Comments on: The Extravaganza Begins… http://thegerminatrix.com/2010/01/24/the-extravaganza-begins/ by Ivette Soler Sun, 28 Apr 2013 02:17:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Summer http://thegerminatrix.com/2010/01/24/the-extravaganza-begins/comment-page-1/#comment-2588 Summer Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:44:54 +0000 http://thegerminatrix.com/?p=763#comment-2588 Ohhhhhhhhhhh darn it now I'm all hot and bothered Ohhhhhhhhhhh darn it now I’m all hot and bothered

]]> By: Fern @ Life on the Balcony http://thegerminatrix.com/2010/01/24/the-extravaganza-begins/comment-page-1/#comment-2528 Fern @ Life on the Balcony Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:27:18 +0000 http://thegerminatrix.com/?p=763#comment-2528 Beautiful! After looking at your own garden, you'll have a hint of what to expect tomorrow at The Huntington....lots of aloes in bloom there. It was so pretty to see masses of them all blooming! Beautiful! After looking at your own garden, you’ll have a hint of what to expect tomorrow at The Huntington….lots of aloes in bloom there. It was so pretty to see masses of them all blooming!

]]> By: Willi http://thegerminatrix.com/2010/01/24/the-extravaganza-begins/comment-page-1/#comment-2526 Willi Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:57:58 +0000 http://thegerminatrix.com/?p=763#comment-2526 Yay! I'm so glad the deluge did not ruin the show and leave with you with a pile of stinking horns but no aloe flowers! Yay! I’m so glad the deluge did not ruin the show and leave with you with a pile of stinking horns but no aloe flowers!

]]> By: Megan http://thegerminatrix.com/2010/01/24/the-extravaganza-begins/comment-page-1/#comment-2485 Megan Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:03:01 +0000 http://thegerminatrix.com/?p=763#comment-2485 Gorgeous pics! I just can't enough of flowering aloes. Gorgeous pics! I just can’t enough of flowering aloes.

]]> By: Alice Joyce http://thegerminatrix.com/2010/01/24/the-extravaganza-begins/comment-page-1/#comment-2478 Alice Joyce Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:41:59 +0000 http://thegerminatrix.com/?p=763#comment-2478 Germi, dear Germi, the essence of winter in California... the miraculous, magical, magnificent bloom of an aloe! ALOES!!!! Nuff said ;~] xoxo tendril Germi, dear Germi,
the essence of winter in California… the miraculous, magical, magnificent bloom of an aloe! ALOES!!!!
Nuff said ;~]
xoxo
tendril

]]> By: germinatrix http://thegerminatrix.com/2010/01/24/the-extravaganza-begins/comment-page-1/#comment-2471 germinatrix Tue, 26 Jan 2010 07:07:34 +0000 http://thegerminatrix.com/?p=763#comment-2471 Chuck B - I truly feel like my garden is doing it's job! It IS all kind of hot, right? I'm very happy to have made something that is turning you on. I'm blushing, actually! Oh, Loree, I KNOW how it is! But I can't get my mind out of the aloe gutter, with the blossoms firing off all around me. You get to have the great 'gardening time out' that winter gives those further north - I'd be doing other things, too! But I CAN'T WAIT to see what the Huntington looks like through DANGEROUS eyes! XO! Debra! I get SO thrilled when you comment - my guru! I agree with you totally - I added aloes to my garden to really get a big winter. I am sheepishly confessing that this is the first time I'll be at the Huntington during peak aloe bloom, and I'm chomping at the bit! I also LOVE the last photo - the tightly closed bud of what may or may not be Aloe rubroviolacea. I want a dress made out of that pattern! Okay, I'm going to have to give you a shout out when I do the puya video - and I've already got my army boots! XO! ESP, this is going to be FUN! I can't wait until Friday. I might have to go break in right now and careen around from aloe to aloe like a madwoman with a flashlight. You do not know that you have given me the biggest compliment anyone could give. To call my garden "Jurassic" (and in a Jeff Goldblum accent no less) is such high praise I may faint. I have an image of what I want my garden to look like in years to come, and the words that most often come to mind are "prehistoric", "jurassic" and "dinosaurean" (which I know is not a word, spellcheck, calm down). And I can see it sometimes, the beginnings of it. So THANKS ever so for seeing that and pointing it out, and bringing Jeff and Yoda to the party! Always fun to chat w/ you, E! WG! Hi Dirty Girl - You can love my Aloe ANYTIME! Chuck B – I truly feel like my garden is doing it’s job! It IS all kind of hot, right? I’m very happy to have made something that is turning you on. I’m blushing, actually!

Oh, Loree, I KNOW how it is! But I can’t get my mind out of the aloe gutter, with the blossoms firing off all around me. You get to have the great ‘gardening time out’ that winter gives those further north – I’d be doing other things, too! But I CAN’T WAIT to see what the Huntington looks like through DANGEROUS eyes!
XO!

Debra! I get SO thrilled when you comment – my guru! I agree with you totally – I added aloes to my garden to really get a big winter. I am sheepishly confessing that this is the first time I’ll be at the Huntington during peak aloe bloom, and I’m chomping at the bit!
I also LOVE the last photo – the tightly closed bud of what may or may not be Aloe rubroviolacea. I want a dress made out of that pattern!
Okay, I’m going to have to give you a shout out when I do the puya video – and I’ve already got my army boots! XO!

ESP, this is going to be FUN! I can’t wait until Friday. I might have to go break in right now and careen around from aloe to aloe like a madwoman with a flashlight.
You do not know that you have given me the biggest compliment anyone could give. To call my garden “Jurassic” (and in a Jeff Goldblum accent no less) is such high praise I may faint. I have an image of what I want my garden to look like in years to come, and the words that most often come to mind are “prehistoric”, “jurassic” and “dinosaurean” (which I know is not a word, spellcheck, calm down). And I can see it sometimes, the beginnings of it. So THANKS ever so for seeing that and pointing it out, and bringing Jeff and Yoda to the party! Always fun to chat w/ you, E!
WG!

Hi Dirty Girl – You can love my Aloe ANYTIME!

]]> By: Dirty Girl Gardening http://thegerminatrix.com/2010/01/24/the-extravaganza-begins/comment-page-1/#comment-2470 Dirty Girl Gardening Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:47:42 +0000 http://thegerminatrix.com/?p=763#comment-2470 Lovelovelove your aloe!!! fabulous pic.'s! Lovelovelove your aloe!!! fabulous pic.’s!

]]> By: ESP http://thegerminatrix.com/2010/01/24/the-extravaganza-begins/comment-page-1/#comment-2450 ESP Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:02:18 +0000 http://thegerminatrix.com/?p=763#comment-2450 Yes, go grab your car keys right now Germi...what are you waiting for? The Huntingtion in bloom, yes, yes, I cannot wait. (that sounded like Jeff Goldblum for some odd reason!) I love the color on the Aloe salm dyckiana. I can see why you look forward to this time of year...your garden looks very, (and sticking with the Goldblum theme)... "Jurassic" and vibrant, all these crazy blooms and bold aloe forms. Stunning G! And fuller your winter garden is indeed. (Oh no, Yoda has popped in now). Can't wait to see Huntington, have fun there (pah, like you would be miserable) :-) Tot zeins ESP. Yes, go grab your car keys right now Germi…what are you waiting for? The Huntingtion in bloom, yes, yes, I cannot wait. (that sounded like Jeff Goldblum for some odd reason!)

I love the color on the Aloe salm dyckiana. I can see why you look forward to this time of year…your garden looks very, (and sticking with the Goldblum theme)… “Jurassic” and vibrant, all these crazy blooms and bold aloe forms. Stunning G! And fuller your winter garden is indeed. (Oh no, Yoda has popped in now).

Can’t wait to see Huntington, have fun there (pah, like you would be miserable) :-)

Tot zeins
ESP.

]]> By: Debra Lee Baldwin http://thegerminatrix.com/2010/01/24/the-extravaganza-begins/comment-page-1/#comment-2439 Debra Lee Baldwin Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:53:42 +0000 http://thegerminatrix.com/?p=763#comment-2439 You've got to love plants that bloom big and loud when nothing else is going on in the garden. I actually like the last photo best, such a cool pattern with lovely gradations of color. You'll go nuts at the H'ton---this is the best time of year to see the desert garden...well, now and in June, when the puyas are in bloom. Puyas, which sound like something out of Dr. Doolittle, are plants you definitely don't want in your garden (leaves like serrated knives), even though their flowers are an otherworldly metallic green and blue. Would love to have you report on them, maybe do a video (Ivette wearing armored boots braves the puya field). You’ve got to love plants that bloom big and loud when nothing else is going on in the garden. I actually like the last photo best, such a cool pattern with lovely gradations of color. You’ll go nuts at the H’ton—this is the best time of year to see the desert garden…well, now and in June, when the puyas are in bloom.

Puyas, which sound like something out of Dr. Doolittle, are plants you definitely don’t want in your garden (leaves like serrated knives), even though their flowers are an otherworldly metallic green and blue. Would love to have you report on them, maybe do a video (Ivette wearing armored boots braves the puya field).

]]> By: Loree / danger garden http://thegerminatrix.com/2010/01/24/the-extravaganza-begins/comment-page-1/#comment-2433 Loree / danger garden Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:27:57 +0000 http://thegerminatrix.com/?p=763#comment-2433 Funny your heading back for Huntington for round 2 and I haven't even posted yet about my visit back in October! Bad Loree! Where does the time go anyway? I am very excited to see their aloes in bloom...and yours are spectacular! Once again color me green with envy.... Funny your heading back for Huntington for round 2 and I haven’t even posted yet about my visit back in October! Bad Loree! Where does the time go anyway?

I am very excited to see their aloes in bloom…and yours are spectacular! Once again color me green with envy….

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