Around the garden

 

Sometimes it is hard to leave my garden in the early morning.

Even though we are way past the newness of spring, the late summer and fall have their own lovely offerings.

There are a lot of cactus and epiphytes blooming around town.

There is a wonderful large specimen on Mission coming into town from the east.

The Puyu alpestris recently bloomed in front of Good Earth nursery, the magnificent turquoise tower.

Mine did not bloom this year.

But this cactus of mine gave us its first bloom today.

Here it is behind the yucca rostrata, which is finally rounding back into shape after last year's flower spike.

I was at a friend's house yesterday who took the beards off his rostrata.

I have to admit that they look pretty good shorn but I always heard that the beards protect the trunk. 

Who knows, maybe this one gets a haircut?

The drimia maritima or sea squill is starting its beautiful yearly plant spike.

What an unusual plant, famous in early hermetic science.

Homer considered it to be the holiest of all plants.

Read more about it here.