Rescued

I planted the rescued golden barrel in a prefect spot. He'll be so happy there!  I planted another to keep him company, taking them to the traditional number of 3.

Of course I had to goof something up doing a good deed. I inadvertently stepped on the smallest golden barrel and did some damage, and that one was already having problems with sunburn, I think. But I believe he's a survivor, and I paid my penance sacrifice with a bit of blood.

Here he is, safe and sound.

The overall view of the location, before planting the 3rd barrel for company.

The little guy with my clumsy foot damage.

The back side (south west exposure). I think it's sunburn, but the nursery worker where I bought it said it was a fungal infection. It looks a lot better now since I put those leaves as sun block. The leaves are from the Mexican honeysuckle, justicia spicigera.

Rescue

For the last few weeks I've been noticing a nice sized golden barrel in the road island that had been uprooted and knocked over. Every day I drive by, I hope some maintenance worker will have replanted it. I saw it in the morning and thought, "city, you've had your chance. I'm saving this beauty now." Last night after a late meeting I stopped down the road, grabbed my shopping bags, a towel, some rubber baseball bases and went off to rescue. I took one horrible quality picture.

Super heavy, and the spines went right through everything. So I wrapped it best I could, and carried it by it's roots. I'll plant it tomorrow.