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May 20, 2006 : Agave Border in Lotusland
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Keywords: Agavaceae | Ganna Walska Lotusland, Montecito, California
Ganna Walska Lotusland in Montecito, California was previously featured on BPotD, so if you missed that entry, I'd encourage you to read it. Of particular relevance to today's image were the sentences alluding to Ganna Walska being a bold personality. What could be bolder than an Agave border? The same theme is seen throughout Lotusland – plants usually seen as specimen plants or in small groupings are displayed en masse, and the effect is stunning.
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Posted by Daniel Mosquin at May 20, 2006 4:35 AM
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Posted by: Joseph Brenner at May 20, 2006 10:46 AM
Mike Bush, the Executive Director for Lotusland, has sent along some images of the plants in the Agave border in bloom. These photographs were taken January 3, 2006.
Posted by: Daniel Mosquin 
at June 7, 2006 8:12 AM
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This looks like a much nicer version of the Century Plant in my front yard. Mine has curved spines along the leaf edges which have earned it the designation of "does not play well with others".