by Alice Liles | May 6, 2016 | Cactus Are Cool
Traditionally, the second week in May is usually when my outdoor cactus begin to bloom in earnest. Now that we are at the end of the first week of May, they are gearing up for their blooming season. I see myriad buds getting puffier and fatter in anticipation of their...
by Alice Liles | May 2, 2016 | Bright Lights
We had our annual Founder’s Day celebration last week and named our choice for Woman of the Year for 2016: Dolores Harvey, for her work with the Muleshoe Heritage Foundation. Dolores and three former Women of the Year, Gina Wilkerson, Maureen Hooten, Magann Rennels,...
by Alice Liles | Apr 30, 2016 | Cactus Are Cool
This little yucca bloomed for me for the first time this year. I discovered Santa Fe Greenhouses on a visit to Santa Fe, New Mexico, many years ago and then enjoyed ordering plants through their catalog, High Country Gardens. I think this plant was one I ordered...
by Alice Liles | Apr 26, 2016 | Bright Lights
One other discovery I made on this last trip to the Hill Country was a little cluster of white bluebonnets. We all enjoy the flood of bluebonnets in the Spring. And you may have heard of or have seen the pink bluebonnet that we Aggies prefer to call maroon, or as it...
by Alice Liles | Apr 22, 2016 | Cactus Are Cool
I bought this cactus in 2012; this year it finally bloomed. It was well worth the wait. Echinobivia rainbow burst is a hybrid that gets it name from being a cross between echinopsis and lobivia. Colors of blooms range from white, gold, yellow, orange, pink, red,...
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