am
What a fine Kalanchoe did you grab my friend!
Cindy Davison of The Succulent Perch
7/15/2013 11:53:48 am
Lovely treasures you've added to your succulent family~ 7/15/2013 01:45:04 pm
Wow what a score for sure! Love the variegated gasteria! Love the potting on the crazy butt crack looking ones. LOL
Nancy Nygaard
7/16/2013 04:56:21 am
This is my fav. Succulent nursery , close by& like a step back in time, also love Sonoma Horticulture nursery, & there beautiful pond & grounds. ;) 9/7/2013 02:24:41 am
Check out The Potting Shed in Fairfax. We are not a nursery, but source our plant selection from Succulent Gardens in Castroville as well as Lone Pine. Comments are closed.
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