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Sep 13, 2006 2:22 pm
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Hi, A bit off topic...sorry for that, but, Just wanted to push for the big celebration of Carl von Linné (Linnaeus) - 300 years, in 2007. There will be lots...
Nice photos Patrick, Your pink Rosebud,Rutilan,arenaria,fussen, utahensis O frag Smorblomst and and Orange Nebraska are all very unique plants. Nice Puna...
Thank you Peter for your kind comments! Any Linnaeus celebrations in Canada next year? Perhaps in the US? Kindly/Patrik Flank, Stockholm (Upplands Väsby),...
Hello Group, I wanted to join this group to learn more about hardy cactus that can grow in my area. I live in western Washington, USA. USDA zone 7a. We get...
Hi Jake, Welcome to the group, I am Richard Haller (HallerCactus) I live in eastern Washington (Yakima) and we are lucky if we get 10' of moisture a year but...
Hi! Finally! I have sprouted native yucca! I gathered the seed by the old highway and in two weeks I have yucca. I'm very excited. Donna Matthews Zone 4/5 ... ...
I gather from employees here that Roberto was drunk when injured - this has cost us thousands in increased premiums (not to mention the insurance company many...
Jake, I'm in Poulsbo. In a few weeks I hope to post a gallery of hardy cacti and succulents growing outdoors in our region - I'll make an announcement here....
... this has cost us thousands in increased premiums (not to mention the insurance company many more thousands - which we are now paying back...). I VERY much...
Patrick. They don't celebrate Linnaeus here in Canada however many of us are aware of who he was and how he tried to bring order to the plants in the world....
Hi Peter, Perhaps you could have a "garden happening" in his name next summer?! ;-) No, this summer has not been wet, it has been very dry and warm, at least...
Hello Ian and group, Look forward to seeing the gallery, Ian. One Maihuenia poepigii from came from Rick Lupp at Mt. Tahoma Nursery. He is a alpine nursery,...
This summer while hot has been a wet one here in South Central Ontario Canada. This has caused much root rot with a number of Opuntia fragilis varieties which...
Hi Peter, Just some thoughts based on natural habitats. O. fragilis almost always grows on sand. In the west it is often deep sand, but where it is wet it is...
Thanks for the insight Dave. I originally added the sand because I had noticed them growing on flat land around Sheridan Wyoming and pea gravel dried too fast...
Hi Peter, I have noticed a little rotting in a few of my opuntia fragilis and polyacantha. It has been wet here too, a little south of you (Akron, New York-20...
Hi Jake Nice to know I am not the only one fascinated with Maihuenia. Well mine is from a Heronswood collection but I don't know which one it is. I bought it...
I have two forms of both species. Patagonica needs shelter from rain here in Denmark, the other species do very well in a well ddrained rockery. I use to grow...
I have the Opuntia fragilis from Lake of the Woods, Ontario. There it grows on bald rock outcroppings with very little soil or sand, it grows with moss and...
Thanks for the information Mark. I will definately be blending in more gravel in the future to bring my gravel content above 50%. Perhaps 75% gravel may prove...
Hey! I just joined the Too Cold for Cactus group. I live in Minneapolis, MN and am interesting in any info. about cold hardy cacti and succulents for Zone 4. ...
HI welcome to the group I recomend covering cactus with plastic oct-march as this will keep the wind and water off them. go with raised beds for good water...
Heighty Hoe all, In my Hardiness Zone of 4/5, Maihuenia p. does not over winter. In spring it is just a small ball of mush. I've tried it 4 times in different...
Hey Everyone, I have done a few cactus gardens in Minneapolis before. However, I used mostly the native cactus to Minnesota. I never covered them or gave them...
Jake I have M. poepigii ECEH00011. I also tried to grow it from Chiltern seeds several times, but never got any to sprout. Ian ... private ... collection ... ...
Ryan, We sold an /Opuntia imbricata/ from Colorado that was supposed to be hardy to Zone 4 at the Friends School Plant Sale last spring. But this summer I met...
I have experimented with a number of O imbricata and O viridiflorus. I had one grown from Mesa seed (most northerly imbricata) from Colorado. It didn't make...
Fuer unsere Freunde: Our Cylindropuntia imbricata from Colorado incl. Echinocereus viridiflorus (covered with plastic in wintertime) etc. doing fine in central...
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Sep 28, 2006 6:00 am
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Heighty-hoe all, I cover a certain few of my cacti with plastic. Its about 1 ml plastic. i hold it down with bricks. All it does is protect it from the wet...
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