First Time Yucca Bloom

by | 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...

Echinobivia Rainbow Burst

by | 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,...

Thelocactus Bicolor-Glory of Texas

by | 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...

Dyckia Frazzle Dazzle

by | 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...

Wyoming Cactus Do It Again

by | Apr 5, 2016 | Cactus Are Cool

I’m sure I have shared pictures of these cactus with you before, but they are always the first cactus to bloom outdoors, and they always put on a show. This year was no different. So they deserve to be recognized once again. Other cactus grown in Wyoming, and I have a...