One way to propagate successfully is to immerse the seed in a cup of distilled white vinegar for 24 hours then plant normally in soil and...Read More add a few teaspoons of vinegar mixed with water and pour into soil.
This is a native plant growing on my property along the West Branch of the Santa Cruz River in AZ among a Mesquite bosque. It will bloom...Read More in late summer after the onset of monsoon season. Attracts Wasps, Pepsid wasps, native bees, butterflies like crazy. Wonderful and drought tolerant. Fruit relished by the birds in late August. Seed collected in mid September. I am trying to propagate from seed but need ideas. This is a great shrub!
Native Texas plant that spends most of the year leafless- just a twisted shrub of long, green spines and stems. Leaves small and bried a...Read Morefter periods of heavy rainfall. Small, insignificant flowers during warmer months. Dangerous plant to put near paths and an 'acquired' taste.
One way to propagate successfully is to immerse the seed in a cup of distilled white vinegar for 24 hours then plant normally in soil and...Read More
This is a native plant growing on my property along the West Branch of the Santa Cruz River in AZ among a Mesquite bosque. It will bloom...Read More
Native Texas plant that spends most of the year leafless- just a twisted shrub of long, green spines and stems. Leaves small and bried a...Read More