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Spring 2010 III
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Spring-Summer 2012 II
Spring-Summer 2012
Spring 2010 IV
spring 2010
Spring 2010 II
Spring 2010 III
An ongoing meditation on Agaves and related xerophytes
Observations on the winter of 2008-2009
My Cold Hardiness Publications
Highlights of spring 2007 III
2007 Highlights IV
Spring 2008 I
Spring 2008 II
Highlights of Spring 2007 II
Highlights of spring 2007 I
More Agave Shots
More highlights of 2006
Garden Troubles
More cactus highlights from 2006
Some other interesting perennials
Some shots from our old house, about a mile south
Cold Weather Shots
Hardy Succulents May 2005
Several nice shots
Spring 2005
Various non-succulent flowers
One of the hardy Echinocereus
Desert Montage May 2004
Echinocactus texensis hardy horse crippler from El Paso
Trichocereus and zinnia
Some shots of my camellias
Camellia shots II
Camellias III
Mahonia Xmedia in late winter
Assorted Photos
Assorted garden plants
East Bed & Me
Interesting Blooms
Some Highlights 2005
First Time Blooms in this Garden
Desert Hyssop
More Hardy Cacti
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Calanthe discolor, easy hardy asian orchid
Evergreen for shady woody conditions
Another close-up of Calanthe discolor
What do the insect pollinators think the flower is?
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The leaves are not spiffy all summer like Bletilla, so hide them among other foliage. Here they are with my favorite Osmanthus, armatus-a good zone 6 evergreen-an Iliicium floridanum.
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