Hardy Gardening
Hardy Gardening
Well, all are welcome to post any hardy cacti in this thread and I now have the first blooms in my garden so here we go.
This is always the first to bloom in my garden and a favorite of mine.
Echinocereus viridiflorus
Heres a closer view of the lemony scented flower.
This is always the first to bloom in my garden and a favorite of mine.
Echinocereus viridiflorus
Heres a closer view of the lemony scented flower.
Bill
If it sticks ya or pokes ya, I like it
If it sticks ya or pokes ya, I like it
- John P Weiser
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Ya Hoo!! That's a great plant to start this thread off with!! I like the neon color of yours. It makes those flowers realy pop in that shot.
I am going to post some shots from other threads I started this season. I hope you don't mind seeing them again.
Echinocereus davisii
Escobaria missouriensis
Pediocactus simpsonii
Gymnocalycium sp?
I am going to post some shots from other threads I started this season. I hope you don't mind seeing them again.
Echinocereus davisii
Escobaria missouriensis
Pediocactus simpsonii
Gymnocalycium sp?
From the High Desert Steppe
of the Great Basin and foot hills
of the Sierra Nevada Range
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sierrarainshadow/
sierrarainshadow
of the Great Basin and foot hills
of the Sierra Nevada Range
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sierrarainshadow/
sierrarainshadow
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Kevin
I am in the Sunset magazine zone 2b and USDA zone 7a. Around the inter-mountain west a lot depends on elevation when you talk about zones. Seven miles west of my location the elevations increase dramatically. The zones drop off as a result. The zones at 7000+' drop to sunset zone 1a and USDA 5b. As an added note freeze thaw cycles change a lot conpared to the higher elevations. Being in the rain shadow I do not get persistent snow cover or much in the way of yearly perception.
I am in the Sunset magazine zone 2b and USDA zone 7a. Around the inter-mountain west a lot depends on elevation when you talk about zones. Seven miles west of my location the elevations increase dramatically. The zones drop off as a result. The zones at 7000+' drop to sunset zone 1a and USDA 5b. As an added note freeze thaw cycles change a lot conpared to the higher elevations. Being in the rain shadow I do not get persistent snow cover or much in the way of yearly perception.
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From the High Desert Steppe
of the Great Basin and foot hills
of the Sierra Nevada Range
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sierrarainshadow/
sierrarainshadow
of the Great Basin and foot hills
of the Sierra Nevada Range
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sierrarainshadow/
sierrarainshadow
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Chris
It's hardy for me too!! In the right micro climate up close to the south wall of the house. Out twenty feet into the yard it scares badly but never gets to the point of actually dieing. Just hangs on looking mange. So I moved it two years ago now it's happy.
It's hardy for me too!! In the right micro climate up close to the south wall of the house. Out twenty feet into the yard it scares badly but never gets to the point of actually dieing. Just hangs on looking mange. So I moved it two years ago now it's happy.
From the High Desert Steppe
of the Great Basin and foot hills
of the Sierra Nevada Range
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sierrarainshadow/
sierrarainshadow
of the Great Basin and foot hills
of the Sierra Nevada Range
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sierrarainshadow/
sierrarainshadow
- John P Weiser
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Here is that shot you wanted.CoronaCactus wrote: Happen to have a body pic of your suspected Gymno sp. John?
From the High Desert Steppe
of the Great Basin and foot hills
of the Sierra Nevada Range
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sierrarainshadow/
sierrarainshadow
of the Great Basin and foot hills
of the Sierra Nevada Range
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sierrarainshadow/
sierrarainshadow