by Alice Liles | Sep 7, 2014 | Blog
Two more agaves I would recommend for your collection are these two that are smaller and slower growers, which makes it nice for collectors like me who have to drag plants in for the winter. Agave sharkskin, sometimes called sharkskin shoes, is a...
by Alice Liles | Sep 1, 2014 | Blog
Two good choices to add to your agave collection, Kissho Kan and Blue Glow, are relatively new in the mass market, at least in Texas, but those of you in California may tell me they have been around a long time. As you can see, they make fairly large potted specimens,...
by Alice Liles | Aug 4, 2014 | Blooming Now
I told the story in my other blog, The Bright Lights of Muleshoe-(“Cactus and Kerrville,” October 5, 2011) of driving home from the Austin area with the distinct smell of rotting flesh lurking around me. Turned out the smell was coming from the orbea lutea, a...
by Alice Liles | Jul 27, 2014 | Blog
Last week was all about using the rule of three to plant your dish gardens. But that rule can be broken-you were thinking about doing that all along, right?-so here are some examples to to help you flaunt the rule. Two plants can work well together, but choosing...
by Alice Liles | Jul 19, 2014 | Blog
Artists know all about the magic number three when composing their work, the idea of grouping things in odd numbers rather than even, and three seems to be the most popular uneven number to work with. That works when arranging a dish garden as well. Not only do three...
by Alice Liles | Jun 19, 2014 | Cactus Care
Or, “How to Drown Your Cactus!’’ Keep in mind that we have been in a severe drought for, what, about six years? But today, June 18, the bottom fell out of a cloud, not once, but twice, serving up a quintessential example of the classic gully-washer/turd...
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