Some of my favorite things in the garden are my cacti. I used to have quite a collection of them in pots. Unfortunately a large infestation of mealybugs decimated a lot of them. I still have a few and some were saved by planting them in the garden, where the mealybugs were more exposed to predators.
One of these has proved to be truly spectacular. From one small plant in a pot I got five very tall plants.
We had a very good winter here and they are absolutely covered with buds.
And just before Christmas the first of them opened.
I have more in the garden but none have been as dramatic as this one. Kind of gets me enthused about my prickly friends again.
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