A High Desert Garden

Discuss hardy cacti grown outside all year.
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Arjen
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remarkable flowers! you must be a skillful gardener
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mind ‘cactus taxonomy is the pursuit of the impossible by the incompetent’ - Fearn & Pearcy, Rebutia (1981)
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Thank you all for you your kind, undeserved compliments. The Plants do all the work. I mostly stand back, stay out of the way, and watch as they do their thing.
From the High Desert Steppe
of the Great Basin and foot hills
of the Sierra Nevada Range
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So lush :shock:
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Post by Peterthecactusguy »

John beautiful :)
Lotsa neat plants other then cacti, and beautiful cacti as well. :) If one of your Grusonia ever falls off let me know :) I wanna try growing some :)
Here's to you, all you insidious creatures of green..er I mean cacti.
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John P thanks for all those beautiful outdoor pictures. Your arrangements are highly ornamental!
As peterb said it makes one want to grow some of those .... in case the climate outside fits the plants. :roll:
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A little up date. Things, as most of you know are cool and slow but, it makes the show last longer that way. :D

Echinocereus viridiflorus
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Echinocereus reichenbachii ssp. albispinus
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Echinocereus bonkerae
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Echinocereus viridiflorus ssp. cylindricus
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Here are a couple of western onions that do very well in a dry desert garden. they are low growing spring flowers that go dormant in the summer.
Allium anceps
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Allium lemmonii
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Don't forget the desert annuals.
Gilia capitata
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Phacellia humilis
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Nama aretioides
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Nemophila maculata
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Layia platyglossa
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Layia platyglossa
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I've got the blues :? :( :crybaby:








Gentiana acaulis :wink: 8)
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Well I'll end for now. Back at you guys soon. :D
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of the Sierra Nevada Range
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Absolutely lovely!
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very beautiful!
With apologies to the late Professor C. D. Darlington the following misquotation springs to
mind ‘cactus taxonomy is the pursuit of the impossible by the incompetent’ - Fearn & Pearcy, Rebutia (1981)
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I always look forward to seeing your garden every year, beautiful as usual =D> =D>
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Awesome! :)
Forget the dog...Beware of the plants!!!

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Just the start guys! Hold on to your seats!!! 8)

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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
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Amazing you keep finding room for more!
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So nice!
All Cacti are succulents, but not all succulents are Cacti
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Thought it was about time to post a few general shots of my garden. The late cool spring weather has slowed development but the flowers are lasting a lot longer.

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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
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Your garden is one of my favorites, it is one of several gardens that have inspired me to try a version here.

Trouble is that your companion plants are beautiful, mine look like (and in many cases are) weeds. I have a long way to go.
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