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I took more garden pictures today.

We have a whole wall of hibiscus and a fountain against the wall where the other pictures below were taken. But no blooms now. A lot of foliage and the beginning of some blossoms.

I have a cactus collection. On two tables. I can't identify any of them. But I like them a lot.

On the east side and then another sort of in the middle of the west. The west one sits over a big lantana bush which is always blooming in some part of it.

None of these want much water. I need to be careful about how I deal with this as the plant on the right, a desert rose (aha!) needs regular water and the others do not. Sorry, it is a little cut out of the picture and I don't want to go take another one. So not that sorry I guess. :>)

Then there are my succulents. A cactus is a succulent but these are succulent succulents. You can look it up. I don't understand it. I just raise them. They take more water. The thing on the left is a hanging fixture which I have never hung. You see, I am a careless gardener.

But these are the plants I most love. See the teeny flowers? The thing with succulents is that they are not showy for the most part. Small, sweet little flowers. Some exceptions. The desert rose is not blooming just now but when it does it is fucking spectacular.

That is all the flowers. There are some cactus on the other side up against the house. They are OK but not a favorite. I do not baby them. Oddly, they are doing just fine.

That's enough. I am getting bored even if you are not. It is getting to be blah blah time and that is never good for a blog. A blog not a "blahg".

What I am getting out of this is that I am not a brilliant desert gardener. I just get by.

Labels: condo, desert, garden, gardening