Try Autumn Joy Sedum for Fall Color

by | Oct 4, 2015 | Cactus Are Cool

    Try Autumn Joy Sedum for Fall Color     I have mentioned autumn joy for fall color before, but let’s take another, closer look at this reliable succulent. Autumn joy sedum is a plant in the crassulaceae family also known as stonecrop sedum and...

Praying Mantis Like Cactus, Too.

by | Sep 24, 2015 | Cactus Are Cool

I discovered this praying mantis on the euphorbia trigona the other day. Just to simplify a bit, mantises are from the phylum Arthropoda, class Insecta, and order Mantodea and I suspect most of us take them for granted as a native insect. Not so; they were introduced...

Create An Entrance to Your Garden

by | Sep 17, 2015 | Cactus Are Cool

  We recently added two new features to my cactus garden, cedar post arches that invite you to meander through its pathways. I shared the genesis of these rustic portals yesterday-“Look What My Husband Built for Me!”-The Bright Lights of Muleshoe, September 15,...

How To Landscape Without Plants

by | Sep 3, 2015 | Cactus Are Cool

The entrance to the club house at our country club had become an eyesore, did nothing but collect trash, Jeanetta Precure complained. So we set about to change that. Due to location and sun issues, plants didn’t always do well in that spot, plus Jeanetta didn’t have...

Add an Aeonium to Your Collection

by | Aug 1, 2015 | Cactus Are Cool

One of my first really spectacular succulents was an aeonium. I think it was an aeonium sunburst. It grew tall and the rosette was about the size of a dinner plate. I never measured it, but it really was that big. Just a beautiful plant. Then it bloomed. And then it...

A New Huernia

by | Jul 2, 2015 | Blooming Now, Huernia Zebrina de Marco

I have been looking for more stapeliads and huernias to add to my collection because of their striking flowers with their intricate designs and wonderful colors. I was finally at the right place at the right time the other day and came across this huernia zebrina de...