The well-organized five-acre nursery is staffed with knowledgable plant lovers, including owner and proprietor, Don Newcomer, a recognized succulent expert. From 1-gallon pots to 4-foot boxed specimens, all plants are propagated by hand, field-grown and well-adapted to Southern California coastal and inland conditions. Homeowners and members of the landscape trade can browse our five acres and more than 250 varieties of drought-tolerant, fire-resistant plants for the xeriscape.įind more than 250 unusual and hard-to-find varieties of agaves, aloes, cacti, other exotic landscape succulents - most requiring little to no irrigation after the first year. Serra Gardens Landscape Succulents is a wholesale nursery in Fallbrook, California, supplying drought-tolerant and fire-resistant plants to homeowners and members of the landscape trade. The increased sophistication of plant collectors taking an… The use of Agaves as a drought tolerant landscape plant. The use of Agaves as food crop for a world undergoing climate change. Agaves come from the New World (The Americas) and Aloes come from the Old World (Africa?) Additionally Agave interest has exploded recently. Another way to tell is where they come from. In time, with experience, the structure and charisma of the plant will tell you. Break an aloe leaf in half and you will see a very juicy mucilagenous substance. Break an agave leaf in half and you will see very thick and tough agave fibers. Begining succulent collectors have as one of their first challenges to tell the difference between an Agave and an Aloe. Paper, juice, food, clothing, pulque, you name it, an agave made it! at our nursery we have a very nice assortment of Agave plants for sale. Agaves are also the universal source of materials and products of the early mesoamericans. These fierce and outspoken plants were originally found only in the New World.
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