Autumn Joy, the Succulent

by | Oct 18, 2026 | Cactus Are Cool

I know for many people, autumn joy would mean pumpkin spice in food and drink, but there is something else associated with autumn you may or may not be aware of, a plant! Autumn Joy is a stonecrop, Hylotelphium telephium from the Crassulaceae family and considered a...

Coryphantha Macromeris

by | Oct 3, 2026 | Cactus Are Cool

I bought this cactus back in the day when I saw no need to keep records, which means I have had it a long time. I did track down its identification, but I don’t know how long I have had it. As it grew it would bloom occasionally, one or two blooms, but as time...

Copiapoas and the Atacama Desert

by | Sep 21, 2026 | Cactus Are Cool

Copiapoas are a special cacti that live in Chile on practically no water, grow slowly, and are in danger of being poached out of existence. I happen to have some that weren’t poached, and they have been blooming for me. Copiapoas are native to the Atacama desert...

I Have a New Xeriscaped Front Yard!

by | Sep 3, 2026 | Cactus Are Cool

The drought and time had done a number on my yard and on the honey locust trees that had given me more beans that I could say grace over. They didn’t look good. When we had that rain back in June, the yard was green for a while, but it was nothing but careless...

Lophophora Koehresii

by | Aug 9, 2026 | Cactus Are Cool

i bought these Lophophora koehresii in 2019. I like their fleshy green bodies, and they do make nice flowers. I took this picture yesterday Then today I looked, expecting another flower since I saw a bud yesterday, and I found three! Lophophora koehresii is related to...