Have a question on ANYTHING to do with succulents? Go to debraleebaldwin.com and browse the menu or use the Search bar. Btw, my site is not monetized---no annoying pop-up ads. It's my gift to my followers and the culmination of my career as a horticulturist/photojournalist specializing in succulents. You'll find 100+ pages of tips and ideas; thousands of photos and must-know facts for specific varieties; curated design ideas for gardens, landscapes and containers; interviews with experts; seasonal info; and much more. Use the site as a research tool that also is entertaining---the same goal as my KZread channel. Q's welcome!

Jesus H! This is nicer than most botanical gardens! I'm a Canadian, we do not have gardens like this, love it!

@QueenofSucculents

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Honestly, though, there's no garden in the world like Butchart, and if I recall, it's in Canada.

@gaywizard2000

2 жыл бұрын

@@QueenofSucculents yes it's on Vancouver Island which is the warmest climate in Canada! For the 99% of the rest of the country it's a different story, myself I live in the wonderful climate of the Northern Plains! Not a lot of Dragon trees to say the least!

@QueenofSucculents

2 жыл бұрын

@@gaywizard2000 My new next door neighbors are from Edmonton. Needless to say, SoCA is a bit of a change for them.

@gaywizard2000

2 жыл бұрын

@@QueenofSucculents omg, I live in Calgary, warmest regards to all!

I think this is THE most beautiful garden I've ever seen. I'm jealous

@QueenofSucculents

2 жыл бұрын

And this is just one of many residential succulent gardens on my channel. Check out my "Great Succulent Gardens" playlist: kzread.info/head/PLfBjDimnqpMps8-ggNkbqiuXh1fk8fMiH

Absolute perfection. I love this garden and designer.

@QueenofSucculents

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Lynn. I agree!

Word out for Michael Buckner! And much appreciation for you, your work, and conveyance, Debra!

@QueenofSucculents

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I'm delighted with the way it all turned out...including the video. I'm glad I had footage of Michael talking about the garden.

Just one word. WAUWIE.. !

Man I wish I could afford that. I would just be outside all the time. Beautiful!

@QueenofSucculents

Жыл бұрын

I know, right?!

There are not enough superlatives to describe this garden. Hearing from the owner and the designer about the installation and to see the rapid maturation of the garden is a rare treat. I'm reminded of Lotusland. What a spectacular achievement!

@QueenofSucculents

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, Lotusland...high praise indeed. Yes, Carolyn's garden is a three-dimensional art form. So many factors to consider. It is indeed an achievement.

fabulous, I learn something every time I heard you speak and see Michael B's work!

@QueenofSucculents

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Catherine!

Gorgeous garden and design! What I love the most is that all the plants accommodate the environment instead of stressing it.

@QueenofSucculents

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, it's an example of practical landscaping that's also aesthetically delightful. The future of gardens in Southern CA.

what an amazing dragon tree - such a beautiful specimen - lovely garden

@QueenofSucculents

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Paul, glad you enjoyed it...and the dragon tree 😉

I am a Gardener myself but all the same I love your Dragon garden. Even though I do not grow Dragon Succulents like you Do.. Thank you .

@QueenofSucculents

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Rebecca! 😊

Wow. I'm speechless. Thanks for sharing!

Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous, garden 🌳🌴🌵🌾

@QueenofSucculents

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you thank you thank you!

Such a beautiful garden omg!

Magnificent and beautiful!!!

@QueenofSucculents

11 ай бұрын

Thank you! What a great way to start my week!

Beautiful Garden. Thank.

A beautiful and inspiring garden. Thanks also for such a well produced video, so much useful information.

@QueenofSucculents

5 ай бұрын

Many thanks to you, H&P, for such a lovely comment. Truly appreciated😻

Absolutely Beautiful 🌴🌴🏜🏜

@QueenofSucculents

Жыл бұрын

What a lovely Monday-morning comment. Thanks, Phillip!

A. victoria regina is stunning in the landscape

@QueenofSucculents

6 ай бұрын

Yes! I totally agree. Too bad it's sooo slow growing.

Debra, love it, please go back to this garden and take videos for every section. Please tell the owner I would love any cuttings she’s willing to give ❤

@QueenofSucculents

Жыл бұрын

Thanks JC. Hopefully Carolyn sees this!

@JC-dq8un

Жыл бұрын

@@QueenofSucculents I would love to see the garden. Carolyn’s before and after pictures gave me hope.

What an incredible garden, I love the selection of plant material. The ribbons of color on the hillside looks so great!

@QueenofSucculents

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, and really not all that difficult. Thanks, Dolores!

Thank you for sharing this. Outstanding, a garden to be proud of for sure.

@QueenofSucculents

2 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome, SJ. Thanks for taking time to comment!

Stunning! I needed this. I'm sick of winter. I can't plant 98% if these here in New Mexico but to see other people's succulent/euphoria/cacti gardens is one of my favorite pass times.

An all access pass to the thought process from designer, homeowner & commentary by Debra! Stunning garden. This was inspirational & informative.

@QueenofSucculents

2 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you liked it Sue Ann. I'm proud of the way the video turned out 😘

Absolutely beautiful. Loved this video, the garden, the owner and the designer. Thanks for sharing.

@QueenofSucculents

2 жыл бұрын

And thank YOU for a lovely comment!

What a beautiful yard. Love the dragon trees.

@QueenofSucculents

2 жыл бұрын

Me too 🤩

Wow, wow, wow, what a beautiful majestic garden, I love it, just watching the video made me feel at peace ✌️ in my apt 😀

@QueenofSucculents

2 жыл бұрын

I'm so pleased to be able to take you to a different world!

My dream garden! Shout out to the homeowner who was willing to share. This gives me inspiration for my own yard.

@QueenofSucculents

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Jim, for a wonderful comment!

Just gorgeous. It was interesting to hear Michael talk about grouping plants together in drifts, to mimic nature. I wouldn’t mind being stuck at home with such a spectacular garden to enjoy! Thanks for the video Debra and to Carolyn and Michael too - it’s special to get a look at such an amazing private garden.

@QueenofSucculents

2 жыл бұрын

Hey there Horticat, thank you for a lovely comment! Yes, that sort of grouping is a Buckner signature.

I absolutely LOVE everything about this garden. Thank you, Carolyn and Debra for sharing.

@QueenofSucculents

2 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome! Thank you for commenting.

Beautiful

Beautiful garden with variations of depth and color.. thank you for sharing this clip.

@QueenofSucculents

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome, TD!

Beautiful! 😍 Thank you for the video.

Beautiful...amazing garden. Took my breath away....simply magnificent!!

@QueenofSucculents

Жыл бұрын

Thank YOU for a magnificent (and much appreciated) comment!

What a beautiful garden! My best regards and many thanks for a video! I already have some own seedlings of Dracaena draco, but Brachychiton was a surprise for me, many thanks for information! I just bought 2 seeds on EBaY. ))

@QueenofSucculents

2 жыл бұрын

May they grow fast and thrive for you!

Great video!

I love love love this yard

Que bonito jardín!! Me encanta me recuerda a los jardines de Tenerife . Hay muchísimos dragos y suculentas por aquí. Maravilloso!!!

@QueenofSucculents

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Elena!

This is an outstanding garden! Thank you very much for sharing !!

@QueenofSucculents

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Wendy! And for the lovely comment.

Gorgeous

@QueenofSucculents

2 жыл бұрын

Purr.

So amazing ❤

This is beautiful

@QueenofSucculents

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Gary!

Thank you for sharing beautiful and amazing succulents garden looking very lovely

Spectacular! What a treat to see it! Thank you Debra!

@QueenofSucculents

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Teresa -- Your comment is a treat as well!

My dream garden 😍😍😍

superb! my dream garden!

Love the garden! Thank you for sharing !!!

@QueenofSucculents

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😘

Absolutely beautiful. So happy to get a notification about your video. I really enjoyed the garden.

@QueenofSucculents

2 жыл бұрын

I'm happy you got it too. Thanks for subscribing, Nicole!

Wow! Beautiful

@QueenofSucculents

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😊

Thank you so much for sharing. Not very often to see a garden like this!!!!

@QueenofSucculents

2 жыл бұрын

It was very gracious of Carolyn to let us see it.

Absolutely gorgeous! I've been cultivating succulents off and on now for years and this is one of the most well arranged garden I think I've ever seen. I have both liked the video and subscribed to your channel, Debra Lee. I'm always impressed with your videos, Debra and love your channel. Happy growing from Louisiana! 😁

@QueenofSucculents

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for an "absolutely gorgeous" comment, Dale 😘

Absolutely beautiful.Your garden is what dreams are made of.Thanks for the pictures.

@QueenofSucculents

2 жыл бұрын

Possibly my favorite comment ever, Dezi! Thank you!

This is insanely amazing. Wow!

@QueenofSucculents

2 жыл бұрын

LOL, thanks!

Stunning, absolutely gorgeous🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

@QueenofSucculents

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Alexandra! Glad you enjoyed it.

Fascinating video! Thanks for putting the names of the plants on top of their photos.

@QueenofSucculents

2 жыл бұрын

You're most welcome! Also find a gallery of 40+ of the garden's plants on my site, all ID'd. ;+) debraleebaldwin.com/san-diego-succulent-sources-and-destinations/

I love this! I'm looking to redesign my yard. These are very inspirational! Thank you for sharing your talent.

@QueenofSucculents

2 жыл бұрын

That's wonderful, Lisa! Glad you found it inspiring. Thanks for commenting.

amazing one Debra! you are my inspiration ❤

@QueenofSucculents

2 жыл бұрын

Ha! Wish I could take credit. Thank you, though.

What a beautiful garden ❤❤❤. Sp inspired to turn my frontyard into a succulent garden😍😍😍

@QueenofSucculents

2 жыл бұрын

That delights me, Cecilia. Thank you for a lovely comment!

Thank you so so so much Debra! You're the best ! 🥰🥰😁✨💓🙏🏻💕God bless you more

@QueenofSucculents

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! People like you make it all worthwhile!

Beautiful❤❤❤❤

@QueenofSucculents

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Michelle, glad you liked it!

Those trees are so fun and so cool looking and on top of it water responsible. I just don't get how they aren't more common. They don't even look crowded or anything, just right for filling a space and giving decent shade and vertical interest while keeping that open feeling. Also that side property hill with the tree aloe and oranges and reds flowing together like a sea is breathtaking. I've never seen anything like that in my life. Thanks for sharing.

@QueenofSucculents

2 жыл бұрын

Nurseries will offer them in response to growing demand. Not only does that take time, but plants take a while to mature enough to be sold, and then t's a matter of them becoming an in-demand plant, so nurseries will offer them. It could take several years for them to get large enough to be salable.

That's like something from alien planet. Amazing.

Love the garden!!! Most outdoor succulents here in Las Vegas needs afternoon shade especially during very very hot summers. 🌞

@QueenofSucculents

Жыл бұрын

So nice of you

I knew it was a Michael Buckner design the second I saw it!

@QueenofSucculents

2 жыл бұрын

He does have certain "signatures." One I didn't mention is that pebble-lined dry creek bed. Thanks for a great comment!

Wonderfull, thank you for share 🤠🙏🏻🇧🇷🇧🇷🌻

Beautiful. No it’s not a painting… IT’S REAL

Also I've seen those fuzzy kalanchoes on the set of the Adams Family.

@QueenofSucculents

2 жыл бұрын

Really? Surely not the old TV version. But what a perfect choice for them!

I’m insouth west gulf coast Florida, and I would like so much to get rid of our sticky native grass…and put in native or succulent plants. Part of the year we get NO RAIN. Part of the year we can get 3-6inches a day! The soil is pure sand. It can rain 3” and a fe hours later the sand/soil is dry. I LOVE the look of this and wonder if it could work in Florida.

@QueenofSucculents

Жыл бұрын

Oh Sandra, I wish I could tell you it would!

Wow. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤️🔥🔥🔥

@QueenofSucculents

2 жыл бұрын

A fire-breathing comment! Thanks, Eddie.

thank you thank you thank you!! i'm interested only in edible succulents, and I discovered Portulacaria afra here! for florida climate change heat/sun/drought thank you!!

As much as I love some plants, I realize I don't like to have plants that are good at containing 🕸️🕷️🕸️ galore like Euphorbia trigona, and aloes, agaves, yuccas, Juniper (which is the plant I dislike the most) and other plants as I experience and learn which ones I have to often clean up spider webs from. There are also many trees in the Bay Area (N. Cali) that when you walk on the sidewalk or your yard you accidentally walk across slider 🕸️ webs face/chest high 🤬 sometimes with an actual 🕷️ nearby 😱.

@QueenofSucculents

2 ай бұрын

Oh my. Guess this is not the time to confess my fondness for orb-weavers?

For more great tips; specifics on the garden's slope, soil, pathways, islands, stone and fertilizer; and a gallery of the plants ID'd, go to debraleebaldwin.com/succulent-landscape/dragon-tree-succulent-garden/ 🤓

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@QueenofSucculents

2 ай бұрын

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Neat house and garden. Does Carolyn do the maintenance, or the designer or someone else?

@QueenofSucculents

2 жыл бұрын

The designer has a crew come as needed. Most succulent gardens need maintenance 3 or 4 times a year. For referrals, see debraleebaldwin.com/caring-for-succulents/succulent-garden-maintenance-referrals/

How did the succulents do in the snow in Santa Fe

New aunty wah 😁😁

Hi. I've two species of dragon trees in my garden. One is growing aerial roots on one of the three stumps. Can I cut below the aerial roots and propagate? Which is the best method to propagate with these heavy trunks?

@QueenofSucculents

Жыл бұрын

Hi Shawn -- Excellent question, but I have no idea. You might want to consult the plant expert who designed the garden. Michael Buckner is a former succulent nurseryman and there's nothing he doesn't know about them, including trees and rarities. www.deeterbucknerdesign.co

un drago Canario.....Islas Canarias

I wonder what the value is for the cyphostemma juttae

@QueenofSucculents

6 ай бұрын

No idea, but designer Michael Buckner might know. He’s easily contacted on IG.

I have a 3 acre aloe tree garden near Palm Spring that you may want to visit

@QueenofSucculents

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, it sounds wonderful! Let's talk.

Debra I had a question. I have a large mature Foxtail agave that I plucked a small pup from the trunk of the plant. After planting into a small pot, I noticed it started to flower. And now has a small arched flower just like the mature arched foxtail flower bloom. Is that normal? Its only 3 inches in diameter leaf tip to leaf tip.

@QueenofSucculents

2 жыл бұрын

I've heard (though haven't seen firsthand) that the same hormones that promote flowering in the main plant can cause its pups to flower too.

@creaturedomes9364

2 жыл бұрын

Oh thats cool!! And a little sad its going to have a short life. Iv been taking pictures of it and video to remember the little foxtail.

@creaturedomes9364

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for answering!

I’m about to start a cactus/succulent garden but I’m a bit worried because I’m in south Texas where the heat is easily 95 degrees during the summer and my yard doesn’t have much shade. Are there any you recommend that can handle full sun daily?

@QueenofSucculents

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, and it'll seem obvious when I tell you: Those that are native to your area. As for which those may be, check with your local Cactus & Succulent Society, and notice neighbors' gardens with specimens that are thriving (and you like the look of).

@361Tattude

2 жыл бұрын

@@QueenofSucculents thank you. And yes I’ve been snooping everyone’s front yards as I drive to and from work😂

Where did you get the dragon trees and the bottle trees?

@QueenofSucculents

2 жыл бұрын

I saw large dragon trees at Desert Theater Nursery in Escondido the other day. Not sure about the bottle trees. Will ask Michael.

Are these the same Dragon Trees you'd find on Soqotra or are they a different species?

@QueenofSucculents

2 жыл бұрын

Well I learned something...per Wikipedia: "Dracaena draco, the Canary Islands dragon tree or drago, is a subtropical tree in the genus Dracaena, native to the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Madeira, western Morocco, and is thought to be introduced in the Azores. Its closest living relative is the dragon blood tree of Socotra, Dracaena cinnabari." Pretty sure Carolyn's are good old draco, but one of the photos in the video may be of cinnabari (I shot it at the San Diego Botanic Garden). The two species look a lot alike.

What's the fat one in the back by the window? It's not a jade or adenium and probably not a cyphostemma. Could it be dendrosicyos?

@QueenofSucculents

2 жыл бұрын

There's a cyphostemma that hadn't leafed out yet (dormant in midwinter). I took the other cyphostemma photo at a different time of year.

Hello, which species of Kalanchoe with large trunks? 😉

@QueenofSucculents

2 жыл бұрын

In the video: K. beharensis.

@zecabresto69

2 жыл бұрын

@@QueenofSucculents Many thanks

How can I brought a dragon blood tree plant please tell me madam

@QueenofSucculents

Жыл бұрын

I don't sell them. I'll try to find out for you. Where are you located?

More is less lee is more . .

This would all die in Texas

@QueenofSucculents

3 ай бұрын

Yep.