The Sierra High Desert Garden

John P Weiser · Post by **John P Weiser** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 2:41 am

The first of my many pets to burst into bloom!!

Pediocactus simpsonii

Post by **CoronaCactus** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 2:51 am

Awesome start!
TFS

Peterthecactusguy · Post by **Peterthecactusguy** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 2:53 am

John,
makes the winter worth going through huh?

Andy_CT · Post by **Andy_CT** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 10:22 am

The first of about 100

I predict this thread will be real busy soon.

RayC · Post by **RayC** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 11:29 am

Andy_CT wrote:The first of about 100

I predict this thread will be real busy soon.

Me to

Post by **daiv** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 5:26 pm

I notice your plant's flowers have especially large centers on them compared to the ones that grow here in MN.

http://www.cactiguide.com/cactus/?genus ... =simpsonii

John P Weiser · Post by **John P Weiser** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 7:17 pm

Thank you all!!
Yes things are ramping up. If we could keep a week or two of warmer weather, say fifties or sixties, we would be in the gravy. As they say.

ihc6480 · Post by **ihc6480** » Fri Apr 09, 2010 12:48 am

Off to a great start there John

Peterthecactusguy · Post by **Peterthecactusguy** » Fri Apr 09, 2010 1:04 am

John, its nice to see that your plants are starting to wake up!

Tom2643 · Post by **Tom2643** » Fri Apr 09, 2010 1:05 am

Sweet! I wish I could grow Pediocactus but it just melts for me.

John P Weiser · Post by **John P Weiser** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 6:04 pm

Some snaps of early spring high desert natives blooming in the garden.
This is a cute little High alpine, mat forming, Phlox not sure if the ID the flowers are 1/4 inch across. cacti partners are Escobaria vivipara v. vivipara and Grusonia stanleyi v. kunzei

This is a taller creeping Phox. Phlox stansburyi it's partner is Opuntia polyacantha aff. nicholii

Lewisia cotyledon hybrid. Spines in lower left are from Corypatha macromeris

Allium parvum with Pediocactus simpsonii and Opuntia phaeacantha pads peeking into the shot.

Viola beckwithii and companions Opuntia phaeacantha engelmannii and Echinocereus triglochidiatus peeking in at the bottom.

These next three are of a great little mat forming desert pea, Astragalus purshii. Companion in the backgound of the first picture is a young start of Echinocereus mojavensis

Astragalus purshii, Left side Echinocereus reichenbachii ssp. caespitosus var. minor. center Echinocereus mojavensis. background Opuntia polyacantha erinacea/ursina

Harriet · Post by **Harriet** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 6:34 pm

Wow, thanks!

John P Weiser · Post by **John P Weiser** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 7:25 pm

Here we have an alpine daisy Erigeron compositus.

With Yucca harrimaniae var. gilbertiana

With Yucca angustissima ssp. kanabensis top, Pediocactus simpsonii center right, Escobaria missouriensis (northern great plains form) left

With Opuntia polyacantha hybrid "Red Gem"

With Cylindropuntia echinocarpa and Opuntia polyacantha "Rutila" left.

With Agave Utahensis background.

Andy_CT · Post by **Andy_CT** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 10:35 pm

Nice shots showing the ranges of plants in you garden. Excellent!!

btw 'Rutila' should be part of that newer species O. debreczyi

Peterthecactusguy · Post by **Peterthecactusguy** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 11:48 pm

Wow John, your garden looks nice, even if its just waking up. Your flowers are cool. I like the Phlox my mom had some when I was living in PA that came up every year and probably dwarf your dwarf plants.

They are pretty cool. I actually have a book about western gardening that mentioned those Phlox, I think they were for lower zone numbers then mine. I am pretty much in zone 9 or maybe its 8 I cant remember anymore!