There is plenty of room for a cactus garden in the pool and it was hard not to pick up a few Trichocereus grandiflorus hybrids while at Lowes yesterday. They have amazing flower colors. So this is how they looked yesterday after planting.
And this morning they looked like this! Wow!
So off I went collecting plants from around the yard, the ones that weren't doing so well in their rocky locations, and picking up some clay art to fill in the spaces between. Now we have a good start on a cactus garden.
Here is how it's looking with the rose trellis from Oregon (that looks like an ocotillo). We moved a bird bath down for whatever critters are missing the pool. I'm sure the digger bees will swarm the water. I want something green and leafy to climb the trellis so will be on the hunt for a drought tolerant vine or shrub, and I'll put the potted cactus in the ground in the fall after it's put out some roots. Keep fingers crossed that we can keep the critters out and the cactus will grow and multiply and give me lots of spring color in the coming years.
