Comments on: Garden Designers Roundtable – Top Landscape Plants : Kill Me, Why Don’t You???

By: Friday Roundup — Timber Press Talks

Friday Roundup — Timber Press Talks — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 20:13:06 +0000

[...] your top landscape plants?” Timber Press author Ivette Soler weighs in with one of my favorites, Euphorbia x martinii, a plant I’m convinced was bred on the set of the original Star [...]

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Wed, 25 May 2011 02:27:11 +0000

[...] Ivette Soler : The Germinatrix : Los Angeles, CA [...]

By: They Burst Forth

They Burst Forth — Mon, 02 May 2011 04:30:48 +0000

[...] Garden Designers Roundtable – Top Landscape Plants : Kill Me, Why … For much of the year they are a collection of strappy, upright, unassuming leaves – but come summer they burst forth like a cheerleading squad, yelling for attention. I love their stridency, their unabashed attention seeking behavior. [...]

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By: Susan aka Miss R

Susan aka Miss R — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 10:38:52 +0000

Damn. Damn. Damn. I am in total zonal denial. I want, want, want but I’m in Zone 6, 6, 6. Like Nan, I’d give an awful lot to be able to grow Euphorbia wufenii. Have to go and get a tissue, I’m drooling.

By: Cole Wilson

Cole Wilson — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 04:30:41 +0000

I really treasure your piece of work, Great post.
Regards,
Cole Wilson

By: germinatrix

germinatrix — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 02:48:48 +0000

My friends! I don’t mean to TAUNT, only to TEASE…

Nan, thank you so much for your lovely comment and your INCREDIBLE post. You inaugurated the guest posting on GDRT with STYLE and GENEROSITY! I am truly in awe…

Laura! I gave YOU and idea for a project? I shiver with delight!!! We’ll have to have drinks when I’m up in your neck of the woods and discuss the details … and other things!

Oh Jocelyn, how sweet of you! Enthusiasm overwhelms me when I get going about my favorite plants – like all of us, I am a smitten kitten!

Robert, if I get cloned the first place I’m going is to England so we can have a pint!

Sweet Rebecca, I know your pain, because once in a very rare freeze here in LA, I lost a variegated Agave attenuata. I had a meltdown. I hope I would deal better now. I love that you won with the simple, chic Icebergs – I love them! They are beauties with a duty, and they do that duty so well!

Pam, roses and grasses are another of the combos that make my heart beat. I really need to do a post on grasses, because I feel I don’t give them enough love in my writing – but they are SUPER important in my practice! Thanks for the nudge…

Thank you Debbie! The palettes we use is SO Different, right? Just know that I am drooling when I see what YOU can do that I can’t!

Dearest SuMo, no way I could say no to roses. I have three varieties in my garden right now – Iceberg, Altissimo, and Mutabilis – and I would totally add more (but for ROOM). I DO save a place in my heart for them – and you should have SEEN me and my first boyfriend at our highschool reunion! Scandalous!

Gen, the feeling is so mutual! You are one of my heros!

Cathy, herbs are some of my FAVORITE groundcovers! Try using them that way, all over your garden! You’ll love your herbs twice as much.

By: Cathy

Cathy — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 01:51:06 +0000

Just love your choices and I am totally envious of your ability to have that tropical look in your garden! I never thought of using marjoram and sage as a ground cover – what a perfect combination for my herb garden! Thanks for some great inspiration!

By: Genevieve

Genevieve — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 20:56:10 +0000

Wow, the comments on this post are every bit as fun as the post itself! You obviously inspire people, Ivette, and you’ve certainly inspired me to seek out some of these beauties. That Aeonium is lovely!!!

By: Susan Morrison

Susan Morrison — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 22:17:12 +0000

I knew you’d have vibrant photos that showcase the Southern California beauty queens you love so much for your own garden and your clients. But my favorite photo is the iceberg rose. Despite your current rock star status as Plantmaster General of Agaves and Edibles, I remember you sharing that as a newbie, your earliest gardening experiences was with roses. Kudos for holding a place in your heart for one of the very plants that helped put you on the path to greatness! It’s as if you thoughtfully saved a slow dance for your first boyfriend at your twenty year reunion.