by Alice Liles | Mar 18, 2016 | Cactus Are Cool
I happened upon this rusty card file box at Mason Country Collectibles, a primo junk/antique store in Mason, Texas. I saw possibilities for using it as a planting container. The price was right, so I bought it. The weather finally agreed to be nice, so I planted it...
by Alice Liles | Mar 12, 2016 | Cactus Are Cool
Euphorbia myrsinites is of the spurge family and generally considered a weed. Unless you are a cactus and succulent collector, in which case you tend to add them to your collection. Well, this is actually the only spurge I have and probably the only one I want. But it...
by Alice Liles | Mar 7, 2016 | Cactus Are Cool
Wouldn’t you know it-no sooner do I share a succulent with you that I find out quite by accident that I have misidentified it! Or maybe the timing was good; this way I can correct it quickly while it is still out there. Last week I shared pictures of what I called a...
by Alice Liles | Feb 27, 2016 | Cactus Are Cool
This is a succulent I have had for a long time and lost the identification tag a long time ago, but I think it is a pachyphytum or a graptopetalum, or a cross of the two. Or something else, perhaps! I just know I like it. Pachyphytums are native to Mexico, and I like...
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...
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