by Alice Liles | May 19, 2024 | Cactus Are Cool
Every time I have gone down Memphis Avenue in Lubbock I pass a house with a yard I have always admired. So, the other day, I finally stopped and met Rhea Boepple and complimented her on her yard. I also told her I am planning a powerpoint presentation on xeriscape and...
by Alice Liles | Apr 20, 2024 | Cactus Are Cool
For years we have watched the flower bed, and I use that term loosely, lining the front of our house get more and more overgrown with trailing vinca and nutgrass, the evergreen bushes at each end covering more and more area, and the knockout roses getting more and...
by Alice Liles | Mar 17, 2024 | Cactus Are Cool
I shared this adenium with you last year when it bloomed, “The Adenium with the Double-Petaled Flower,” July 10, 2023. It is blooming again now, but this time it has two slightly different flowers, thanks to the fact it is a grafted plant. This is how it...
by Alice Liles | Feb 29, 2024 | Cactus Are Cool
I have talked to you before about taxonomy and identifying your cactus and succulents (Learn Those Plants’ Names!,” July 14, 2022.) And it never hurts to go back and read that article again. But the other day when I told you about my new Pachypodium...
by Alice Liles | Feb 3, 2024 | Cactus Are Cool
I picked up this little plant at the Cactus and Succulent Society of America (CSSA) convention in Colorado Springs this year, 2023. I had not seen one before, but then it’s easy to see plants you’ve never seen before at these conventions! Vendors bring all...
by Alice Liles | Jan 28, 2024 | Cactus Are Cool
The Highland Lakes Native Plant Society invited me to give a talk on landscaping with drought-tolerant plants, so of course, I said yes. The meeting would be on January 20 at the Marble Falls Public Library, a mere ten minutes from our house at Lake LBJ, which meant I...
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