by Alice Liles | Dec 26, 2015 | Cactus Are Cool
String of pearls is a popular senecio variety that people like to add to their succulent collection. They really do look like a string of pearls, or, as my friend, John Gulley saw them, a string of English peas. Sometimes called string of beads, all these names fit...
by Alice Liles | Dec 18, 2015 | Cactus Are Cool
This cactus bloomed September 9th, and I will admit it, I can’t identify it right now. It wasn’t marked when I bought it, and rather than mis-identify it, I will leave it unmarked. But I thought it would be a nice spot of color, considering the current dead grass, the...
by Alice Liles | Dec 13, 2015 | Cactus Are Cool
I found this little plant this summer, the last one in the flat, desperately in search of a home. So of course, I obliged. And then in October it bloomed these pretty little flowers. Reminded me of autumn joy. And because it was a new plant to me, I did a little...
by Alice Liles | Dec 4, 2015 | Cactus Are Cool
I wrote about heating the greenhouse during the winter back on January 15, 2015, “Keeping Your Cactus Warm.” At the beginning of this winter Bill installed a small natural gas heater in an attempt to bring down the electric bill generated by the two small electric...
by Alice Liles | Nov 28, 2015 | Cactus Are Cool
I found this little plant on the cactus and succulent table at a nursery in Santa Fe in 2008. Interesting little plant, sort of a vine, so I bought it. Then it bloomed this pretty little flower. The plant has bloomed every year, and I thought it would be a good plant...
by Alice Liles | Nov 21, 2015 | Cactus Are Cool
I believe I have reported on these fat plants before, but they are worth another story for some of you new readers- or to review for old readers! This is the time of the year when pachypodiums do their blooming, since their native lands are around or below the...
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