Marfa’s masses of sotols at John Chamberlain Building
Spherical, toothy sotols grow in a long grid in front of Marfa’s John Chamberlain Building, and they’re all in bloom right now.… 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
Spring sights in the garden
My spring planting is done, and now I’m enjoying the plants that are looking happy or that are valiantly coming back from the roots.… Read More
Bloom spikes!
May 19, 2018 This is the bloom-spikiest spring I can remember in Austin. All over town, agaves, sotols, aloes, hesperaloes, mangaves, manfredas, and yuccas are sending up flowering wands or blooming candelabras. My own garden is no exception, but the … Read More