by Alice Liles | Jun 2, 2014 | Blog
I was checking on a little cactus that was not looking too perky and had this feeling that I was being watched. And I was! Hunkered down in the gray-blue gravel, this mid-sized toad was quietly watching me, no doubt hoping I would overlook him in his comfy...
by Alice Liles | May 24, 2014 | Blog
I walked out to the cactus bed while the sun was shining just right on this echinocereus, a claret cup hedgehog. The sun’s rays gave the blooms a lovely shine and iridescence. It almost looked surreal. I grabbed the camera and tried to capture the glow, but was not as...
by Alice Liles | May 15, 2014 | Blog
It is midnight and even though we have a beautiful full moon, it is still dark enough to make it hard to check the ID tags on these plants, but I wanted to share them with you. the weather has been an abomination and I am getting ready to attend a 50th year class...
by Alice Liles | May 5, 2014 | Blooming Now
I think the cold weather may finally be officially passed. The cholla and prickly pear have ceased to droop and are putting on buds; the hedgehogs and rainbows are blooming, and one horse crippler has an early flower. This is the first week of May, the time my cactus...
by Alice Liles | Apr 2, 2014 | Blooming Now
This little cactus is a nice bloomer and the orange to red flowers provide a contrast to many of the pink blooms of many cactus. You may see this cactus also identified as Parodia haselbergii. More experts changing the names on me. The plant is native to...
by Alice Liles | Mar 23, 2014 | Blooming Now
Okay, I’ll admit it. I can’t identify this echeveria; no doubt it was acquired before I realized I should keep up with the names, and there so many hybrids tha tsometimes it is hard to make the distinction between them. But it happens to be one of the few...
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