The Melocactus is Full of Surprises

by | Aug 7, 2023 | Cactus Are Cool

I wrote about my new Melocactus Salvadorensis back in November last year, “My New Melocactus,” November 3, 2022, and it had some small flowers on its cephalium, the structure on the top of the plant that grows tall and makes tiny, pretty pink flowers. When...

The Adenium with the Double-Petaled Flower

by | Jul 10, 2023 | Cactus Are Cool

The grafted adenium that was a gift from my daughter-in-law just bloomed a lovely flower with two rows of petals, which is called a double-petaled adenium. It came without a tag, other than just Adenium, so I can’t identify it exactly. Adeniums are commonly called a...

Yuccas and Surprises on the Trip to Marble Falls

by | Jun 22, 2023 | Cactus Are Cool

I was invited to give a cactus presentation to the Highland Lakes Green Thumb group in Marble Falls last week. I had some interesting stops along the way and a fun surprise at the end of my talk which had a connection to Muleshoe. But of course, you’ll have to read to...

The Adenium Arabicam Grows Up

by | May 26, 2023 | Cactus Are Cool

I came home from Saint Louis and the Mid-States Cactus and Succulent Conference in 2018 with a small Adenium arabicam. I wrote a blog about that little plant on November 6, 2018, “Tracy Vymola and her Love of Adeniums,” showing the step by step process she took us...

Lavender Leaves and Pretty Little Flowers

by | May 2, 2023 | Cactus Are Cool

Graptopetalum pentandrum superbum is one of those fleshy succulents with lovely color that everyone likes to mix with green succulents of various shades. And it has special little flowers that make it even better.The name graptopetalum means marked petals, the red...