Hot summer garden before it got super hot
The garden in mid-May and early June, when yuccas and coneflowers were blooming and everything was still fresh and not heat-stressed. … Read More
The garden in mid-May and early June, when yuccas and coneflowers were blooming and everything was still fresh and not heat-stressed. … Read More
Matt Shreves has opened a cactus and succulent nursery in Lakeway. I recently drove to OG Agave’s Plant Paradise to take a look.… Read More
Crevice gardens are unusual in Austin, and Coleson’s is planted with hardy succulents, cacti, and perennials. In April it was all in flower.… Read More
Coleson Bruce created Texas-style crevice gardens and a xeriscape in NW Austin by teaming up with a knowledgeable neighbor. Here’s my tour.… Read More
Ah, end of summer in Texas, and fall only a few weeks away. It’s still a bit too early for the fresh flowering of our “second spring,” but festive reds blaze among the ferny foliage of cypress vine on the deck railing. … Read More
Pink rain lilies and mammillaria cactus flowers blaze to life after a summer rain. They may be short-lived, but they sure are pretty.… Read More
The garden responds to a week of rain with a profusion of growth and towering bloom spikes on yucca, aloe, and sotol.… Read More
Cody and Michelle Koehler made a contemporary ranch garden around their New Braunfels home, complete with water collection and wildflowers.… Read More
My cacti have started blooming, and oh, those flowers! I love their jewel-bright colors and satiny petals atop spiny stems.… Read More
The sagauro is clever about surviving on 10 inches of rain a year. Its flesh is pleated like an accordion, allowing it to swell with stored rainwater.… Read More
Ka-pow! Colorful cactus flowers are knocking my socks off this spring. Check out these orange and pink beauties, as well as 3D-printed agaves my son made.… Read More
‘Old Mexico’ prickly pear, also called wavy-leaf prickly pear, sports lemon-yellow, ruffled flowers that glow like cups of pure sunshine in late spring.… Read More
A corona of a non-viral kind tops mammillaria cactus in bloom. It’s a crown of jewel-toned flowers!… Read More
Night-blooming datura greeted me when the sun went down. As dusk fell, it unfurled platter-sized, white blossoms with a lemony fragrance. Moths and other night pollinators, here’s your welcome mat.… Read More