by Alice Liles | May 13, 2016 | Cactus Are Cool
I rescued this plant last year from one of the big box stores. Its pot had fallen over and the plant tumbled out, soil and all, and no one seemed the least bit concerned. I located the manager, played let’s make a deal, and took the plant home for next to nothing. The...
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 | 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 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,...
by Alice Liles | Apr 17, 2016 | Cactus Are Cool
Along with some large specimens for the garden (which I will share another time), I also added some smaller non-cold hardy cactus a couple of weeks ago after a visit to Cactus Town (“Cactus Town Texas,” January 29, 2016), thelocactus Glory of Texas. And it bloomed...
by Alice Liles | Apr 9, 2016 | Cactus Are Cool
Dyckias are actually bromeliads, but because they have a tendency to collect water in complex ways and many thrive in arid regions like cactus and succulents do, people who like those plants tend to like bromeliads, too, and both kinds of plants are many times grouped...
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