this is the first crested plant I grew. 2005. Grew, well, not really. I found this Aeonium “sunburst” doing what its doing in sharp contrast to the  the other big faces of the entire plant.

Crests are an aberration that happen from a bug bite or due to a virus.I can’t MAKE a plant produce a crest, I can only find and then nurture them. This Aeonium is still in my garden though greatly changed over these past ten years.

Watching this plant morph and knowing I missed really seeing it change is one of the reasons I’m building this blog.

when did we begin to slam colors together? the contrast and the abruptness is so good. 

I planted the ‘string of pearls beads’ Senecio rowleyanus in 2013.

In 2014 pearls were getting longer. However, the plants were slightly stressed from too much afternoon sun. I ended up covering the tops over the summer to protect them. I began looking for a better solution. January 2015 I added Euphorbia caput-medusae in each planter.