Last June 11, Sweet William the Scott said
Kylascott out there in Arizona I challenge you to show me a cactus with more flowers. Over seven hundred blooms. Yes, I counted them myself last year.
OK, you’re on. The problem with your cactus is that it is more than one plant. Since Lilly, the greyhound, and her Mom and Dad left for the summer yesterday, we had permission to go next door and take pix of the cactus. (Yes, we asked permission). We don’t have any of this type of cactus in our yard because She doesn’t want it. The problem is that the bloom season for this is 99% done but there are a few late bloomers and you can see from seed pods how many blooms there were. First to show you that we’re talking about one plant:
and some of the late bloomers
And you should be able to appreciate the quality of these blooms although there aren’t many per plant
It’s huge and they are amazing flowers.. You win hands down 🙂 xx00xx
Mollie and Alfie
It was like saying that the snow is colder in the Sahara than in Northern Norway in the winter.
When did it snow in the Sahara was that the same time he## froze over. Well that almost happened with our blizzard of 1978 and my cactus survived! Take that!!
SWTS
A Scottie contest, shows you how stubborn we are trying to out do each other! Bet we can beat both of you in the we ain’t got grass but a great weed count! Barharhar
That”s Why
We ARE the Mad Scots
Don’t be so certain. We’d be in that weed competition if we didn’t put down pre-emergent to stop the weeds from sprouting. The problem with the weeds is that they grow and then dry out. You have stickers, prickers and other things not good for humans or dogs really soon and in big quantities. We can compete in the we ain’t got grass competition because our grass is astroturf and that shouldn’t count.
Wow…that is one amazing giant cactus plant …ours are not like that at all…we have the grouped ones like Sweet William…Lots of blooms but they’re on many small plants growing together…Moms will cut a paddle, clean it and add cactus to a salad…Not for me, but Momz likes it…I just have to be careful out on our hikes so I don’t step on one…Those white flowers are different than any we have and they’re beautiful
Yes, you can eat them. For me, they’ll never replace green beans.
I can eat the pads and the apples that form out of the pods. The needles are my built in toothpicks!
SWTS
Wait one darn nano second. My cactus is not multi plants! The roots are in a block planter and two thirds of the plant is on my blacktop driveway. Can you grow a plant on blacktop Bawheheee I can! And wait that ain’t even your plant, cheater.
I was counting my buds before I came in and I was wondering when you were going to put your money where you mouth is. I don’t see over 700 flowers.
You might be big but David slew Goliath.
Sweet William The Scot
Wait a second. I don’t cheat strangers much less a friend-and thank you for being a friend. I thought both your original post and my reply were with love and respect. If you think I’ve done you dirty, OK-you win.
Wait you conceded to easy ~ what’s up with that??? Is this a trick???
You will always be my friend
Sweet William The Scot
No, I just don’t get into being upset at the small stuff with friends.
I not upset, guess my attempt at humor failed big time. I go away now. Have a nice evening.
SWTS
Wow… beautiful flowers… but someone stole your grass! Did you report the theft?
Wags,
Ranger
Yeah, but they don’t take reports on Mother Nature.
Ya want me to mail you some of mine? I gots some good creeping grass.
It wouldn’t work. The creeping grass would be brown in a week. Kudzu wouldn’t (and doesn’t) grow here. We don’t worry about fleas and ticks. The only pests here are the tax collectors.
No idea a cactus could produce so many flowers, they are pretty 🙂
There are some that are a wonderful brilliant red. It puts us black dogs to shame.
Well since I’m not a scottie, I will say that I love BOTH of your cacti and thought this was quite cute. I love my scottie pals!!
Alyssa, Mr. Fox & Scruffy
But you’re an honorary Scottie.
Those are some amazing flowers!!
wags
jazzi and addi
Cactus we have, snow we don’t. Wait a minute, there’s skiing in Flagstaff which is only a couple of hours away.
We like the idea of a place without ticks and fleas butt on the other paw we also like our grass…
Wally & Sammy
If everyone liked the same things, we’d all be piled on top of each other at the place(s) that had them all.
That cactus looks like it has acne or something! Is is a prickly pear? We have loads of those here….feral.
XXXOOO Daisy, Bella & Roxy
It’s a relative and the thorns aren’t very big or threatening. It’s almost smooth and it is referred to as beaver tail. We have the prickly pear also but it has a tendency to spread out and not up.
Mmmmm …… I agree! (yeah I know I’m a chicken ….. there’s no point getting into an argument with a girl or so He says!)
There are times when you just can’t win
They both are beautiful – I have one too – its 12 inches (after 14! years!) tall and it has one flower (from paper) . Wish I had such a giant plant.
So you can pee on it?
but only with a security distance :o)