Daniel's Pacific NW Garden

Each fall, I move the container geraniums (pelargoniums) into a dry sunny spot for a month, under the house eaves.  No water.  By drying t...

Texas Opuntia .  2.27.16  Today I took most of the Opuntias outside from the sunroom.  The "Texas Opuntia" - most likely Opunt...

 This is a good start for my opuntia trial.   I have two "Texas Opuntia Cuttings" via Amazon.  I imagine these are just some cac...

Opuntias for experiment.  10.4.15 These are the opuntias that I want to overwinter.  I hope they will produce fruits next year. The la...

Time to overwinter containerized plants, or give up on them. Pelargoniums (zonal geraniums)  are still green and blooming, but some neigh...

Opuntia flowers. I was thinking about removing this cactus. It's difficult to weed around it. Especially when the weeds are thistles - d...

Here is a better photo. Apparently the flowers last only one day., then change color to orange and fold up. Will there be edible fruit?

Ville de Bruxelles Opuntia Oriental Lilies Angel Face

I'm excited. This opuntia has been growing here for 5 years. These are the first flower buds.

I thought this might bloom mid or late summer. Here it is tonight. Below is the brugmansia. Sorry about the blurry photo - might need to ...

Today was a day of rest - in other words, some puttering. This is the opuntia rufida that I alluded to in an earlier ramblimg. Pruned about...

Some random thoughts about Global Warming, and Gardening. First, everyone has a role in this issue. As the top of the blog states, " E...

It's encouraging that there are still green plants in the yard. The opuntia and Rosemary have survived about 5 Winters so far, so must ...

Part of the rationale for growing opuntias is to see if I can eat them. Initially, I hoped for some 'prickly pears'. Since there hav...

This is one of the opuntias in the yard. It was a gift, a small plant in a small pot. I up-potted it into this container in 2004. Not enthus...

These drawings from the USDA web site, original text is: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. Illustrated flora of the northern states and Ca...

Some green therapy here. Each year I seem to find something different to over-do. One year it was roses, then tomatoes, then peppers, then f...