by Alice Liles | Feb 12, 2026 | Cactus Are Cool
Some succulent plants have their growing seasons in our summers, and some have them in our winters, depending on the climates and environments of the geographical locations in which they are indigenous or native. Many sedums are in their growing and blooming seasons...
by Alice Liles | Mar 23, 2025 | Cactus Are Cool
Friday, March 14, graced us with 75-80 mph winds, a coating of dirt that I swear you could measure with a ruler-not just dust-dirt, and tree branches and litter that became an obstacle course. The sky, the horizon, the ground, everything was brown. I had to check on...
by Alice Liles | Jan 19, 2023 | Cactus Are Cool
January in Muleshoe doesn’t lend itself to much color other than brown. Brown grass, brown dirt, brown tumbleweeds, leafless trees; if the wind is blowing, which is often, dusty brown air. Winter up here isn’t very colorful anyway, and the drought hasn’t helped. But I...
by Alice Liles | Feb 20, 2022 | Cactus Are Cool
I have shared albucas with you before, but you might have missed it. They are blooming now and are just such neat little flowers, I thought they deserved to be in the spotlight again. Albucas are in the Asparagaceae family, which means they are related to an...
by Alice Liles | Feb 28, 2018 | Cactus Are Cool
The weather is still not cooperating, but I have few specimens that are determined to bloom, nice weather or not. So let me share a few that I am enjoying right now. I can hole up in the greenhouse, listen to wind howling outside, and take my time looking at the...
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