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by **daiv** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 6:10 pm

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.

by **Tony** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 6:16 pm

Sorry about all the pics?

Are you kidding? We want more!

Wow great garden!

by **DesertZone** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 7:20 pm

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.

by **DesertZone** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 7:21 pm

Thanks for all the nice comments.

by **DesertZone** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 7:29 pm

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.

by **DesertZone** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 2:27 am

just a couple more

no longer with me :cry:

by **Tony** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 2:34 am

Nice! I like the mix.

To bad about the echinocactus.

by **CoronaCactus** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 3:46 pm

Beautiful garden!

by **DesertZone** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 6:00 pm

Thanks for the nice coments.

by **peterb** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 7:15 pm

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

by **DesertZone** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 11:37 pm

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. :lol:

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