It’s a sad state of affairs when every public place that can have a large crowd, like a stadium, has to be surrounded by security barriers to keep anyone in a car or truck from driving onto the site with evil intent. But that’s the world we live in.
The upside, when the property owner allows it and desires to make it so, is that the barriers can be more than just concrete and steel ballisters and K-rail.
At Dignity Health Sports Center where the LA Galaxy play soccer (and where we had our ALS Network event this last Sunday), they’ve made an interesting and excellent choice.
Not only are the barriers made of planters, the plants used are colorful and unusual. I like colorful! I like unusual!
It also makes a nice little habitat for a bunch of small critters, including spiders. I wasn’t sure if the webs would be visible in these pictures, but I got lucky!
The PlantNet app on my phone IDs this all as “milkbush,” also known as “pencil cactus.”
It’s native to South Africa and commonly used for decorative landscaping. It’s also highly toxic if eaten, and if the stems are broken the sap can cause irritation and burns.
Interesting!
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