Captured Color

Because of my inattention to my garden over my husband's cardiac surgery and recuperation, I missed many of this year's cactus flowers, but I did manage to catch a few of them in between other chores. This Argentine Giant flower is the last of the blooms on this cactus, at least until fall.

Echinocereus dasycanthus (Texas Hedgehog)

Opuntia paraguayensis

Opuntia santa rita

Although my roses were infested with both powdery mildew and aphids in early spring, I was afraid that I would not get any nice flowers this season, but once I got control of the stuff, the new buds that came produced larger than average blooms. Rosa 'Hello Dolly' was especially prolific this year, and because our weather has been mild, it continues to have beautiful roses.