For my own amusement.

[cactuswatcher]

I thought this was supposed to be a desert.

I came out this morning and saw this. Among the tiny weeds, that's moss on the ground.

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desert garden

[auroramama]

I do believe in decorative stonework provided by nature, because that's how the desert looked to me everywhere: as though someone had laid it out precisely, so much space between each growing thing and the proportion of upright to round to spreading forms just so. So many dark greens to so many silvery cholla, thick cactus pads to feathery sage, just enough red and waxy yellow petals against sandstone colors and intense blue. I'm an East Coast girl, used to battling natives and invasives somewhere between forest and jungle -- got your bittersweet right here, buddy! -- and I never could get used to the distant politeness of the desert plants.

Re: desert garden

[cactuswatcher.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean. The prettier parts of the desert are park-like without trying.