The best known succulents are cacti and virtually all
cacti are succulents, but not all succulents are cacti! Only succulent plants
with spines can be called Cacti or Cactus!
Anyway, when I came home from that trip to Mexico – I was
all inspired to grow and cultivate succulents and cacti and so over the years I
have bought various species from nurseries and markets and of course have
sneaked little cuttings here and there in my travels.
The beauty of these plants is of course that they are particularly
hardy and easy to cultivate, they require little water and for all intent and
purposes they pretty well look after themselves. And for a busy crafty mumma
like me – that’s a good deal I reckon!
Over the years as I have re-potted my collection and moved
house a number of times – I have been able to pass on little babies and
duplicates potted up in recycled tomato tins to friends – spreading the love so
to speak!
A couple of months ago we went down to Geelong for the day
on a family outing with friends. It was a gorgeous sunny day and the afternoon
was spent having afternoon tea and a lovely stroll around the Geelong Botanic
Gardens. My husband Sam spotted the cactus a mile away and knowing my affection
for these spiky creatures took a few snaps. They are great aren’t they and just
a little humorous! Especially those really hairy ones…I’d love to sneak a
couple of googly eyes on him when no one was looking!
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