I noticed your mention of Yucca for our climate. Guess what? When we left quarters on base to move I dug up some Prickly Pear and planted it up here which is another thousand feet elevation. It's still going strong thirty years later!
Prickly pear is tough. If I remember correctly, this type of cactus (Opuntia) is the only one to live on all 7 continents.
(ETA: I apparently drank a whole bottle of wine in the two minutes that it took me to write this post, because there are no opuntia growing on Antarctica, of course. : D Make that six continents.)
I have some swiped from NE UT rooting in some pots outside now, in winter. And it’s naturally found all over the hills out here.
I noticed your mention of Yucca for our climate. Guess what? When we left quarters on base to move I dug up some Prickly Pear and planted it up here which is another thousand feet elevation. It's still going strong thirty years later!
You know the rules, if you’re gonna brag about your plants you gotta pay the plant tax.
I noticed your mention of Yucca for our climate. Guess what? When we left quarters on base to move I dug up some Prickly Pear and planted it up here which is another thousand feet elevation. It's still going strong thirty years later!
Prickly pear is tough. If I remember correctly, this type of cactus (Opuntia) is the only one to live on all 7 continents.
(ETA: I apparently drank a whole bottle of wine in the two minutes that it took me to write this post, because there are no opuntia growing on Antarctica, of course. : D Make that six continents.)
I have some swiped from NE UT rooting in some pots outside now, in winter. And it’s naturally found all over the hills out here.
All I did was dig a hole and plant them on a little hilly area that's over a small rock wall the Boy made on the side of the driveway. Never have done a single thing to them. I never thought they'd survive here and I'm not particularly fond of succulents to start with. But, they have pretty yellow flowers and now have spread out on their own. People are surprised when they see them because they don't seem fitting for the area and yet, there they are.
LIGHT HAS A NAME
We only get stronger when we are lifting something that is heavier than what we are used to. ~ KF
I noticed your mention of Yucca for our climate. Guess what? When we left quarters on base to move I dug up some Prickly Pear and planted it up here which is another thousand feet elevation. It's still going strong thirty years later!
You know the rules, if you’re gonna brag about your plants you gotta pay the plant tax.
- Doc
Heh. I already threw myself on the tracks when I posted my remedial painting efforts! Of any post I have ever made on this board, that was the hardest of all. So with regard to plant tax, I think we're square.
LIGHT HAS A NAME
We only get stronger when we are lifting something that is heavier than what we are used to. ~ KF
So, I take photos of things I think no one really cares about. Like the cobblestones on the road in Scotland or wet rocks on the shoreline with a wave washing over them. That sort of thing. I wanted to show one of my favorite sights to see in winter around here. This was in a Target parking lot facing the mountains this time last year. So yeah. This is the kind of stuff that lives in my head.
LIGHT HAS A NAME
We only get stronger when we are lifting something that is heavier than what we are used to. ~ KF
So, I take photos of things I think no one really cares about. Like the cobblestones on the road in Scotland or wet rocks on the shoreline with a wave washing over them. That sort of thing. I wanted to show one of my favorite sights to see in winter around here. This was in a Target parking lot facing the mountains this time last year. So yeah. This is the kind of stuff that lives in my head.
Jersey Girl, I did not repeat your photos just to save space. I enjoyed seeing them. You have you own personal aesthetic sense. That is an essential part of developing your water color skill.
Sorry to do this , or maybe not sorry, I enjoyed seeing the water colors you did. I like best the purple flower with the snaky buds and then the /birch trees/ ops those are aspen trees unless I am twice confused. Probably liked those trees best. I bet if you set caution aside you could make a sizeable watercolor based on those tree photos.Might be an adventure.
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Doc, this was the park strip during the spring, a couple of years ago. The poppies were meant to be temporary but they put out a riot of color, so I’ll keep them around in future years. But, we’re sampling in other ‘structure’ plants now, too.
So, I take photos of things I think no one really cares about. Like the cobblestones on the road in Scotland or wet rocks on the shoreline with a wave washing over them. That sort of thing. I wanted to show one of my favorite sights to see in winter around here. This was in a Target parking lot facing the mountains this time last year. So yeah. This is the kind of stuff that lives in my head.
Jersey Girl, I did not repeat your photos just to save space. I enjoyed seeing them. You have you own personal aesthetic sense. That is an essential part of developing your water color skill.
huck I just love what I love.
Sorry to do this , or maybe not sorry, I enjoyed seeing the water colors you did. I like best the purple flower with the snaky buds and then the /birch trees/ ops those are aspen trees unless I am twice confused. Probably liked those trees best. I bet if you set caution aside you could make a sizeable watercolor based on those tree photos.Might be an adventure.
Those were supposed to be Aspens from my head. I mentioned previously that things are not to any kind of scale because I practice on half sheets and something gets sacrificed along the way (like the length of flower stems and thinning up the Aspens) and will continue to do so unless I can get better at it. I was mainly working on the bark technique with a cut up credit card to drag the paint inward from the sides. I guess I won't know what I can do unless I try to do it. Meanwhile I simply enjoy the experience. Thanks for your comments!
LIGHT HAS A NAME
We only get stronger when we are lifting something that is heavier than what we are used to. ~ KF
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Doc, this was the park strip during the spring, a couple of years ago. The poppies were meant to be temporary but they put out a riot of color, so I’ll keep them around in future years. But, we’re sampling in other ‘structure’ plants now, too.
Good LORD, canpakes. That’s gorgeous. What the hell are those purple flowers? Rose of Sharon? Hollyhocks? I have no idea. The California poppies are just *chef’s kiss*. I scattered those around my yard in SLC and they propagated nicely, so I repeated them here along one of my drip lines and I got a nice fat row blooming for damn near six months.
FYI, I found catmint, scotch broom, Jupiter’s beard, black elderberry, lamb’s ear, yarrow, tiger eye sumac (suckers for days, though), and of course Russian sage work well here if you’re looking for some hardy af structure plants.
