That's what I was talking abaut. Why keep this for yourself???? Unless you were afraid someon could say: Wouuu! Beautifull! I even think about borrow some ideas. Well, my cactus plots are almost random in design. I do not buy many materials but pick them up here and there. I went up to a guy's hous...

[/attachment] P4280244.JPG Oh, Yeah, I have some photos. My garden is just about 'mature' now. 80% of my front yard is in cacti plots. Last year I went on a planting spree adding grasses and penstermons and Holland bulbs to provide some shade. I also added two more plots, one near a big yucca and on...

I guess I have used 50 different soil mixes for outdoor cacti. The only caution is using too much organics where the plot is in the shade in the winter. It gets cold and wet in Reno area. I use "hotter" (richer) soil than most cactiphiles and I water more too. Sometimes I pay the penalty w...

I have a 4' tall cholla in my front yard. This morning I saw a pair of House Finches building a nest in it. In Arizona the Cactus Wren builds nests in cholla.
Birds have been eyeing this cholla for a few years. The spines do not bother them as they hop from segment to segment.

I usually consider that spring arrives May 1st in my cactus garden. This year it is a full month early. Two days ago one Pediocactus simpsonii put out four flowers. The rest of my cacti are 85% swollen with moisture. I only lost one cactus over the winter. That is a world record for me. It was a cac...

I assume I've had a bad outbreak of mealy bugs.
I sprayed the yard three times and it killed 99.999% of them.
I found these eggs? or mealy bugs? on some dried mud.
Anyone know what these are? (these mud balls are dime sized.)

Andy_CT wrote:Looks great!

This nine year old (6 ft tall)finally bloomed. The flowers open from the center of the stalk then the outside.

I remodled an old garden plot last week. Before. http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/userpix/17_001_14.jpg After: http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/userpix/17_004_9.jpg Notice how the Echin. trig. (Torrance Co NM) has now spread out after removing the boulders. I had to remove this Grusonia pulchella to m...

ian, Can you show a photo of your pediocactus? Here is a photo today of a Gymnocalycium bruchii /Argentina LAVENDER This plant is actually several years old. I moved it this spring to a new location with more shade. It is doing much better. http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/userpix/17_002_13.jpg Ten o...

1. Opuntia fragilis denuda 2. This is a rapidly growing plant in Sparks NV. 3. Grusonia pulechella. This will bloom-out in a few days but I am going to get another heart stent Monday, did not want to wait. This small pad Opuntia is planted in the same space with a Daylilly. I enjoy planting two plan...

The Echinocereus reichenbachii v. perbellus is one cactus with 6 stems. It is about 5 years old. BTW, any photo I post is is free to use. I may have it misnamed. I have another one that I also labled Echinocereus reichenbachii v. perbellus SCARLET, but they are differnt. Sorry, I do not know the nam...

Beautiful, Charles! What is the plant in the first picture? That is either a small pad Opuntia or an Opuntia fragilis. Either Davi or John gave it to me. I have about 8 differnt small pad Opuntias and a couple of larger Opuntias. I know nada about Opuntias. I used to have about 100 but gave them to...

OH! Here is a 'Echinocereus reichenbachii v. perbellus' in bloom today. Thanks to All for the nice vibs.
Charles

I walked outside at noon today to 80F temps and saw that my garden finally bloomed.

Good idea but I can't draw even a line