Desert 'Alpines'
a forum for hardy 'rock garden' cactus/succulents & xeric desert plants
mesembs at DBG
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
Titanopsis, etc.
Titanopsis calcarea showing its first flower. Picture taken 10-24-14.
Bob
Best Rock Garden Nurseries In Reno, Nevada?
At the end of this week my wife and I will be headed to San Francisco through Reno, Nevada. We'll be spending one evening / morning in Reno. Anyone know of the best rock garden nurseries in Reno?
Thanks for any info!
soil for hardy cacti
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?
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).
Rancho San Diego in spring, 2013
I spent a couple of weeks with my sister, who lives about 10 miles due east from San Diego. She has 2.5 acres, mostly in fruit trees, but the back portion of her property is left wild. Here are a few photos of the wildflowers, just beginning to bloom.
I'm sorry I don't know the species names for most.
Yucca baccata
Yucca baccata and other yuccas in snow pics.
http://unkowndestination.blogspot.com/2012/12/snow-for-christmas-and-start-of-snow.html