My xeric garden

[Michael J Campbell]

no cats

 

[christian pfalz]

cohan, i´ve never had any problems with my children, your right...also with cats and dogs, they learn fast 
cheers
chris

[Maggi Young]

cohan, i´ve never had any problems with my children, your right...also with cats and dogs, they learn fast 
cheers
chris

I'm astonished...two children brought up in the garden and there is no sign of blood on the agaves!! 
Our neice's two would have been impaled in a day...... I guess their parents are not so bright!

[arillady]

Uhm I hope these plants don't take over like a couple have taken off here. I planted a variegated agave and a plain green one from my grandmother's farm garden. 25-30 years ago it was up the back but the garden has extended further and so have these plants - great spiky clumps which have runners under the ground. When I open the garden I have to hack back some leaves near the nearly non existant paths so that people do not get spiked. One day I will have to really do something about them!!

[christian pfalz]

hi, some flowers from today...
echinocereus coccineus ssp.

yucca glauca

cheers
chris

[christian pfalz]

uuups ....
echinocereus coccineus ssp.


cheers
chris

[christian pfalz]

hi, echinocereus pectinatus forma general trias....flower...

cheers
chris

[Lesley Cox]

These are gorgeous flowers Chris. What a thrill to have them in the garden. I really like the little plant behind and to the left of the Echinocereus coccineus ssp. What is it please?

[christian pfalz]

lesley, it is echinocereus triglochidiatus ssp. inremis, also red flowered...
cheers
chris

[Lesley Cox]

Thanks Chris. It looks a comfortable little plant - NO PRICKLES!

[cohan]

Thanks Chris. It looks a comfortable little plant - NO PRICKLES!

lesley--in that case-watch for the cactus forms  named 'inermis' like that one--thats what it means, 'no prickles'  (or far fewer than normal, at least) quite  a few cactus sp have such a form...

[cohan]

cohan, i´ve never had any problems with my children, your right...also with cats and dogs, they learn fast 
cheers
chris

I'm astonished...two children brought up in the garden and there is no sign of blood on the agaves!! 
Our neice's two would have been impaled in a day...... I guess their parents are not so bright!

i suppose if they are not 'trained' for it from an early age they'd be much more at risk--not knowing plants could bite back!  lol

[christian pfalz]

cohan, right  
cheers
chris

[christian pfalz]

hi, today, i plant two new yuccas out in my field....
yucca avia

yucca nana

agave gracillipes, a natural hybrid is new too...

cheers
chris

[cohan]

nice ones! so many species hardy for you