John C's 2011 Outdoor Cactus Topic
Come down south/west and start your cactus garden! I can imagine you could still grow some cacti there. Some opuntias for sure probably Escobaria missouriensis as well. There has to be a few others as well depending on how cold you would just need to give the plants good drainage.
John In Fort Worth, Texas
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Here comes the real show! They just started opening.
Echinocereus coccineus
I will do a full update of the garden soon.
Echinocereus coccineus
I will do a full update of the garden soon.
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Arjen, they might, some of them live up north of me where it gets pretty cold/snowy. If you want a better description of what the hardiness is of them read the Surviving Flowering Cacti 2011 thread that Harald started. PeterB, Harald and me posted about their hardiness!
Here's to you, all you insidious creatures of green..er I mean cacti.
After a long spell of me missing from Cacti Guide, I am back! With lots of pictures!
Here is a collection of pictures that show some of the spectacular flowers of the spring and summer so far.
Escobaria missouriensis Sadly after flowering and putting on a great show one of the two E. missoriensis just decided to die. I don't know what caused it. After being out of town for a couple weeks I came back and found it dead.
Bluebonnets
Echinocereus coccineus
What a show this was!
My other coccineus
Echinocereus reichenbachii
Both
Everything seems to come in waves, and they nearly always seem to be color coordinated.
Native Opuntia sp.
Echinocereus dasyacanthus
Cylindropuntia imbricata
Escobaria vivipara
Coryphantha sulcata
And finally my Echinocactus horizonthalonius
This plant has flowered at least 3 times this year. And stays open for 2 days. This plant has really blown me away. No picture can show just how BRIGHT PINK that flower is!
Things have settled down now so I should be able to get on more often and post updates more frequently, but the flowers have also settled down. Now everything is just growing. I'll post an update of my greenhouse plants soon.
Here is a collection of pictures that show some of the spectacular flowers of the spring and summer so far.
Escobaria missouriensis Sadly after flowering and putting on a great show one of the two E. missoriensis just decided to die. I don't know what caused it. After being out of town for a couple weeks I came back and found it dead.
Bluebonnets
Echinocereus coccineus
What a show this was!
My other coccineus
Echinocereus reichenbachii
Both
Everything seems to come in waves, and they nearly always seem to be color coordinated.
Native Opuntia sp.
Echinocereus dasyacanthus
Cylindropuntia imbricata
Escobaria vivipara
Coryphantha sulcata
And finally my Echinocactus horizonthalonius
This plant has flowered at least 3 times this year. And stays open for 2 days. This plant has really blown me away. No picture can show just how BRIGHT PINK that flower is!
Things have settled down now so I should be able to get on more often and post updates more frequently, but the flowers have also settled down. Now everything is just growing. I'll post an update of my greenhouse plants soon.
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Great garden .
I am suprised at the size of your Cylindropunia imbricata in bloom. Mine always take four or five years of growth before they start to bloom. Wish they would mature a little faster for me. It's like watching paint dry.
I think the Ecobaria vivipara might be variety arizonica. Very nice!
The Coryphantha sulcata and Echinocactus horizonthalonius are two I will admire from afar, I'm sad to say.
When you say "Texas sage" are you referring to Leucophyllum frutescens. This is a shrub I have been thinking about trying. It may be marginally hardy for me. What winter temps do you think it will stand?
I am suprised at the size of your Cylindropunia imbricata in bloom. Mine always take four or five years of growth before they start to bloom. Wish they would mature a little faster for me. It's like watching paint dry.
I think the Ecobaria vivipara might be variety arizonica. Very nice!
The Coryphantha sulcata and Echinocactus horizonthalonius are two I will admire from afar, I'm sad to say.
When you say "Texas sage" are you referring to Leucophyllum frutescens. This is a shrub I have been thinking about trying. It may be marginally hardy for me. What winter temps do you think it will stand?
From the High Desert Steppe
of the Great Basin and foot hills
of the Sierra Nevada Range
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sierrarainshadow/
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of the Great Basin and foot hills
of the Sierra Nevada Range
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sierrarainshadow/
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