Thursday, May 28, 2009

One year later...

Well my blogs 1 year anniversary just passed- what a year it has been. The best part of blogging has been the blogger friends I've made and the enjoyment I get visiting other garden blogs. I love showing my latest blooms and get some of the best advice around when my plants are misbehaving. Today was sure a day for Cactus blooms. Many of the cactus that bloomed earlier are putting on second show. Some like this parodia seem to always have a bloom in some stage or another.

This is the second show for this little Parodia sanguiniflora. I counted 6 flowers open today.

And another red one- lots of furry buds keep this one blooming all the time.
This is a newer cactus- the two buds are almost ready to pop.

I bought this succulent last spring- it was in bloom then, this is a second round of flowers.


A second bloom on the pentalophus.

And the Bishops Cap has another today

And the most thrilling for me? The baby brug buds...so far all buds have dropped on my brug, but I've modified the growing conditions a bit, and started using a special recipe on it, and this round of buds seem to be sticking around!


I can just smell those heavenly brug blooms now!

10 comments:

Claude said...

well congradulations on your anniversary! You should go out and buy a new plant to celebrate.

Any excuse for a new plant works around here...

T said...

Happy anniversary!

I love coming here and seeing such beautiful blooms from your cactus!

Deb said...

Congrats on 1 year of blogging...isn't it fun...I look forward to you cactus posts...they are always so pretty...

Nancy in Sun Lakes AZ said...

Happy 1st anniversary Dee! I look forward to every post. I went walking this morning in my neighborhood and took some pics of gorgeous cacti in bloom. Your blog is so inspirational!

Deborah Godin said...

Love those sunset colors! And congrats on your blogiversary - I certainly do enjoy my visit here!!

Leslie said...

Happy Anniversary! And thank you for being here.

Raph G. Neckmann said...

Congratulations on a year of blogging, Dee! I always really enjoy your posts and seeing all the lovely cacti - those flowers are glorious.

Aiyana said...

Great cactus flowers. What color are the flowers on the cactus (probably Echinopsis) with the two buds?
Aiyana

Diane AZ said...

Happy Blogiversary Dee! I love visiting your blog and seeing what's happening in your garden. I'm not familiar with brugs, can't wait to see it bloom.

kesslerdee said...

Thanks for your comments and wishes on my blog anniversary.
Aiyana- the flowers are yellow- they just opened today so I'll post pictures later.