Roughly 2 years ago (Aug. 1st, 2009), Yun and I went hiking up Mt. Lemon with the dogs. I wrote about it here. On that little adventure, we found some cactus that we liked, so we dug it up and brought it home to plant.
Here is the photo from 2009:
And here is a photo of it today:
It’s getting big. Not the fastest growth, but it will be impressive in a couple more years. We have thought about adding it to the landscaping of the new house when we get to that point. I think it is called an Argentine Hedgehog
We have done the same with a number of other desert plants we have found. I started two more today.
This little one was found near the house we’re currently living in – it looks nearly dead. I planted it in a bucket. At least you can see roots, so perhaps there’s hope. Its hard for me to tell, but I think this is a Paleleaf Yucca.
This other one I snapped off from a cactus already flourishing. I have no idea how one properly propagates one of these things, so I am hoping that simply placing a piece of it in a pot will yield success. It might be an Argentine Hedgehog, but it is significantly thinner.
