What a beautiful fall day here in Southern California! We have waited all summer for the weather to be as agreeable as it is in our new Arizona home. It was sunny and warm, about 88° on our patio. I took this photo of Cabela relaxing on the patio swing with “Daddy.” Click on the image to enlarge.
I’m posting this is so DirtCrashr can be again reminded of Hawaii. 😉
This is the second year this plant has been on the patio, but the first pink flowers started to open this week. Click on the image to enlarge.
I took a photo of a pretty gazania in the patio garden this morning. Click on the image to enlarge.
Dozens of plumerias in the neighborhood have had flowers for weeks, but for some reason, my plumerias are usually late. However, they are reliable and produce flowers every year. Click on the image to enlarge.
About two weeks ago, I posted a photo of this flower cluster growing on the Crassula Falcata succulent adjacent to our front porch. At the time, the tiny individual flowers were not open. Today, I took this photo of the flowers that are now open exposing the yellow stamens. The flowers also have a nice fresh fragrance. Click on the image to enlarge.
I bought this interesting succulent in a small planter last week at the garden shop. The flowers were just starting to open at the time. The flowers are on a six-inch stalk growing out of the main part of the succulent. They are called ‘topsy turvy’ due to the scrambled appearance of the plant.
This is one of the flowers growing on the Crassula Falcata succulent adjacent to our front porch, Every year this interesting plant grows flower stalks that produce an array of tiny red flowers. When the little flowers open up, they have yellow stamens which give the flowers an orange appearance when seen from a distance.
According to Desert Tropicals, this plant does not tolerate direct sunlight in hot Phoenix summers, so we’ll try and grow one in a shady spot on the patio at the new Wickenburg house. Our back patio should be shady all day.
I wanted to post a picture of this flower today to see if Sig94 will tell me he’s got one of these growing out of his other leg. Click on the image to enlarge