A collector’s garden of rare palms and cactus
Amber and Jason Schoneman of garden design biz Dwarf Palmetto Design nurture a fascination with palms, cactus, and other low-water plants.… Read More
Profusion of pink cactus flowers
When the heat is on in a Texas summer, this mammillaria cactus puts on a crown of candy-pink, satin-petaled flowers.… Read More
Early summer flowers popping, deer fawning
Flowers are blooming and fawns are appearing in the garden. It’s the transition from spring to summer, a time of abundance.… Read More
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
New succulent nursery by OG Agave spikes up Lakeway
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
Coleson Bruce’s crevice garden in spring flower
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
A Texas-style crevice garden – and neighborly collaboration – brings midcentury Austin home to vibrant life
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
Reds for fall and foliage power
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
Pretty in pink
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
A week of bloom spikes and rain
The garden responds to a week of rain with a profusion of growth and towering bloom spikes on yucca, aloe, and sotol.… Read More
Modern ranch garden embraces water collection and wildflowers in New Braunfels
Cody and Michelle Koehler made a contemporary ranch garden around their New Braunfels home, complete with water collection and wildflowers.… Read More
Hello, flowering cacti and vines; goodbye, pipe-planted sotol
My cacti have started blooming, and oh, those flowers! I love their jewel-bright colors and satiny petals atop spiny stems.… Read More
Finger-pointing cacti at Saguaro National Park
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
Cactus flowers and 3D-printed agaves
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