WHAT'S ALL THE FUSS ABOUT

It's about the 3" of rain in my garden this past week. The garden is screaming into action. One plant we always expect following rain is the rain lily, Cooperia drummondii, (Zephyranthes drummondii) The flowers pop up within two or three days of rainfall opening during the night. If you look at the flower closely you will see that there are three petals and underneath three sepals, all of which are white. This rain lily has a very long calyx which distinguishes itself from the other white rain lily seen in Texas.

But that's not the only rain lily that showed up today. This yellow Zephyranthes sp. popped out of the ground in the sunken garden.

Will there be more tomorrow? I think so. They are popping up all over the place.

The Euphorbia has put on new growth and added leaves.

The Texas barrel cactus, Ferocactus hamatacanthus, is opening its first flower of the year with two more to come. This cactus is sometimes referred to as a giant fishhook cactus because of the hooked central spines. It has hooked me several times even pulling itself out of the ground when it was younger. Hardy for our area.

Another flower bud here on this unnamed cactus.

And four flower buds at one time on the Echinopsis.

A new bud on the Gymnocalcyium baldianum. I look forward to its red flower.

Toadstools fighting for space.

Of course everything else is going to start growing too and that means weeds and weedy plants. Bluebonnets are already germinating by the hundreds and fig ivy, Ficus repens is about to turn this garden wall into Angkor Wat.

It's going to be another busy week in the garden.