Spider Veins

Curly Q

We have two palm trees that are sprouting new growth for the season. They are the weirdest little guys, but super neat!

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We have this awesome plant in the front yard. It's a member of the euphorbia family, and it has grown like wildfire this spring and I love it! I loved it in January too (see photo 1 of {this post} for an earlier photo). Anyway, these are the shoots of new growth at the very top of the plant, though there is new growth all over. It is definitely taller than me now. It wasn't nearly this tall back in January!

Unravelling

The growth of desert plants is so much more interesting than other plants. Well, to me at least. I love watching big century plants and other agave-style plants (like this one) grow and how every year, new "leaves" unravel from the center. I especially love when plants, like this one, have spikes on them - all of the leaves have cool wavy grooves in them from where spikes from other leaves were pressing into them before they unfurled from the center of the plant. The perfectness of nature is really quite astounding - the way it all works both together, and within itself.