by Alice Liles | Feb 20, 2016 | Cactus Are Cool
Sedum treleasei, a new succulent I found last year, is blooming for the first time now. It is in the stonecrop family and a native to North America. It has been rather slow to grow so far; getting its roots down, no doubt, so this summer it should take off. I think it...
by Alice Liles | Feb 12, 2016 | Cactus Are Cool
Sedum spathuliforium Cape Blanco is one of my favorite sedums. It has taken this potful several years-I’ve lost count- to fill out and look like this, but it is one of my most impressive succulents. And it is easy to grow. From the stonecrop family, this succulent is...
by Alice Liles | Feb 6, 2016 | Cactus Are Cool
My silver dollar jade tree, crassula arborenscens, has been with me since 2005. It is one of my favorite jade trees, despite the fact that it tends to grow slower than some of the others. But that’s okay. Its common name is jade tree, but it is actually classified a...
by Alice Liles | Jan 29, 2016 | Cactus Are Cool
If you travel U.S. highway 67 between San Angelo and Ballinger, you will pass CactusTown, a nifty combination cactus/succulent/ drought-tolerant shrubs and trees/rusty junk/antiques/Western artifacts shopping bonanza location for those of you interested in...
by Alice Liles | Jan 24, 2016 | Cactus Are Cool
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...
by Alice Liles | Jan 16, 2016 | Cactus Are Cool
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...
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