Echinocereus pectinatus rubispinus – Rainbow Cactus
Echinocereus pectinatus rubispinus. Huh? I know…that’s a mouthful.
We went to a Central Florida Cactus and Succulent Society’s sale last summer and brought home a couple of trays of those little 2″ pots, full of unusual cacti and succulents. One of those finds was this raspberry colored Rainbow Cactus.
Fail-proof Gardening Tips
It’s one thing to buy a few random plants when shopping for other things at Lowe’s or Home Depot. It’s quite another matter when you are planning to plant a new garden. I found a gardening website that I think will be useful to many of us. BloomIQ.com is the name of the site. They have [...]
Don’t Give Up On That Injured Plant
Some of you may remember that last year we experimented with a raised sunflower bed. The results of trying to grow sunflowers in a 6-8 inch deep bed were very successful. We didn’t replant anything after the sunflowers faded. This spring, thinking of what to plant , I discovered two plants that must have reseeded [...]
Homemade Organic Rose Food
I don’t know whether nice people tend to grow roses or growing roses makes people nice. - Roland A. Browne. I have been searching for natural methods to care for our rose bush. Not really a bush. It’s a Don Juan climbing rose. I’m looking because I feel a bit guilty for how I have cared [...]
Railroad Vines For Beach Erosion Control
Railroad vine grows on sand dunes in many tropical and subtropical regions. Here in the states it can be found on beaches from Georgia to Texas. We recently had the chance to snap a few photos of railroad vines when we spent some time on the Atlantic coast of Florida. The views looking out over [...]
Sunday Morning Quote
Connection with gardens, even small ones, even potted plants, can become windows to the inner life. The simple act of stopping and looking at the beauty around us can be prayer. – Patricia R. Barrett, The Sacred Garden Imagine a big red stop sign posted at the entrance to your yard. The stop sign warns us [...]
Raised Bed Sunflower Garden
A few weeks ago we posted a note about our Autumn Beauty Sunflowers that were blooming. As you may recall, we found three varieties of sunflower seeds on clearance for a quarter a piece. We bought one pack each of Russian Mammoth Sunflowers, Lemon Queen Sunflowers and the Autumn Beauty Sunflowers. The seeds were planted [...]
Carrion Plant (Stapelia Gigantea)
Also known as the Toad plant and the Starfish plant, this succulent from South Africa puts on an impressive show. Large buds emerge from the base of the plant and open up to a flower that is seven to ten inches in diameter. The name for this plant is a result of the “disgusting smell”, [...]
Blue Skies and Indian Blankets
It’s the third week in July and we’ve been absent for a couple of weeks. While we were away, we decided that we wanted Gardening on a Dime to be a bit cleaner for mark up and css. That was becoming a bit challenging with our earlier blog. With much thought and lots of trials [...]
