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When we got home we discovered that the goats had feasted on our front flowerbeds - everything but the Cannas were gone.  The solution was obvious!  Plant more cannas.  And so we did, and they seem to be doing pretty good.

They will multiply and, if you let the flowers go to seed, they will multiply greatly. 

 

 So, if the goats will leave these alone I suppose it's flowers and not bushes we will have.

See the "bulb" at the base of the stem?  Those will turn brown, drop off, and up pops another plant!  Canna's are wonderfully hardy, tolerate the scorching Texas sun, survive with inconsistent watering, drop out of sight in the winter and pop up in the spring raring to go! 

I also decided to take a couple of the cactus from out of the pasture and put them in the flowerbeds. I think that the goats don't eat them, and they stay green all winter.  Now, if the goats will just stay away...