Here – you try to pronounce the name of this little cactus:
By any name you might call it, though, it has pretty little flowers – don’t you think? Click the image below to enlarge.
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Orange Plus Hot Pink
One after another, my peanut cactus hybrid produces these beautiful orange and pink Rose Quartz cactus flowers in late spring and early summer . . .
As usual, you can click the image to enlarge.
Another Two-tone Gerbera Daisy
This one is shades of pink. These two-tone hybrid Gerberas have just started showing up in the garden shop this spring. We think they are very pretty and love them in the patio. Click for full size.
Hollyhocks
Taken during a recent visit to the Botanic Garden – a red Hollyhock, a.k.a. Alcea.
From Wikipedia – Alcea:
Hollyhocks are popular garden ornamental plants. The flowers have been selected for variations in color, with dark purple, red and white-flowered plants available in addition to the colors found in wild plants.
Hollyhocks are very drought resistant, and do well in full sun locations that might be too hot or dry for other plants. They produce large, flat coin-shaped seeds (1/2″ diameter) that seem to grow easily wherever they drop. While an individual plant might only live a handful of years, by that time chances are good it will leave plenty of descendants. They have very long taproots which make transplanting difficult.
High and Magic Roses
These roses are now in the vase as our weekend centerpiece. This bi-color variety, according to the wrapper, are medium sized with medium petal count and medium green foliage. There’s nothing mediocre about this beautiful color, though. Click on the image to enlarge.
Rose Quartz Cactus Flower
We saw a lot of beautiful spring cactus flowers while visiting Arizona and the California Desert. We published pictures of some of the most beautiful flowers we saw in the desert but yesterday and today in our own patio there were some flowers that are arguably just as beautiful in their own way. Take, for example, this ‘Rose Quartz’ cactus flower.
This cactus is a cross between a ‘Peanut Cactus’ and something called ‘Lobvia’ according to the tag on the little pot. These are native to mountainous regions in South America, but they seem to like it here too. Click on the image to maxmagnificate.