Happy Cactus Monday.
Only the last 2 i.e. the agave and yucca shown below are mine.
Beautiful orange blooms of Cotyledon Orbiculata (I’m quite sure, but please feel free to correct me)
I love the soft blue-green of the plump leaves
Lovely rosettes
Peeking out
Agave – a small one
Yucca – a short one (see my sketch below). I am determined to keep this small, and will chop it when it grows tall…
And finally, a glimpse of my balcony via a page in my sketchbook. My yucca and agave in the above photos are shown below.
Pen on paper, February 2010
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29 comments:
Indeed, they are sensational succulents the way you show them. I especially love the jade plant through the fence and your sketch!
I have never seen one bloom like the first one...very pretty. I like your recent work of the lady with the mask (facial). :)
wowsers, i love that first one. and the sketch is great too. hcm fellow cactuteer.
Gorgeous photos! Those rosettes and the fence-peeking plant are especially appealing to me.
LOVE your painted balcony view!!
HCM!
Wow what beautiful pictures!
The sketch is fun also!
HCM!
Every time I visit your site, I become a little more inspired to start a succulent garden in my back yard. I have the perfect spot waiting for something special...I think you just tipped me over the line! Thanks!
GREAT photos!!
HCM!
Your drawing and those deep burgundy rosettes have stolen my heart! HCM! :)
I love the blue-gray color that many succulents have. Your agave is beautiful as well!
Gorgeous photos. I love the long legs of that Aeonium arboreum var. atropurpureum (hope I nailed that one). Matti
Love your pen and ink...awesomely done!!! Purdy succulents!!!
Very beautiful theme for cactus monday.
Happy Cactus Monday andyour charming photos and illo brought me joy to start my day!
Gorgeous photos, I had a yucca plant as a houseplant for 18 years. It died when we moved :(
Urban Green waves, and says a big hi to friend Evelyn. I'm glad to be back. I'll go right back to check out all you've posted. See you around :)
These are very beautiful. I love the colors, too.
These are some very nice succulents you have featured.
Great photos. I love the first one. What is it?
Gorgeous flower ! looks so exotic to me !
how lovely to meet you! these are simply beautiful!!! i have a yucca in my yard, their colouring is amazing! kind thoughts
What a pretty rendering you've drawn! I wish I had a plant to show. It's snowing here in Texas. Not much to show right now. (Sigh...)
Brenda
@Bonnie: I think it is Cotyledon orbiculata.
your photos are absolutely outstanding!!! I especially am impressed by that first one!
in answer to your question...that is latex paint on my furniture...it looks and feels like leather!
Beautiful and lovely shots !! SImply nice and amazing shots !!
Hi Evelyn - I love succulents too. I grew up in Arizona where succulents thrive. My fave is the pale blue-green rosettes. Your sketches are lovely too - I like your style!!!
Hey Evelyn...you inspire me to transform my succulent section. however, the summers are awful in delhi - the temp soars to 46 C ~ 114 F, and succulents don't quite respond well to the heat (contrary to popular belief that it should). Loved the pictures...
Evelyn, the flowers in the first image would make a splendid watercolor!
The plants have beautiful shapes and colors. The sketch is nice to see.
When I was a kid, I was SOOOO into cacti. I inherited a giant something-or-another that was many, many years old. I have none now, but I still love them. Beautiful things here.
Your "sketch" is fabulous!!!! And the plant you caption "Lovely rosettes" is simply amazing!
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