California Gardeners' Succulents #2

Well, looky here!

I'll keep you posted, who'd have thought pink blossoms? I was thinking yellow or orange, but pink? A nice, if tiny surprise.
Thanks you guys for getting me going.
WIB,
SW

lookin' good, SW---the plants all seem very happy!

I love succulents!!!! My Grandma gave me my first ones over 30 years ago. She is gone now but she sure would love today's selections.
Glad to come across others who appreciate the beauty of them!
BTW, a friend of mine has a great Medusa plant in a head vase, I will have to get a pic next time I go there. Perfect combination me thinks.

Few more shots of 'interesting' plants in May (I think all my plants are interesting, but I am severely biased)

Aeonium sunburst (before summer heat fries it back to a crisp, as it does every year)

Agave fransozinii developing lots of pups... what to do with them???

Aloe porphyrostachys... on of the few aloes still blooming this time of year

Pseudobombax flower

Cleistocactus winteri

Crassula Baby Gem in flower

of course, Echeveria subrigida... always seems to look better and better, no matter what time of year it is..

Graptopetalums almost always look good, too

Haworthias starting to crowd themselves a tad in this pot

Mammillaria elongata monstrose is a great looking cactus year round, too

colorful little Agave hybrid called 'Mangave'

New Pachycereus pringlei spines in spring

Yucca aloifolia looks good in spring (again, before summer suns bake into a pale oblivion)

Aloe polyphylla looks good now.. it too, will look terrible in a few months

Euphorbia stellata has interesting itty bitty flowers

close up of the flowers

Few Cactus flwoers (unknown Echinopsis)

Another unknown Echinopsis

and yet another (sorry, the color in this photos is a bit weird)

Great photo parade Geoff, thanks!! Mine are all looking good too, and I know the heat of summer will ruin many.

A colorful aeonium.

I just bought this at my favorite nursery. It didn't have a name on it and the girl at the register was new and didn't know what it was. I know what it is......it's COOL! If anyone knows off hand what it is tell me. I can put it on the plant ID forum if not. Mostly I just wanted to show it off.

edited to say:
It has little yellow flowers on it that have opened now. Really Cool!

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palmbob, you must have an incredible array of blooms right now. Thank you so much for sharing them with us. You are so right DP, love that succulent too. If a piece accidently breaks off, save it for me, please? Can't blame you a bit for showing it off.
WIB,
SW

I'm sure a few pieces will find their way to the RU in October.

Puya at Quail Gardens today.

Pretty amazing metallic blue flowers

DesertPirate: your plant is Delosperma echinatum (also called a Pickle cactus or Pickle Plant)
robcorreia: your Puya is alpestris

rob, that plant (which I'd never heard of) looks more like a sculpture than something living! Thanks for posting----very VERY cool!!

and PalmBob, thanks for posting which Puya it is so I know what to put on my (ever-lenthening) want list....!

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Ima, yes, it's very unique! And I must say the picture DOES NOT make it justice! The blooms are truly of a mettalic color, like a metallic turquoise, it's nuts!

Palmbob, thanks for id'ing it!

Below is one of the gazillion pics I took at my neighborhood's garden walk. Believe it or not, this was this guy's hellstrip planting! I was literally in awe at this person's succulents collection.

Amazing

He also had an INCREDIBLE collection of bromeliads. But that's for a different forum! ; )

Wow, just fabulous!! I am so inspired now for my 'hellstrip'! Great combination of textures and colors, each one so distinctly separated. Is that a juniper in the last photo?

Spectacular! Thanks for posting, rob!

WOW! Now I really am suffering from zone envy!

Thanks palmbob. I appreciate that.

What does "hellstrip" mean? I live on a farm, I'm ignorant of city slang. Great photos, rob!
Say does anyone know what kind of cactus this is? I found it flowering and fruiting way out in the middle of no place, on a private ranch in central CA. It has pink blossoms, and yellow (now) fruit. There were a couple of bunnies hanging out underneath it. Never seen it as dry there, as this year.
Will send close up of flower and fruit.
WIB,
SW