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Silas_Sancona

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As March comes to a close, and some real spring heat starts creeping in, the early season flower show starts fading just as various cacti in my collection / planted out front  start their season..  Poppies are peaked out, and full of seed, same with the Globe Mallow, a good thing since i need to make a seed collection off them. ( tons of bees around all spring = a good harvest to come ) At the same time, Mesquite and other stuff that either go semi dormant / dormant over the winter are awakening.. and i guess stuff planted around the medical office across the street got jealous and decided to join the show.  As mentioned before, if there's a slight easterly breeze when the windows are opened in the evening, the house is filled with the scent of Sweet Acacia. 

Anyway, some pictures.. As one very colorful season ends, and another begins, it's nice to reflect on how different the yard looks now compared to when it was simply a dusty empty eyesore and full of Cat * stuff *. Now it attracts the attention of anyone passing by, and wildlife ( no doubt a wet winter helped w / the flowers a bit this year ).  While basic compared to what i'd have done if i owned the place, there's plenty to enjoy as the seasons change, especially as some of the shrubs / small trees, & larger perennials mature. Still wish the Pseudobombax i planted would have survived. Flower stalk on the Plumeria continues developing nicely.



Last of the flowers.....

Final burst of Poppies, inc. the Cream / Blush-backed colored variety.
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Last of the Baby Blue Eyes.. Really hates heat, more so than CA. Poppies here. Flowers on this tiny specimen were crispy by the next day. 
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Verbena peaking now, ..appeared out of nowhere. May have came in a pot of Frog Fruit i'd planted.
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Senna covesii filled out, and looking good now. Really like those fuzzy leaves..
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Caesalpinia mexicana, first year the flowers haven't been burnt up by the sun before filling out.
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Texas Native Fragrant Mimosa, Mimosa borealis just starting to leaf out / bud up. Hoping it will flower better than last year. Prickly beast that helps keeps the cats out.. Should have planted a couple more.
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Surprise Globe Mallow that sprang up out back. Different sp. than the other out front. No clue where it blew in from.
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Sweet Acacia joining in from across the street. Palo Verde over there should be flowering soon.
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First cactus flowers of 2019..

Stenocactus ..something ( not sure on the sp. ) Has been flowering on and off since late Feb. Started a few days after the cold / rain / snow we had.
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Glory of Texas, Thelocactus bicolor. A sure sign that real spring heat isn't far away when these fire up. Seem to come out of nowhere too, compared to other cacti ( budded to open flowers in less than 5 days ). Quite the way to kick off it's flowering season this year.
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Mammillopsis senilis. For a supposedly hard to grow here, high elevation Cacti, still no issues for me as long as it stays in the shade house. Likely going to need a second specimen if i want seed.. Seems self -incompatible. ( no fruit / seed from last year's pollination attempts )
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Opuntia basilaris, Buds finally deciding to open.  Flowers on the others / other varieties out there are close to opening. Bees love it ( obviously )
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'Tis the season...

-Nathan

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On 3/27/2019 at 5:04 PM, Silas_Sancona said:

As March comes to a close, and some real spring heat starts creeping in, the early season flower show starts fading just as various cacti in my collection / planted out front  start their season..  Poppies are peaked out, and full of seed, same with the Globe Mallow, a good thing since i need to make a seed collection off them. ( tons of bees around all spring = a good harvest to come ) At the same time, Mesquite and other stuff that either go semi dormant / dormant over the winter are awakening.. and i guess stuff planted around the medical office across the street got jealous and decided to join the show.  As mentioned before, if there's a slight easterly breeze when the windows are opened in the evening, the house is filled with the scent of Sweet Acacia. 

Anyway, some pictures.. As one very colorful season ends, and another begins, it's nice to reflect on how different the yard looks now compared to when it was simply a dusty empty eyesore and full of Cat * stuff *. Now it attracts the attention of anyone passing by, and wildlife ( no doubt a wet winter helped w / the flowers a bit this year ).  While basic compared to what i'd have done if i owned the place, there's plenty to enjoy as the seasons change, especially as some of the shrubs / small trees, & larger perennials mature. Still wish the Pseudobombax i planted would have survived. Flower stalk on the Plumeria continues developing nicely.



Last of the flowers.....

Final burst of Poppies, inc. the Cream / Blush-backed colored variety.
DSCN5574.JPG.c4668d5db0b1c88b78a67749127603e3.JPGDSCN5562.JPG.655ae614cab2e14196f3606c69e415a2.JPGDSCN5573.JPG.72f168a9f09b1b786d448297ab648750.JPG

Last of the Baby Blue Eyes.. Really hates heat, more so than CA. Poppies here. Flowers on this tiny specimen were crispy by the next day. 
DSCN5583.JPG.c54284ea29dfa5ec22676b015bdaea8b.JPG

Verbena peaking now, ..appeared out of nowhere. May have came in a pot of Frog Fruit i'd planted.
DSCN5614.JPG.a1fa567d78923956d646cc3afb5162f8.JPG

Senna covesii filled out, and looking good now. Really like those fuzzy leaves..
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Caesalpinia mexicana, first year the flowers haven't been burnt up by the sun before filling out.
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Texas Native Fragrant Mimosa, Mimosa borealis just starting to leaf out / bud up. Hoping it will flower better than last year. Prickly beast that helps keeps the cats out.. Should have planted a couple more.
DSCN5604.JPG.5e9a3021140f9dc5229721d869938468.JPG

Surprise Globe Mallow that sprang up out back. Different sp. than the other out front. No clue where it blew in from.
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Sweet Acacia joining in from across the street. Palo Verde over there should be flowering soon.
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First cactus flowers of 2019..

Stenocactus ..something ( not sure on the sp. ) Has been flowering on and off since late Feb. Started a few days after the cold / rain / snow we had.
DSCN5595.JPG.20fac2358bee94cf00da3afea70be8a8.JPG

Glory of Texas, Thelocactus bicolor. A sure sign that real spring heat isn't far away when these fire up. Seem to come out of nowhere too, compared to other cacti ( budded to open flowers in less than 5 days ). Quite the way to kick off it's flowering season this year.
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Mammillopsis senilis. For a supposedly hard to grow here, high elevation Cacti, still no issues for me as long as it stays in the shade house. Likely going to need a second specimen if i want seed.. Seems self -incompatible. ( no fruit / seed from last year's pollination attempts )
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Opuntia basilaris, Buds finally deciding to open.  Flowers on the others / other varieties out there are close to opening. Bees love it ( obviously )
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'Tis the season...

-Nathan

The color on those opuntia basilaris flowers is incredible! I think we are behind you a few weeks. The cold rainy weather lasts a bit longer here and it takes a bit longer to warm up. My Opuntia basilaris is budding now. And the poppies are still at their peak. There's a riot of color between my yard and my neighbor's - she's a biologist with the National Forest Service and her front garden is a huge collection of mostly CA natives. She has an enormous Ceanothus thyrsiflorus as a border between my yard and hers. I LOVE the color and smell of it. The sweet smell of the flowers wafts over in the evernings. 

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Here is the ceanothus. 

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My dendromecon harfordii is blooming now also. I planted this guy in October. It seems to have established itself nicely over winter. 

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@Josue Diaz, Nice Ceanothus specimen..  Bush poppy looks good also.. How'd the Prickly Poppy fare through winter?

Yea, difference in timing between how quickly everything is flowering / dormant / semi- dormant stuff greening up or resuming growth here vs. there in Fresno, ..let alone closer to the coast in S. Cal, and further north is pretty obvious, esp. this year..  My O. basilaris are about a week behind those supposedly now flowering in Anza Borrego, ( from what was posted on the Wild flower updates via Desert USA..) with yours likely a week or two behind mine.. depending on how quickly the heat sets in there.. Looking at pictures from last year, my same plants didn't start flowering until about the second week in April..  and last year was bone dry.  A bit odd, imo.. A different plant, ( might be a sub sp. )  is just now starting to set  buds / new pads.  Both sit roughly 10-12ft apart where i planted them..  and it has always flowered later than the other.   While not *completely * free of spines ( somewhat hidden Glochids on the pads ) its at least much more user-friendly, and stays relatively short  ..or at least takes longer to build height... compared to other "flowery" Prickly Pear.  Keep missing opportunities to get a hold of the white-flowered variant of the species.

Another Prickly Pear i'd collected pads off in Texas on the way here is also about to flower for the first time this year also.. It and a hybrid named "Ohio" aren't as nice as the Beaver Tail though..  At least Ohio is still small enough that it will fit in a box. The one collected in TX filled a large square pot i left it sitting in. There's a couple other Cacti and some Washingtonia / Sabal seedlings in that pot also..  Buying another pair of Welding Gloves when the time comes to separate everything for sure, lol.

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A few  from today..

First flowers on Mimosa borealis. Fragrant as suggested though the scent would be more apparent if it were covered in blooms.. Most noticeable scent in the yard in the mornings atm is Berlandiera lyrata Chcolate Flower / Lyreleaf Greeneyes.
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Mammillaria geminspina. Flowers may be small but still pretty.
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Echinocereus ( formally Wilcoxia ) schmollii. First time flowering for this harder to find species.. Wish my E. leucantha were flowering atm.. Might make an interesting cross.
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