Early in December COVID finally hit our household as Andrew tested positive. I figured there was no way I'd manage avoid it, so my season of holiday cheer was put on hold. I waited, and waited and somehow manage to NOT get sick. I still don't understand exactly how—but I do know that after too many days housebound with my sick husband I finally had to break out and stretch my eyes, destination Pomarius Nursery!
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Looking at this photo I'm now wondering if this might be a Yucca schottii, rather than a Y. rostrata...
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Aren't they adorable spiky fluff balls?
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Such a good looking tree...
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More bark of interest, on a nearby eucalyptus.
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I've walked down to Pomarius now and I'm rather awestruck by this Willy Guhl planter turned into a fountain. Damn!
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The mossy/algae patina is just to die for...
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At the other end of the nursery were these pieces by artist Dustin Gimbel.
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I hadn't seen them for awhile, it was a nice surprise to come upon them like this.
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Making my way to the greenhouse to pay for my purchases (a hardy ground orchid, Bletilla striata!) I spied this perfectly spiky Agave 'Blue Glow'...
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Which was only (slightly) outdone by this Agave 'Snow Glow' (I think) which I spotted later in the day outside another plant shop.
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There was no parking to be had right around the nursery, which was good because I ended up next to the Fitzgibbons building and took advantage of the dry weather to walk around and check out the plantings, the work of Sean Hogan and Cistus Nursery.
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These Yucca rostrata were hacked badly back in 2015 (photos here), I was happy to see that they'd grown out of it.
Across the parking lot is this Lyonothamnus floribundus subsp. aspleniifolius (Catalina Ironwood).
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