Pics from May 25 2014=one of my fav cactus flowers

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Mon May 26, 2014 8:39 am

Passion flower vines are jumping into high gear-
looking forward to some outer-space flowers from these!

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Good to see this tree Opuntia flowering here-
to bad I had to cut it in half.

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This guy is ready to bloom,these are not particularly
hardy and this guy has had a long road to get to blooming size....
I started with 5-6 all planted on the little rise
in the center of the cactus garden-this plant is
one of the pups that fell off the dying mother
and rolled down to its current spot-this is the only
one to live so,it has some hardiness!

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The crippler of horses.

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Top of the Tricho-already half a foot of growth with
temps just now warming up.

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Little Takil is still on the mend...if you look close
you can see a tiny petiole and a half leaf,the next will be a healthy little "spear"...ideally..

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Pachy top as we near sunset.

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igor.glukhovtsev · Post by **igor.glukhovtsev** » Tue May 27, 2014 1:06 am

Jim, thanks for sharing! Plants are nice and healthy!

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Tue May 27, 2014 6:29 am

Thx Igor....they are getting there,the tropical weather of late is helping tremendously.

Need some rain though!

Hasn't rained since.....

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bananieru · Post by **bananieru** » Tue May 27, 2014 8:29 am

It's such a pleasure to see your pictures always. I love the agaves.

Tavi

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue May 27, 2014 8:36 am

Great ground level shots, spectacular.
And that Pachy top is photo journalism

Glad the little Takil is gonna shoot up gangbusters.

Looks like summer already in Iowa.
Enjoy that fabulous garden Jim.

Barb

bgodwin1987 · Post by **bgodwin1987** » Tue May 27, 2014 8:19 pm

Truly amazing. Your landscape is really nice. The cacti and agave have gotten huge I bet you get lots of people slowing down in front of your house to check out your landscape.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Tue May 27, 2014 9:25 pm

Love that cactus flower color.

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Wed May 28, 2014 6:58 am

Thx

There are people that slow down look and point....

and since the Butterfly bushes were killed you can actually see the yard.

miketropic · Post by **miketropic** » Sun Jun 01, 2014 12:28 am

the offset from your large parryi you sent me was untouched at -15 here with only clear plastic thrown over it and the gloriosa was burned but all new leaves are looking fantastic. those 5b winter must have made them tough and they cruise through down here

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Sun Jun 01, 2014 4:59 am

Thats good to here...they were exposed to some pretty cold stuff.

My Gloriosa bloomed last year and has 3 heads this year.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Fri Jun 06, 2014 2:39 pm

My place looks barren compared to yours.