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Teeth

If you asked me what feature I love most about agaves, aloes, and cohorts, I wouldn’t know what to say. At least not right away. But if you pushed a little harder, I’d probably blurt out, “the teeth!”

Yep, the teeth. Those small, pointy, and often sharp protrusions along the leaf margin.

Why? Because they’re fierce (those plants know how to defend themselves!), a...


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As you may know, quite a few of the plants we love and have growing in our gardens aren’t propagated vegetatively, through seeds or offsets, but start life in a lab. This includes not only many of my beloved agaves and mangaves, but also most commercially grown perennials and even the orchids you find in grocery stores and garden centers.

Earlier this week, I had the o...


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This is the continuation of my post about Bay Area artist Mat McGrath’s garden. Click here to see the front yard the way it looks right now, in late July 2026.

I already showed you the photo below in


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Bay Area landscape designer Mat McGrath (Farallon Gardens) and his wife Mali moved to the East Bay town of Rodeo in the fall of 2021. The 14,000 sq. ft. property they bought was a b...


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