This week’s Foliage Friday is not a new plant to me, but I discovered something new about a plant I’m already somewhat familiar with. I came across this in my neighborhood:

Stories from someone who is learning to grow
This week’s Foliage Friday is not a new plant to me, but I discovered something new about a plant I’m already somewhat familiar with. I came across this in my neighborhood:
On the Stanford campus, near the medical center is something called the Arizona Garden, commonly known as “the cactus garden.”
It’s a small circle of land that has been planted up exclusively with cacti.
I hate cacti. They’re ugly. They will hurt you if you touch them. Looking at them makes me thirsty and tired. But now that I live in California, I have to learn to like them. So, I took a stroll through the garden the other day, and took some photos for you to enjoy!
I started to propagate jade plants from jade plant leaves 46 days ago. I simply laid the leaves on soil and kept them moist.