Cactuses thrive in the Basin’s dry summers
Karen Edwards, owner of Edwards Nursery in Moses Lake, shows some of the cactuses she has in front of the business. Cactuses can thrive even on the meager rainwater we usually see in the Basin, she said.
Joel Martin/Columbia Basin Herald
Blue salvia is a good perennial to plant in some of the lower parts of a contoured bed. It is also known as salvia azurea, the azure blue sage, azure sage, blue sage or prairie sage.
Hens and chicks, so named because they form up as a mother plant with underground runners to smaller “baby” plants, are a good option for a succulent bed.
MOSES LAKE — At first glance, a cactus doesn’t seem like the sort of plant most people want to grow. It’s spiky and bare-looking and it stabs you if you touch it. On the other (un-perforated) hand, cactuses are durable as all-get-out and they’re lovely when they flower.
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