Katy Dickinson

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http://blogs.sun.com/katysblog/date/20070924 Monday September 24, 2007

My Favorite Monster Plants

My favorite plants are monstrous, strange, and spiky. The more alien the better. If they produce big lovely flowers, I make some allowances for also having plain leaves. My garden features a selection of large cactus, succulents, and other prickly things. Here are some of my best:

Cactus flowers:
Cactus flowers photo: copyright 2003 John Plocher

Front porch
pots:
Front porch pots photo: copyright 2007 Katy Dickinson 		Flowering
yucca:
Flowering yucca photo: copyright 2007 Katy Dickinson 		Chrysler Imperial Rose
(hybrid tea):
Chrysler Imperial Rose (hybrid tea) photo: copyright 2007 Katy Dickinson

Flowering
dracena:
Flowering dracena photo: copyright 2007 Katy Dickinson 		Succulents
at night:
Succulents at night photo: copyright 2007 Katy Dickinson 		Front porch
cactus:
Front porch cactus photo: copyright 2007 Katy Dickinson

Front porch
cactus:
Front porch cactus photo: copyright 2007 Katy Dickinson 		Front porch
cactus:
Front porch cactus photo: copyright 2007 Katy Dickinson 		Front porch
crest cactus:
Front porch crest cactus photo: copyright 2007 Katy Dickinson 		Front porch
crest cactus:
Front porch crest cactus photo: copyright 2007 Katy Dickinson

Striped
agave:
Striped agave photo: copyright 2007 Katy Dickinson 		Striped
agave:
Striped agave photo: copyright 2007 Katy Dickinson 		Baby
agave:
Baby agave photo: copyright 2007 Katy Dickinson

Images Copyright 2003-2007 by Katy Dickinson and John Plocher

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