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| Juniper Hairstreak (Callophrys gryneus) |
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| Although this picture is blurry, it shows my strategy for anchoring a bare root Ocotillo to the ground, the problem was that in order to form roots the Ocotillo needed to not move back forth with a breeze (that would break any new roots or worse uproot the entire plant as there was almost nothing underground). So to counter balance the extremely top heavy canes I drove four stakes into the bed and then tied the top of each stake to cross beams in an "x" pattern that essential put downward pressure on the crown of the plant keeping it quite still no matter how strong the breeze. |
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| One of the best native Texan plants I have found for desert landscaping, Four-nerve Daisy (Tetraneuris scaposa). |
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| Mammillaria heyderi - these are the best tasting fruits of the many native cactus fruits I have tried. Sweet and tart like strawberries, where most other cactus fruits are too bland for my taste. |
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| Mammillaria heyderi -Grows from I-35 West into East Arizona where it forms nearly flat discs in mostly rocky soil. Fruits can be red or purple, flowers can be white, cream and apparently sometimes yellow (which I have only seen in photographs). |
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