Spring Flowers

Hanging cactus

Baby cactus

 As spring evolves in the Sonoran Desert, odd looking cactus plants develop stunningly beautiful flowers, almost overnight.

Big cactus

The hanging cactus has formidable, long spines, yet its flowers are graceful, soft and inviting.

The tiny cactus in that donkey planter has been flowering for over a month. Each flower is about a quarter of an inch across.

Now the giant saguaros are beginning to flower. The green buds on the tips become big white flowers with yellow centers that turn into sweet, lurid red fruit.

Eaten by birds, the fruit seeds are pooped and account for the baby saguaros that I have catalogued and treasure throughout our yard.