Desert 'Alpines'

Description

a forum for hardy 'rock garden' cactus/succulents & xeric desert plants

mesembs at DBG

Submitted by penstemon on Sat, 01/24/2015 - 17:33

The miniature crevice garden in the South African Plaza at DBG; pictures taken today.

As you can see, there are some dead plants, mostly Ebracteola wilmaniae and (looks like) Euphorbia clavarioides

 

Berms in Central Texas

Submitted by David Guillet on Wed, 01/07/2015 - 11:10
I am planning the conversion of our backyard, about 4000 sq ft of largely St Augustine, into a grassless landscape of hardscaping and native plants. I’ve been an avid gardener of rock garden plants in the east and in my new garden I want to grow small Xerophytic perennials and dwarf shrubs that can adapt to this dry and droughty environment of Austin. The soil structure I have to work with is one of about 18” of clay over a limestone hard pan (caliche). It’s pretty clear that drainage is going to be an issue in growing the plants I want.

soil for hardy cacti

Submitted by Arie Vanspronsen on Thu, 07/25/2013 - 20:01

 

I'm building a hardy cacti bed, does it matter what kind of gravel I use. Our local rock is lime stone, or should I use pea stone, river rock or granite, mixed with concrete sand and garden soil.  And in which proportions. I'm in Ontario Canada. I'm hoping to plant Echinocereus, Escobaria and some of the smaller Opuntias

Yucca harrimaniae, when does this plant usually bloom?

Submitted by Merlin on Tue, 03/12/2013 - 15:38

I went out this afternoon and took a picture of my Yucca harrimaniae that i grew from some collected seed. The largest plant in the picture is actuall three sprouts. all these come from one plant that came up then branched into three and then started sprouting up all over. I am not much of a devotee of this genus so i dont know much bout them but i looked it up and this plant is now over 12 years old and has yet to bloom---is this normal? I plan to rebuild this part of the garden this spring and i dont think i will be able to dig this thing up and move it(it has a huge underground root).