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Ratibida columnifera - Mexican Hat, yellow flower drought tolerant meadow plant with grass, Nassella (Stipa) viridula in Denver Botanic Garden

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The Cajun Hibiscus series consists of over 38 cultivars, each with it's own distinct look.

Family: Cactaceae

Genus: Oreocereus celsianus

Common Name(s): Old Man of the Andes

Synonym(s): Pilocereus celsianus, Cereus celsianus, Borzicactus celsianus, Cereus fossulatus, Oreocereus fossulatus, Borzicactus fossulatus, Oreocereus maximus, Oreocereus neocelsianus

Native Habitat: Argentina : Bolivia : Peru

Flower: Pink, Purple

Cultivar Availability: Common

R. Porch's Private Collection

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I don't grow succulents in my own garden, but I appreciate their form of beauty. These were in a section of garden in the Santa Barbara Zoo.

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Scenes from the Sherman Oaks Garden Tour 2018 -- For more photos and gardening content, visit A Gardener's Notebook with Douglas E. Welch

Scenes from the Sherman Oaks Garden Tour 2018 -- For more photos and gardening content, visit A Gardener's Notebook with Douglas E. Welch

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it's been blooming for a month now.

New plants at Johnnye Merles!

September 2010

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A beautiful collection of baby succulents.

Because otherwise the brain wouldn't have much to go on in evaluating such a weird, mutant vision of tree-ness.

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Scenes from the Sherman Oaks Garden Tour 2018 -- For more photos and gardening content, visit A Gardener's Notebook with Douglas E. Welch

$2 from Home depot

cutting from the neighbor!

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CORTEN STEEL AND MEXICAN PEBBLES MAKE FOR A LOVELY LITTLE WATERFALL

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