Succulents and More™

If you’re like me, you have a hard time believing it’s April already. April! I haven’t started any major projects this year, but it’s still worth taking a quick look at the garden before spring is over for good. The California poppies are already fading and going to seed, so summer isn’t that far off. View through the ponytail palms towards the house; the front door is to the right Bed next to the front door The front door is on the right. New solar spotlights from Costco, uplighting the ponytail palms and the Aloe vaombe at night. Most of the aloes are done blooming for the year, but there’s never a shortage of other flowers. Several of my hechtias have started to bloom — a bit early, it seems. Hechtia argentea produces almost comically tall inflorescences. The flowers themselves are white, tiny, and insignificant. Hechtia lanata , on the other hand, has a pretty showy inflorescence: short and fluffy This Hechtia lanata has been in the ground for 5+ years, but this is the first time ...