Pachyphytums

I am still learning to identify pachyphytums from other succulents, and I am still not sure I am right every time. I bought this one back in the days when I didn’t bother to keep the ID tag, so I had to do a little investigating to come up with a name. I think it is...

My Posse

Celebrities have nothin’ on me. I am escorted everywhere I go by my posse. Mari, Porche, and Peaches are there -whether I need them or not. Mari has been my constant companion ever since she broke out of Caroline and Colten’s fence one day after joining the family and...

A Most Unusual Succulent Vine

Curcurbitaceae xerosicyos danguyi. Right. I’m not sure how to pronounce it, either! So I suppose we could take the easy way out and call it silver dollar plant, or dollar vine, or penny plant, names it is also known by. I think dollar vine best describes it. Round...

Cotton Now Comes in Rounds

During cotton-stripping time, these bright yellow bales starting popping up at the gins, outnumbering the conventional cotton modules we have all come to expect. Since I had written about the cotton modules earlier (“Cotton-Stripping Time in West Texas,” November 9,...

Echeveria Harmsii

Echeveria harmsii, also called plush plant, is another succulent from Mexico. Obviously succulents like the warm climate in Mexico; so many of them are from there! But how nice that they are here now so that we can also enjoy them. Echeveria harmsii a popular...