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[cactuswatcher]

See how the rain sat on my blooming bush? It's an Australian bush that really thrives in Arizona's brutal sunshine.


This one decided to be very nice a few days ago. Like many cactus flowers they only lasted a day or two.


This little guy is a Pink Fairy Duster. I have a Red Fairy duster that's a big bush and blooms all year with similar scarlet flowers. This pink one is a much smaller plant, and only blooms in the spring. It had a rough winter, but I'm glad to see it bloomed.

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[angeyja.livejournal.com]

Sure. We have different problems here but I do a few on windowsills. I am not the best with seeds myself. You have to be a little more attentive than I am good at. I've got quite a few lilies going, and have done the roses and a few other things that can withstand my ministrations. I really didn't expect the acacias to go but they turned out to be the easiest, and I couldn't resist the description:

ACACIA (a-KAY-sha)
LEGUMINOSAE. Some 1200 warm-region species of great ecological & evolutionary interest. Their earliest fossils are in North America, from where they expanded to worldwide, with an Australian center of diversity. Many species remain to be discovered. Some of the endangered endemics are now common in cultivation and are naturalized in safe new habitats. Highly ornamental, drought resistant, and should be grown by everyone living in warm climates. Excellent in pots in the cool greenhouse or on a sunny windowsill. They produce timber, fuelwood, dyes, tannins, medicinals, gums, forage, food, perfume, are nitrogen-fixing, soil stabilizing, diversifying, and have been used by man since the Neolithic. Elegant puff-like flowers and either feathery pinnate foliage or the leaves reduced to flat phyllodes. Fast growing, free blooming & ranging from tiny shrubs to tall trees. Best in areas with 18°F minimum temperature, though some stand some snow. Full sun & well-drained soil. Plant out early. Most have very long lived seed… http://www.jlhudsonseeds.net/SeedlistA-AK.htm