Plant Sale in Santa Barbara!

 

      If your in the Santa Barbara area, mark your calendar Saturday October 25th for a Plant Sale at Diane's!

Sherman Gardens - Begonias, Cactus and Succulents!

 

Begonia Mr. Hunt

    Begonia Mr. Hunt can a challenging begonia to grow and it's looking great in Sherman Gardens.  They have several of them growing in the garden.  Here are some other begonias in their collection.

Begonia conchifolia var. rubrimacula

Begonia 'Brad Thompson'

Begonia 'Little Darling'

Some begonias outside one of the offices

Some begonias along the Donor Wall

    I always enjoy spending sometime in their cactus and succulent garden.

The gardeners were doing some work in this section.

Bog Garden of Carnivorous Plants

Bog Garden of Carnivorous Plants

    In a corner of Sherman Gardens is bog of carnivorous plants.  The bog is created by putting a liner in the ground like you would do for a small pond.  The flat stones hide the edge of the container/liner.  This keeps the moisture in the container creating a bog environment so that these carnivorous plants thrive.

Sarraceni (American Pitcher Plant)

Sarraceni (American Pitcher Plant)

Eye Catchers at Sherman Gardens

      Here are some plants and blooms that caught me eye on a recent visit to Sherman Gardens.

There's something abut this otter that makes me smile!

Here's  bee flying into the Passion Vine bloom

Tropical Conservatory

The red blooms on this Chenille plants are quite striking.  I like the variety plants in this corner of the Conservatory.

I think this orchid has really interesting edges on the bloom

Japanese black pine, one of the bonsai in the Bonsai Garden

13th Annual So Cal Regional Begonia Show & Sale

    Last weekend we attended the 13th Annual, Southern California Regional Begonia Show & Sale, at Sherman Library & Gardens in Corona Del Mar, California.  It was a great show with some nice looking begonias.  It's always a good time to chat and catch up with begonia friends and make some new begonia friends.

Cane Begonias

b. Looking Glass - Arlene Hoskins

b. White Ice - Arlene Hoskins

b. Snow Ball - Kay Anders

b. Bubbles - Martin Delgado

Unknown - Candy Nakanishi

b. Spreckles - Chris Hogan

b. Little Miss Mummy - Mary Sakomoto

b. Carmen O - Carol Knight

b. Constellation - Candy Nakanishi

b. Frosty Fairyland - Chris Hogan

b. Champagne Girls - Chris Hogan

b. Robinson's Peach - Candy Nakanishi

b. Lu Leonard - Chris Hogan

b. Barbara Rose - Candy Nakanishi

b. Alamo Snow - Chris Hogan

b. Dumbo - Chris Hogan

b. Dolly - Carol Knight

b. Talynn 2 - Mike Flaherty

b. Irene Nuss - Mike Flaherty

b. Miss Janet - Carol Knight

b. Lovely Louise - Carol Knight

Cane Begonias Grown in Standard Form

b. Hazel's Front Porch - Mike Flaherty

b. Rose - Chris Hogan

b. Nakomis - Chris Hogan

Rex Begonias

Rex Hybrid - Norm Nakanishi

b. Black Hole - Arlene Hoskins

b. Randy MK2 - Mike Flaherty

Mixed Begonias

Mixed Begonias - Mike Flaherty

Mixed Begonias Backside - Mike Flaherty

Semperfloren Begonias

b. Charm - Kay Anders

Shrub-like Begonias

b. foliosa - Martin Delgado

b. peltata - Mike Flaherty

b. Cascade - Martin Delgado

b. Richmondensis - Kay Anders

Rhizomatous Begonias

b. Madame Queen - Mary Sakamoto

b. Carol Knight - Carol Knight

Unknown - Candy Nakanishi

b. Kartuz IV - Candy Nakanishi

b. Mrs. Ruth Pease - Candy Nakanishi

b. Kingsbury - Candy Nakanishi

b. Vista Pauper - Norm Nakanishi

b. Prince Noir - Norm Nakanishi

b. Heracleifolia var. Sunderbruckii - Mary Sakamoto

b. Carmel Brown - Norm Nakanishi

b. Medusa - Arlene Hoskins

b. Northern Lights - Arlene Hoskins

b. Vista Pauper - Candy Nakanishi

b. Red Fred - Marilyn Bauer

b. Madame Queen - Candy Nakanishi

b. Erythrophylla - Martin Delgado

b. Heracleifolia - Marty Litton

No Name - Marty Litton

b. Red Fred - Mary Sakamoto

b. Green Fountain - Carol Knight

b. Mr. O'Flaherty - Mike Flaherty

b. Bunchii - Martin Delgado

Species Begonias

b. metallica - Carol Knight

b. acetosa - Carol Knight

b. valida - Martin Delgado

b. sericoneura - Marty Litton

Thick-Stem Begonias

b. Joooles Jewel - Mike Flaherty

b. Boomer - Martin Delgado

b. Boomer - Candy Nakanishi

Semi-Tuberous Begonias

b. Dregei Partita 'Maple Leaf' - Kay Anders

b. Dregei - Candy Nakanishi

Begonias Grown in Terrariums

b. montis-elephantis - Don Delano

b. versicolor - Don Delano

b. versicolor ’Teng Form’ - Don Delano

b. Sesame Sprinkles - Don Delano

b. Melanobullata - Don Delano

b. Cleopatrae - Don Delano

b. ningmingensis var. bella - Don Delano

b. Lyalli - Don Delano

b. bogneri - Don Delano