The Unc-tanical Gardens

[Mr.Fastcast]

These just opened up this morning,

 

[unclefishstick]

very nice mr. f,you have some really nice mature specimens,im just now starting to feel like i have the experience to be getting larger stuff....its one thing to kill a 4 dollar walmart cactus,something else to kill one that may be 20-30 years old...

got another couple of cactus about to blossom in the greenhouse,a hamatacactus and a glory of texas.
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speaking of blossoms,my angel wing begonia,which is over 7 feet tall now,has finally bloomed.i have never seen one in blossom before...hard to believe the plant was a 6 inch cutting less than 2 years ago...

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[unclefishstick]

a look at the tropical houseplant side of the greenhouse,really need to get the back porch finished so i can move some stuff around,its basically a wall of foliage in there...

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as part of the flagstone work i had made two planting beds with dry stacked walls,one i did as a butterfly and humming bird plant area,with lantanas,another penstemon,a lipstick plant and another trumpet vine....i know the hummers like them as i see them in the yard everyday now,2 males were having a little battle this morning and there are always butterflies hanging around now.

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the other area i made into a cactus/rock garden with mainly hedgehog cactus and some of the rainbow cactus

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[Mr.Fastcast]

Very nice unc.I'm anxious to see that purple one open up.

I got that same lantana in the back yard.Man those things reek real bad.

 

[unclefishstick]

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ii thought it had bloomed before
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[unclefishstick]

almost forgot,also picked up another Astrophytum cactus,got this one from the local nursery people but recently i have been looking on ebay and there is all sorts of crazy cactus available.this particular genus tosses some freaky mutations on occasion and there are a number of "famous" cultivars,im going to try ordering a couple soon,theres at least one place with show quality specimens for around 50 bucks each...


the new one...

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and the other astrophytum i have,actually got this at lowes....they had 2,really wish i had snagged the second one when i saw it...

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[Jericho Mile]

Keep rolling dude...your stuff...your variety...is awesome

 

[unclefishstick]

the aphids are getting me down...they have just devastated some of the veggies...

 

[unclefishstick]

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[wildgrow]

the aphids are getting me down...they have just devastated some of the veggies...

Do you dust/spray for them? I get them in my gardens but the ants farm them so they never get outta hand.

Im digging the hardscaping Unc.

 

[unclefishstick]

only neem oil so far for spraying,plus a thousand ladybugs...it was so dry for most of the summer there wasnt any other vegetation around for them,and the ants were out of control earlier too...

 

[Mr.Fastcast]

I used to pick those purple ones for my wife,found a huge wild patch growing in Minnesota.Kinda of a spendy item in the store.

 

[unclefishstick]

one of the best things about doing the garden in native plants for me is now when i go out in the desert i know what a lot of stuff is,and being on a bike its not all just blurring by...

 

[Mr.Fastcast]

The best things are found on foot.I have to say though,that I still like to go very fast,it kinda brings back the kid in ya.

There's still a lot of places that I've yet to explore.Some places here are so full of plants,that you'd forget your in the desert.

 

[unclefishstick]

im psyched to be able to go back to many places i have only ever been to in a car,even my favorite local park up in the mountains,just 37 miles away,now its within easy(lol,yeah,easy pulling a loaded trailer over a mountain pass!) striking distance...but like you say,so many places still to explore even right here in my own backyard so to speak..

 

[Big John]

Nice garden dude! Nothing wrong with some home grown tomatoes

 

[unclefishstick]

actually about to rip half the tomato plants out and prep the bed for squash as a fall crop...


no surprise,more cactus blooming...and more purchased...
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[unclefishstick]

speaking of the back garden...had put in a small 3 row bed of mesculin mix,tokyo green and italian red scallions,,some green onions and walla walla sweet onions which i may have pulled as weeds...try again i guess...almost have the 100 gallon smart pot full,one more big bag,will be a tomato cage in the middle for a squash plant or two,then carrots and beets around the outside...

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picked this beauty up today at the farmers market,a really nice mature clump of escobaria vivipara (?) already with plenty of blossoms...and a nice little occatillo,they grow pretty quick to pretty large size...

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[unclefishstick]

well it seems like a while since i got any new cactus...like maybe 48 hours...too long in my book....ok,had a couple of these for a bit,just got around to potting them,only the old lady cactus is new...


an aeonium crest,needs some rehab but it will be a nice specimen soon enough..

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the new old lady and the old old lady...

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not a cactus but a euphorbia,an african cousin to the cactus,this one is a euphorbia cactiformis or somesuch...i know its name means cactus form euphorbia at any rate..

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just a shot of the back porch cactus basking in the late afternoon sun...
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[unclefishstick]

got the new yard cactus installed,a coryphantha,lots of blooms left yet this summer..

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