Silver Dollar Plant (Dudleya brittonii)

by palmbob Jun 21, 2011 10:25 AM

San Marcos, California

San Marcos California in February

At Cactus and Succulent show Huntington Gardens, 2003, Pasadena California

Flowering wildly end of April Huntington Gardens, Pasadena California

just starting to flower later winter

another shot of one a particularly blue moment

Very old specimen with about a foot of stem, southern California

In a plant show

in winter, southern California

blooming plants in Huntington Gardens, late spring, southern California

In a plant show in zone 9b

April 20th, late Spring in a plant show in zone 9b

southern California

seedling (mine- just got from the Huntington)... been looking for this plant a while- not that commonly offered I guess

Even as a young plant it is a striking landscape specimen, southern California

At UC Berkeley Botanical Gardens.

You can see that this is a pretty large specimen.

young plant's first bloom, late winter, southern California

spring flower, southern California

my plant blooming in early May, southern California

Dudleya brittonii at UC Botanical Garden

another shot of my young plant, starting to flower in February

late winter, southern California

Huntington Gardens display, April, southern California

CACSS Plant Show, April 1, 2011, Phoenix, Arizona, zone 9a/9b

In June our dry season, covered in farinaceus frost at the UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley.

In February our wet season, not so much farinaceus frost at the UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley.

In November at the beginning of our wet season, with some farinaceus frost at the UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley.

less pampered plants in Santa Barbara Botanical Gardens, California

blooming in late spring, southern California

Green form of D. brittonii; sale plant, Santa Barbara Botancial Gardens, California

My new plant; green form of D. brittonii

University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley

San Diego Botanic Garden

University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley

Unusually large wild plant. Early spring, Baja California.

April flowers in my yard, southern California

the colors of this plant in the San Diego Botanical Gardens was striking, I had to upload despite there being a ton of photos of this plant already...

Show plant, San Fernando Cacuts/succulent show, 2012

Stress colors at the start of spring. Full sun, Baja California.

Flowers on the way in March. Full sun, Baja California.

Branching behavior in southern populations. This plant near Punta Banda.

Long-stemmed plant near Punta Banda.

Near Punta Banda.

Dudleya brittonii

Extreme drought stress (very healthy plant otherwise).

Flowering in February. Unusual powdery dusting on the buds of this plain green plant.

exceptionally nice plant in Huntington Gardens

larger flowering specimen, Thomas Payne Foundation, Sun Valley, California

UC Berkeley Botanical Gardens

flowers of green form in northern California, May

Photo courtesy of Jeremy Spath, the owner of Spath Gardens, for landscape design and installation in Southern California. Copyright of Jeremy Spath. http://spathgardens.com/

With Dudleya campanulata. Photo courtesy of Kelly Griffin. Copyright of Kelly Griffin.

Oddly clumping. Photo courtesy of Kelly Griffin. Copyright of Kelly Griffin.

Photo courtesy of Kelly Griffin. Copyright of Kelly Griffin.

Green form. Photo courtesy of Kelly Griffin. Copyright of Kelly Griffin.

Photo courtesy of Ken Blackford. Copyright Ken Blackford. San Diego, Ca.

Plumping up after first rain of the season. Photo courtesy of Ken Blackford. Copyright Ken Blackford. San Diego, Ca.

Photo courtesy of Kelly Griffin. Copyright of Kelly Griffin.

Copyright of, courtesy of Jeremy Spath, of Spath Gardens, for landscape design and installation in Southern Ca. http://spathgardens.com/

Photo courtesy of Jeremy Spath, the owner of Spath Gardens, for landscape design and installation in Southern California. Copyright of Jeremy Spath. http://spathgardens.com/

2 of them, a tiny green one and the red one. Photo courtesy of/copyright of Jeremy Spath, the owner of Spath Gardens, landscape design and installation in Southern California http://spathgardens.com