Some different looks and more pics of course

[hardyjim]

Looking west


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Looking east toward the square,where the trees
fold in is where the square ends.

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Looking south


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Looking northeast


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Morning sun making it to the garden thanks to the one,two
punch of lightning and wind.


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Looking out from the little Castor "forest"


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Little guys- New Zealand purple


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Probably about 43 total-for some reason.


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These are right at 6'some leaves are over 32"+!



Washy in front thats not growing


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Princeps recovering fron S-pull nicely.


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I planted this one at the end of Feb.


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Hayes stiffy(spear pulled-recovered)


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Poor little T.Bulgaria had to grow a whole new core.

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This Waggie is growing fast-

6-8-12

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10 days later

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O.k. heres the next leaf.

6-19-12

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6-23-12

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The whole plant-

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Other Waggie

This one has put out more than a few 360 degree leaves...also recovered from pull.

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S.Louisiana

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Rainbow shaped leaf damage from the March event.
5-12F and 3-4" of snow.

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This Washy is pusing leaf 8


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Looking west

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Really love the patterns on these-gotta be from another planet!

Corpse lily.


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This Portulaca has become an instant favorite-

my neighbor found me 2 more


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Not sure what kind of EE this is yet,it came back from last years plants!!!!


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One last thing-the cactus are producing some new babies
but when i looked closer,I saw they are blooming AGAIN!

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[lucky1]

Jim, nice visit to your neighborhood!

You'll be able to refer to those N W E & S pics when you can't see your neighbor's houses any more (soon).

Almost unbelievable growth on your stuff this year...wow.
Why do you think that Washy isn't growing?
Especially when everything around it is doing so very well.

Always a pleasure to see your stuff Jim.

Barb

[hardyjim]

THANKS BARB!


The Washy has some root damage,it is planted to high and they are exposed.

I need to raise the soil level and fix the leaky gutter that kept the soil aroud it
(possibly)to moist-and the high planting....I could see some dead roots on it.


Another factor may be that the bigger one is Robusta(or mostly)and the other
is more Filifera-ish and this added to the intolerance of moisture-

Will get it sorted and growing by seasons end......


I hope

[lucky1]

Jim,

Wonder if just placing a bunch of mulch around the filifera's high roots would help.
Didn't know W.filifera were less tolerant of extra moisture.

They're both beauties ...

[DesertZone]

Your place looks awesome! I always enjoy your pics. Also enjoyed the neighborhood pics...reminds me of Gran Torino.

[hardyjim]

Thanks Aaron


Barb

I would not use mulch as it will keep the soil to moist-I
am going to add some soil(maybe crushed limestone) to raise it up a little-some day



Heres a few more pics-can't believe the cactus are blooming again
and from the bottom!




















I can never get enough of the Castors...they are monsters!

[Paul Ont]

How is it fair that you get 2 rounds of blooms on your cacti? Mine have just finished their first round (well the Echinocereus anyway)...

P.S. Your neighborhood instantly reminded me of Halifax N.S. for some reason.

[hardyjim]

I don't know Paul...it's been an unfair spring......


if we could only get some heavy rain!


We get 38.15" per year on average.....16.60 to date from July 1,2011.


Deficit of 21.55" more like 30" if you figure in the above avg temps.

[hardyjim]

Just noticed 6 more buds on the cactus