The Succulents and Pottery Compulsion

My daughter Noe got me interested in succulents in early 2016 and ever since we've been on a quest!!! Naturally with so many new plants around, we needed pots to put all of them into. The typical pots you can buy from the big box stores just don't have character that suits these incredibly interesting plants. So we've both been making our own pottery. And now we're branching out into other plants - Aeroids, Orchids and Citrus!!! Check out what our green thumbs have been doing!!!

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Saturday, January 6, 2018

Around the Garden - January 6, 2018 - Cactus Flowers

Today saw several cactus blooming -

And it seems that fuchsia is the color of the day - can't complain about that!!!

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Getting Some Girth...

This was a hitchhiker in another plant's pot. It took a while to root, but it is now putting on some girth!

Here's a description from Altman Plants (where this was originally grown according to the labels on the plants -

Chamaelobivia ‘Rose Quartz’ “Peanut Cactus”

Chamaelobivia 'Rose Quartz' is a hybrid (genetic combination) between Chamaecereus (“Peanut Cactus”) and Lobvia. This “peanut” cactus has an upright growth habit, offsetting and blooming profusely.