Hello GPODers. That is Joseph, your GPOD editor. I just lately took a visit to Stillwater, Oklahoma, and thought I’d share a few of the stunning backyard scenes I acquired to take pleasure in whereas there.

My first cease on the town was the botanic backyard at Oklahoma State College. It was stuffed with a number of attractive issues, however I possibly cherished this planting the very best. In a sizzling, sunny spot, it was planted up with cacti and different drought-adapted crops.

Rising up out the mattress are these unimaginable planters constituted of steel pipe and previous plow discs, every one residence to a lovely cactus specimen.

These cacti are tender and should spend the winter within the greenhouse. They’re an ideal alternative for these planters, as they’re high quality with a small quantity of soil that can dry out simply.

There are lots of totally different areas throughout the botanic backyard. This can be a scene from the Japanese backyard, which was cool and restful. A resident cat was clearly a giant fan of it as properly.

There are additionally hardy cacti rising in floor. This can be a species of hedgehog cactus (genus Echinocereus) I believe, thriving in a dry rock backyard space.

My subsequent cease was the good nursery Bustani Plant Farm, which grows all kinds of gorgeous and weird crops and, even higher, has an amazing show backyard so that you could see the crops rising. It’s such an effective way to introduce native gardener to new crops. This part contains many water-wise alternatives, together with this attractive Artemisia ‘Silver Bullet’.

The plant within the foreground of this picture from the rock backyard at Bustani is Zinnia angustifolia, an annual species that could be very drought tolerant and appears stunning all summer time lengthy.

The rock backyard is loaded down with flowers. The yellow flower is a local annual helenium (Helenium amarum) that blooms all summer time and, when it’s comfortable (as it’s right here), self-sows.

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