The Melocactus is Full of Surprises
I wrote about my new Melocactus Salvadorensis back in November last year, "My New Melocactus," November 3, 2022, and it had some small flowers on its cephalium, the structure on the top of the plant that grows tall and makes tiny, pretty pink flowers. When I bought...
The Adenium with the Double-Petaled Flower
The grafted adenium that was a gift from my daughter-in-law just bloomed a lovely flower with two rows of petals, which is called a double-petaled adenium. It came without a tag, other than just Adenium, so I can’t identify it exactly. Adeniums are commonly called a...
Yuccas and Surprises on the Trip to Marble Falls
I was invited to give a cactus presentation to the Highland Lakes Green Thumb group in Marble Falls last week. I had some interesting stops along the way and a fun surprise at the end of my talk which had a connection to Muleshoe. But of course, you’ll have to read to...
The Adenium Arabicam Grows Up
I came home from Saint Louis and the Mid-States Cactus and Succulent Conference in 2018 with a small Adenium arabicam. I wrote a blog about that little plant on November 6, 2018, “Tracy Vymola and her Love of Adeniums,” showing the step by step process she took us...
A Cactus with Pretty Red Spines and Flowers to Match
I bought two Echinocereus rigidissimus rubrispinus the other day, one with two buds in hopes of seeing cool flowers. And I did! See a cool flower, that is. But the nice thing about this cactus is that it is equally pretty without the flower. It also has cool...
Lavender Leaves and Pretty Little Flowers
Graptopetalum pentandrum superbum is one of those fleshy succulents with lovely color that everyone likes to mix with green succulents of various shades. And it has special little flowers that make it even better.The name graptopetalum means marked petals, the red...
Mammillaria Bocasana
My Mammillaria bocasana is covered in blooms. I had noticed buds when I watered last week and several of them opened. But then yesterday I was greeted with more flowers than I could count!This is one reason mammillarias are so popular, They are good bloomers. They are...
My Little Pachypodium Brevicaule
This is my second Pachypodium brevicaule ; I rotted the first one. And interestingly, when I researched this species again for this story, I read that they are in fact easy to rot! Then the article went on to say that grafted specimens are much easier to grow, grow...
A Seldom Seen Succulent-Drimia Unifloria
Years ago I bought a start of this little plant that grows from bulbs, makes tiny white flowers, and to the uninitiated, sometimes just look like a batch of grass. But Drimia unifloria is a neat little plant that is unusual and adds a different texture to your...
The Adenium has put on a Show
I know I have shared this adenium with you before, but this year has been an exceptional year of blooming, so of course, I have to show it to you again!Adenium obeseum is native to Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, and in its natural habitat grows to be tree size with...
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