Desert 'Alpines'

Agave polianthiflora, first. Then A. toumeyana var. toumeyana.

Bob

A supposedly hardy form of Ferocactus hamatacanthus. It's still alive today, anyway.

Bob

Oaks from acorns collected by Allan Taylor. These are some of the ones that were grown on as plants at Timberline Nursery in Arvada, Colo.
First is Quercus vaccinifolia collected on Scott Peak in (I guess) the Siskiyous.
Second was labeled "unknown quercus" (a label like that, and it's mine ....). It's clearly Q. vaccinifolia crossed with Q. chrysolepis.
Next two are Q. undulata x Q. arizonica.

Bob

An extra-silvery form of Atriplex confertifolia.
Came from Chelsea Nursery in Grand Junction.

Bob

Just wondering if anyone is interested in Opuntia polyacantha and all it's many derivations and forms.

Wrightman lists Dudleya cymosa; and I think I saw a listing for a "hardy" Dudleya in a forgotten western USA nursery catalog. I'm curious if anyone is growing this in the NE -- other than in the bananna belts around the great lakes?

Charles Swanson MA USA Z 6A +/-

I have different varieties of semi-cold hardy cacti in my new garden:

Some of the plants I have are the following:
Mammillaria nejapensis
Orocereus trollii
Espostoa melanostele
Notocactus magnificus
Notocactus leninghausii
Opuntia subulata
Mammillaria mystax
Mammillaria hahniana

I bought them because the tag said "hardy to 20F"... however, I believe these plants need to be protected from frost anyway... (if by frost we mean below 32F!)

One of the best alpines. ;)
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Here we go! We finally started to tackle the rock garden project! This is the house we bought... until recently we had to stripe off the paint with a sander from all the panels on the front side of the house, and it really wore us out. As you can see, the striping is not completely finished, but we finally decided we would hire somebody to do the final sanding, this requiring a more professional hand...

Hi all,

I am a new member of NARGS and I am so happy to know about this organization. I have always been interested in rock gardens, and now I am gonna be able to make my dream come true because me and my partner finally have our own house in Dallas TX! I will build a 12-cubic-yard berm with mossy sandstones on my south-facing front yard. The berm height will range from the grade level (where I will plant more water-needing plants) to about 24-30 inches at the very top of my "hill."