Pruned-up prickly pear is living sculpture
A pruned-up prickly pear in a gravel garden, with a single bench, makes for a Zen moment at the front door. … Read More
Plant This: ‘Old Mexico’ prickly pear
‘Old Mexico’ prickly pear, also called wavy-leaf prickly pear, sports lemon-yellow, ruffled flowers that glow like cups of pure sunshine in late spring.… Read More
Yellow flowering prickly pear glows like sunshine
June 06, 2018 Hot weather and sunshine bring out the beauty of prickly pear (Opuntia) flowers. This gigantic spineless prickly pear growing in a neighbor’s yard stands about 6-1/2 feet tall, and it’s covered with butter-yellow flowers. The toughest plants … Read More
Post-Fling garden exploring with blogger friends
May 15, 2018 Having said goodbye to nearly 100 garden bloggers at Austin Garden Bloggers Fling, on Monday of last week I picked up 4 late-staying blogger friends — Loree Bohl of Danger Garden, Gerhard Bock of Succulents and More, … Read More
Austin Garden Bloggers Fling kicks off today!
May 03, 2018 For two years now, my fellow bloggers Diana Kirby and Laura Wills and I have been planning a big event for garden bloggers called Garden Bloggers Fling. This weekend is when it finally happens — rain or … Read More