The White Cloud (Leucophyllum frutescens) Texas Sage is a unique-looking sage variety for drought-tolerant landscapes. While all of the purple-flowering Texas Sage varieties are beautiful and eye-catching, I love the unique White Cloud! Here are the White Cloud Texas Sage care guidelines. But before that, here is a description of the White Cloud Texas Sage. […]
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Despite its hardiness and ease-of-care, the ponytail palm can suffer from heat stress.That’s especially true if you’re located in an area with extremely hot summer temperatures. So, how can you protect your ponytail palm from the ravages of summer heat? Here are a couple of ponytail palm heat stress prevention guidelines. My ponytail palm lives
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The Canary Island Date Palm tree (Phoenix canariensis), also known as the pineapple palm, is one of easiest and most attractive palm trees to grow in a landscape. It’s drought-tolerant and enjoys the summer heat! Here are the Canary Island Date Palm pros and cons. Get Prime! (As an Amazon Associate, I earn a commission
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A few summers ago, a number of my Weber’s agaves had rotted. Was I watering them too much, or did the agave snout weevil kill them? I’d like to figure out what happened, so I can prevent more damage in the future. So, did the agave snout weevil kill my agaves? Did the agave snout
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Out of all the agaves I have in my landscape, most of my neighbors have told me that my butterfly agave (Agave potatorum) is their favorite. They love its symmetrical shape, its interesting leaves and spines, and its blue-gray leaves that include a tinge of green. So, what are the butterfly agave care guidelines? But
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I often see the paper spine cactus (Tephrocactus articulatus var. papyracanthus) offered for sale in the garden centers of many big-box DIY stores. It’s an easy-to-grow succulent that has long, white, paper-thin spines growing on egg-shaped segments. This cactus can be grown outdoors (depending on your hardiness zone) or indoors—here’s how to grow the paper
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To me, spider plants add a tropical vibe to indoor living spaces. But, are they really drought-tolerant plants that thrive with only a little water? So, here are my thoughts: are spider plants drought-tolerant? Spider plant care guidelines But first, let’s look at the guidelines to care for spider plants. Then, we should have our
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One day, I noticed that my Opuntia cactus had a few pads covered with a white, sticky substance. To me, it looked like a fungus. In reality, though, the white substance was harboring an infestation of the cochineal bug (Dactylopius coccus). If you’ve had this problem, read more to find out how to eliminate cochineal
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I used to have four golden barrel cacti (Echinocactus grusonii) in front of my house—they were over 40 years old. They were healthy and beautiful specimens. Imagine my horror, though, when I saw the formerly green flesh of one of my favorite barrel cactus turning yellow. I had no idea that Pythium root rot had
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While other plants are wilting under the hot southwestern summer sun, my red bird of paradise (Caesalpinia pulcherrima) is looking its most vibrant. The hotter it gets, the greener this hardy plant seems to get, and its flowers become even more flamboyantly showy. But, there must be some drawbacks! Read about the red bird of
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