by Alice Liles | Dec 26, 2016 | Cactus Are Cool
Last week I promised to share some tips that might help if you decide to plant succulents in your Tonka truck. The main thing needed when planting in a Tonka truck is to add a tailgate. For some reason these trucks come without a tailgate, like the real thing...
by Alice Liles | Dec 16, 2016 | Cactus Are Cool
Not too long ago toy trucks and cars started showing up on Pinterest planted with succulents. Clever idea, but I had no toys that were suitable to be used as interesting containers for plants. And then I happened to visit a friend’s garage sale. Sitting out all by...
by Alice Liles | Dec 9, 2016 | Cactus Are Cool
Pancake plant, flapjack plant, whatever you call it, this is a really pretty kalanchoe. I have had one before, but the two I have now are blooming. This kalanchoe is native to South Africa. When I moved them in to protect them from the cold, into a barn with four...
by Alice Liles | Nov 15, 2016 | Cactus Are Cool
Now that it’s almost time to replace pumpkins with snowmen, I’m finally getting around to showing you a way to decorate that pumpkin before you toss it. Now it does help if you have a fairy tale or Cinderella pumpkin because they have a deeper well where the stem is,...
by Alice Liles | Nov 3, 2016 | Cactus Are Cool
I have shared these plants with you in the past, but some of you who are new to the blog might have missed them. They bloomed again the other day, and they are just so pretty, I though they were worth sharing again. This ariocarpus retusis is my best bloomer. The...
by Alice Liles | Oct 21, 2016 | Cactus Are Cool
I spent the day Saturday at the San Antonio Garden Center with other cactus lovers from around the state to attend the Texas Association of Cactus and Succulent Societies’ Fall Seminar and thoroughly enjoyed myself. I may know more about cactus and succulents than the...
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