Sweetstuff's Sassy Succulents

Have you ever started a project and discovered that you had a battle ahead of you and were determined to not give up?  Well that is what happened a few weeks ago when I decided to repot a planting I bought last year at the Succulent Extravaganza. ...

The SCSS show and sale took place on May 4th and 5th.  What a wonderful show it was.  Full of wonderful succulent specimens of every shape and size.  Gerhard Bock has already done a really great blog post on the show.  You can see i...

This 'Christmas cactus' was my Mother's. I have fond memories of her living room full of giant pots of these beauties. All lovingly cared for and they grew huge and bloomed.  She had a couple different colors and they were her pride and joy! ...

If you live in California or anywhere nearby do I have a treat for you!  Waterwise Botanicals is hosting a Succulent Celebration on June 7th and 8th and it is loaded with fabulous succulent Sweetness!  Please click here to go to the web site ...

On Friday March 22nd I went to the San Francisco Flower & Garden Show in San Mateo, CA.  There was so much to see I wish I had more days to spend there.  But I could only go one day so I had to cram as much in as possible.  So get re...

I am a lucky girl!  And to think this all came about because I like to take photographs and grow succulents.  I got an email from Robin Stockwell owner of Succulent Gardens.  He said that he enjoyed my photos and invited me to go to Succ...

I am having so much fun at the Sacramento Cactus & Succulent Society meetings.  What a great group they are.  Starting in August of 2012 a great friend and member Keith Kitoi Taylor brought in clay so we could each make our own pots! &nbs...

I have been wanting to show this little succulent miracle for a while.  I finally got all the photos together to show you the transition of Aeonium to the Aeonium bloom stalk flower.  The plant needs to be mature before it will bloom.  I...

It's a sad, sad situationAnd it's getting more and more absurdIt's sad, so sadWhy can't we talk it overAnd sorry seems to be the hardest wordAs I am watching my beautiful cactus/succulent garden over the last month this song keeps going over and over i...

If you liked the little taste I gave you of Laura Balaoro's garden in my last post get ready for a big bite!  I have so many super photos and cool stuff to show you I am going to jam them all in this post.  So hang on to your seats!  Don...