On the Patio

[cactuswatcher]

The plants on the patio have suffered a little from all the heat this year, too. But this one didn't care much!

This one is about an inch across without the flowers. It's a native of the Atacama Desert in Chile. It's so dry there that the plants get most of their moisture from the breeze off the sea rather than rain. This one grew up in a nursery so it needs shade. But this is the second time it's bloomed this year. So I guess it's happy.

Copiapoa hypogaea

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[ann1962]

Those are my favourite magnolias. When we were in N. Carolina once, we walked down a street lined with them, they must have been 50 or 60 feet tall, all in bloom. Died and gone to heaven!