The Plants in My Yard - Pictures

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Almost six years ago, young Punky tore into my yard plants with great abandon. She dug up an azalea and managed to drag it through the doggy door and place the entire thing, complete with muddy roots, over my sleeping wife's face. Here is a pictorial of my remaining plants:

http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee307/edgarblythe/cacti1.jpg

http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee307/edgarblythe/cacti2.jpg

http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee307/edgarblythe/cacti3.jpg

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http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee307/edgarblythe/cacti6.jpg

http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee307/edgarblythe/cacti5.jpg

http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee307/edgarblythe/cacti7.jpg

http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee307/edgarblythe/punkynew.jpg

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@edgarblythe,

Well, the remaining ones look plenty hardy, and I suppose it doesn't hurt that they're cacti! Laughing

Nice yard, Edgar.

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Wow.... outside aloe!

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@littlek,

littlek wrote:

Wow.... outside aloe!

They get orange-pinkish colored flowers more than once a year.

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I planted the cactus at the fence corner from a single little piece. Had no idea it would get that big. It drives the landscaping crew next door nuts.

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@littlek,

yeah, that's what i was thinking, we have on cactus where we are

http://www.ofnc.ca/events/PointPelee2007/prickly-pear.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2657/3715223710_02056c3237_m.jpg

"The plant that draws the most attention in Point Pelee's fields is the prickly pear cactus. It is so rare in Canada that the Ontario government in the summer of 1987 added it to its official list of protected plants."

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We can have the prickly pear, too. And some yuccas. I have never worked with them.

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@littlek,

we have a prickly pear in the back garden, it got buried in cone flower a few years ago, and i'm trying to bring it back

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@edgarblythe,

Punky looks like a good dog. Yes she does.

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@Swimpy,

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Punky looks like a good dog. Yes she does.

Punky has mellowed considerably. She's just a big baby these days.

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@edgarblythe,

I think I'm seeing daylilies (am I?) besides the opuntia and the aloe, and I don't know the name of the first cactus like plant with the long thinnish branches.

Give Punky a pat for me...

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@ossobuco,

For a number of years I used to keep prickly pear (opuntia) in a pot, and we would drag it in, very very carefully, at christmastime and garland it with chili pepper lights. The thorns were good for hanging the odd ornaments on...

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I don't know the names of all of my plants. I don't buy plants; just take abandoned ones.

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The flowers in the top picture are on the cactus.

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@edgarblythe,

Ah, I've not seen those exact flowers. Neat!

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@djjd62,

Lol
prickly pear is a noxiouse weed here. (Ummm nationaly controlled weed I think they call it now).

Dig it up and burn it I say

the black dogwood is a fine looking specimen

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When I took the pictures, I went right past the banana trees. Punky digs around in those, but has yet to kill them.

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Lavender might work well Edgar

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@ossobuco,

ossobuco wrote:

Ah, I've not seen those exact flowers. Neat!

We had a plant like that once. It's not a true cactus, but an African succulent if I remember correctly. The flowers were beautiful, but had a horrific odor that smelled like rotting flesh.

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@mesquite,

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ossobuco wrote:

Ah, I've not seen those exact flowers. Neat!

We had a plant like that once. It's not a true cactus, but an African succulent if I remember correctly. The flowers were beautiful, but had a horrific odor that smelled like rotting flesh.

I got down close to take that photo. Didn't notice any kind of odor. Maybe it's related but not the same.

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