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Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 6:10 pm
by daiv
Well done garden! Very tasteful layout and incredible plants. The E. polycephalus really got my attention as well. I like the rock-work too. Strange, yet natural-looking - fitting for a cactus garden.
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 6:16 pm
by Tony
Sorry about all the pics?
Are you kidding? We want more!
Wow great garden!
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 7:20 pm
by DesertZone
iann wrote: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 want to take a chance.
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 7:21 pm
by DesertZone
Thanks for all the nice comments.
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 7:29 pm
by DesertZone
here is some older pics
A barrel I had for a few years, pays to keep the snow off them
Rotted right were the snow ways one the one side.
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 2:27 am
by DesertZone
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 2:34 am
by Tony
Nice! I like the mix.
To bad about the echinocactus.
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 3:46 pm
by CoronaCactus
Beautiful garden!
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 6:00 pm
by DesertZone
Thanks for the nice coments.
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 7:15 pm
by peterb
Great garden, fantastic plants and wonderful pictures. Great job keeping the polycephalus going in your area! Just curious on your source for plants. I used to work at High Country Gardens and some of your plants look familiar.
I especially also appreciate the Echinocereus X roetteri.
keep those pics comin!
peterb
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 11:37 pm
by DesertZone
peterb wrote:Great garden, fantastic plants and wonderful pictures. Great job keeping the polycephalus going in your area! Just curious on your source for plants. I used to work at High Country Gardens and some of your plants look familiar.
I especially also appreciate the Echinocereus X roetteri.
keep those pics comin!
peterb
Yes, some have come from H.C.G. like the Echinocereus X roetteri, other like the polycephalus was from a salvage sale from southern Nevada. And a few like all the y.brevifolia and most of the other yuccas I have grown from seeds.
Oh and I can't forget about the plants I get from LaMar (plantasia cactus gardens).
The polycephalus are very hardy from the Northern part of their range, but need to be kept very dry in the winter/very good drainage. If we did not get all this snow in the winter here I bet it would be fine without the plastic cover in the winter. All it has is a thin sheet of plastic protecting it and it has been through 3 winter with below zero weather, but so did my ferocactus as long as it was covered.
P.S. I know most people here know about good drainage and to keep plants dry in winter.