Tony wrote:Good stuff! Is that place open to the public?

By appointment (phone call) or during some of his open house sells.

WOW! I love all the Reno gardens.

Amazing garden

Just some pics of my friends nursery/garden. TwinFalls zone 6a http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y50/desertzone/100_1183.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y50/desertzone/100_1188.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y50/desertzone/100_1198.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y50/desertzone/100_11...

here is some older pics A barrel I had for a few years, pays to keep the snow off them :wink: Rotted right were the snow ways one the one side. http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y50/desertzone/00760006.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y50/desertzone/FH0024326.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/...

Thanks for all the nice comments.

I'm surprised at the Echinocactus there, didn't think it was quite zone 5b material :) Its from the northern populations(salv.),and I cover it during the winter with a piece of plastic with a vent hole. I would not be suprized if it would live through a winter without it, but for the cost I don't w...

Amazing cactus and gardens 8) Here is some pics from my place in Idaho 5b. I have a long way to go and some of these pic are old, but I hope you will enjoy. Recent http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y50/desertzone/100_3869.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y50/desertzone/100_3864.jpg http://i2.phot...

Thanks for the fast response. Cool cactus anyways.

Hi John
Thanks for posting all those pics of your yard. That is amazing place.
How well does your o. bigelovii do in the winter? I have never seen one in a zone 7.

-Aaron

I don't post much, but this is just something to think about. :) I don't have high-spreed internet so I wont look for the reference, but is on a gov. site for saguaro cactus. They have done many studies on saguaro's and have found that the biggest threat to the cactus over the past 60 or so has been...