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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Dragon Fruit (Selenicereus undatus aka Hylocereus undatus)

Karen December 6, 2023 0 Comments

Also known as pitaya, Belle-Of-The -Night, Cinderella Plant, Honolulu Queen, and Jesus in the Cradle (to mention just a few names), this lithophytic or hemiepiphytic perennial vine is a cactus…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Teddy Bear Cholla (Cylindropuntia bigelovii)

Karen July 3, 2023 0 Comments

Native to hot desert areas of northwestern Mexico, California, Arizona, and Nevada, the teddy bear cholla is a shrub or small tree in the cactus family, Cactaceae, and closely related…

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Plants for a Plant Zoo: Teddy Bear Cholla (Cylindropuntia bigelovii)

Karen March 14, 2023 0 Comments

With their soft fuzzy appearance and resemblance to teddy-bear’s arms these shrubs or small trees have a strong visual appeal that belies their danger to passers-by. They grow up to…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Partridge-Breast (Aloe variegata aka Gonialoe variegata)

Karen May 4, 2022 0 Comments

This evergreen succulent perennial is also known as tiger aloe and is a member of Asphodelaceae family that also includes daylily (Hemerocallis), red hot poker (Kniphofia), and foxtail lily (Eremurus).…

Herbaceous Perennials

Genus Aloe for the Garden

Karen April 20, 2021 0 Comments

Aloes are succulents in the Asphodelaceae family that also includes daylily (Hemerocallis), red hot poker (Kniphofia), and foxtail lily (Eremurus) The genus includes over 500 species in that are native…

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Edible Mushrooms: March Wax Cap (Hygrophorus marzuolus)

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