I took a hike up the hill into the “unimproved” part of our property today. I took photos of some of the cacti located up there and posted them in the slideshow above. All but one of the cacti depicted will produce flowers this spring and summer, some as late as fall. None of the specimens receive any irrigation and depend on natural rainfall and other conditions to survive, which all seem to be doing.
In order of appearance are prickly pear cactus, hedgehog cactus, compass barrel cactus, Christmas cholla cactus, buckhorn cholla cactus and beavertail cactus. Click on the images to advance.
Spring in the desert must be a beautiful time.
That it is . . .