Sibling Rivalry Desert Flora Italy provides the backdrop for

Italy provides the backdrop for this scene - an old monastery converted into a winery surrounded by the vineyards it maintains

The soil was different

This dramatic succulent (an agave) is very common in the southwest and west

The rolling hills of the Chianti Region of Tuscany

taking a different path than the rest

Sibling Rivalry Desert Flora Italy provides the backdrop forWatercolor on Canvas, Framed 30 x 40 The Echinopsis candicans is the star of this painting. Also referred to as the Argentinian Giant, it only gets about three feet tall at maturity and has sprawling limbs that grow just as wide. Large flowers (6 8 inches in size) are mostly white but the translucent petals catch the sunlight and give it a pinkish purplish glow. The blooms appear at night, sometimes lasting into the early morning or even longer on