Sweetstuff's Sassy Succulents

Sweetstuff's Sassy Succulents My blog is about my love of growing succulents and gardening in the Sacramento valley. I have been growing cactus and succulents for over ten years. It's also about my love of photography and anything else that interests me.

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Adventures in Potting

Adventures in Potting

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. ...

Sacramento Cactus & Succulent Society Show & Sale

Sacramento Cactus & Succulent Society Show & Sale

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...

Happy Mother’s Day Mom

Happy Mother’s Day Mom

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! ...

Succulent Celebration at Waterwise Botanicals

Succulent Celebration at Waterwise Botanicals

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 ...

San Francisco Flower & Garden Show 2013

San Francisco Flower & Garden Show 2013

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...

Succulent Gardens Makes the World Go Round

Succulent Gardens Makes the World Go Round

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...

Handmade Pots and Planting with SC&SS

Handmade Pots and Planting with SC&SS

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...

Aeonium blooms are really slow but beautiful

Aeonium blooms are really slow but beautiful

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 Sad, So Sad

It’s Sad, So Sad

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...

The Fabulous Gardens of Laura Balaoro part 2

The Fabulous Gardens of Laura Balaoro part 2

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...