Well, I don't think I'm going to return to those exact patches (they're in the middle of some really rough parts of town) BUT it gave me even more reason to make an all day trip to the dunes. If there are patches that big growing on the roadside I'd have to imagine there should be some pretty nice o...

My roommate and I decided to go out to NW Indiana today on the South Shore train from Chicago. The original plan was to go hiking in the dunes (where I was hoping to see some cacti) but unfortunately our train was super late so we ended up not having much time before we had to return. On the way hom...

Wow. I must have been REALLY tired when I was posting this. Not quite sure how I missed that My bad! Thanks Daiv.

If you have any long skinny cacti that are fairly thick you can graft Rhipsalis on top and make kind of a weeping willow effect. Kinda cheesy but kinda cool too

Ok I know this is a succulent and not a cactus but there was no "succulent care" section so I figured this was the right place. Anyways. I got a Dorstenia foetida from my old job before I moved and I was wondering if any of you guys have any experience with these. I'm mostly wondering if t...

Are those black square pots from Linder's in St. Paul? They look awfully familar. As for the actual topic of conversation, I have no idea what species that is I just know that I use it in my summer succulent planters every year and it grows about a foot in 4 months outside. They're pretty great.

I love these! Too bad I always overwater them

Gotta love Craigslist.

That is quite likely the prettiest picture of a semp I've ever seen.

haha, my Dunn County Wis strain of O. fragilis certainly tried to take over the world...until it shattered into a hundred minuscule pads. That just means hopefully a hundred new plants I guess!

I've got dozens of varieties of sempervivum up in zone 4 and they survive beautifully.

I love the caudiciform begonias and that sure is a beauty

Oh how I dream of the day I get to that point...

I think my heart stopped when I saw the picture of the lobivia stern von lorsch (and everything else in that post for that matter). Wow. Also, I'm not sure I've ever seen an Ariocarpus bloom before so that was pretty neat to see too!

Magical things can happen in a 4 acre green house! Lots of spiny magical things!