I mentioned these before – they don’t bloom every year and I had about decided they wouldn’t this time, but I spoke too soon.
There are several buds of which this is the first, not quite fully open.
Wet as the winter is and mild as the spring has been I kind of hoped this would be a good season for the flowers. The cliff roses are doing well…
I love these things. The bushes are really ugly even by the standards of local flora – but they light up in Spring and sometimes again in late Summer, and when they do the scent is everywhere.
Again, I don’t know what they’re actually called. Years ago somebody pointed at one and told me, “Cliff roses.” So that’s what they are. I never checked to see if that’s really their name.
Tomorrow may be a big day! If everything goes according to plan, building materials are arriving.
Sclerocactus parviflorus??? Possibly.
I think that your cactus is a variety of barrel cactus.
https://www.google.com/search?q=barrel+cactus&client=firefox-b-1-d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj-rb2KifnhAhVZPn0KHRuSBHsQ_AUIDigB&biw=1362&bih=773
What about the pear?
The pear finished blooming weeks ago, why?
“The pear finished blooming weeks ago, why?”
Not that I was the one asking – but if I had I’d be interested to know if you could see fruit forming yet. About the same time you mentioned your pear blooming – my peaches had just about stopped blooming and now the developing fruit are almost golf ball sized. I’d expect that if you had any fruit you’d be able to see it by now right at the base of the dried up flowers. If all of the flowers just fell off – you may be sol this year in terms of the luxury of home-grown fruit.
That’s a valid question, which I confess I never thought to ask – so I just now went out and had a look. And no, there’s no sign of fruit at all. 🙁