Tag: Graptopetalum

  • Il Orto Botanico dell’Università di Genova

    Il Orto Botanico dell’Università di Genova

    Today we ventured out to find a garden—and although what we thought would be a 14 minute walk turned into a hilltop adventure, well, we’re in Italy, so it was all fine.  Established in 1803, the collection is not as historic or as grand at the one in Padova, but it’s a bucolic place, not…

  • Wordless Wednesday: Sunny Times in the Back Garden

    Impatiens tinctoria with Fuchsia ‘Autumnale’. Mona the Cat under her hammock shade canopy. Tradescantia pallida ‘Purpurea’. Yes, we can grow it in the ground. Adiantum peruvianum. Some of my pole apples (Malus). Begonia boliviensis. Clematis heracleifolia.  Acquired as Graptopetalum paraguayense. Coleus and Begonia in planters. I grew the Begonia plants from seed I bought last…