Hardy Cacti & Succulent Garden

Took some pics today of my Hardy Cacti & Succulent Garden.

Jesus may hate figs, but I love them.

I got a "Chicago Hardy" Fig this spring and I got my first fig a few days ago, and since then iv gotten 5 figs. I have to be honest I never tasted a fig until the other day, besides whats in fig Newtons, lol. I like fresh figs though they are nice and sweet when fully ripe.

Garden Visitor, Eastern Box Turtle

Today I had a visitor to my garden, an Eastern Box Turtle.

The Hardy Cacti Garden

So I finished my hardy cacti bed a few weeks ago. It is a semi-raised bed that I made out of some old discarded cinder blocks I found on the side of the street, and the larger rocks I found around my house. The bed was filled with a mixture of play sand, paver sand, and miracle-grow potting mix. Then topped the bed off with pea gravel and red lava rock, on the upper section. I used Alabama sunset river rocks around the larger rocks to help keep the sand from eroding away. I planted several species of hardy cacti species as well as three Yucca Rostrata, two Agave Paryii var. Paryii, and two Agave harvardia. I decided to go with more of a seaside theme for this bed and various sea shells, sea glass, and flat marbles. I am very happy with the way this turned out.

Missouri Botanical Gardens, St. Louis, MO

I recently paid a visit to the Missouri Botanical Gardens in St. Louis. The gardens are amazing.I love this place. Its very serene and I took many photos and I also saw quite a bit of wildlife.The Gardens features a 14 acre Japanese Garden, the largest in North America.

Windmill palm is pushing a very large spear

My Windmill palm is pushing a very large spear, this plant is 3 years old and has been in the ground for 2 years in my USDA zone 6b garden.

Surprise Canna Bloom

My Canna "Firebird" surprised me a few days ago when it bloomed, it's a little earlier than normal.