Plantasia cactus gardens

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 6:06 pm

I just found out my friend has a web site for his cactus gardens.

http://www.plantasiacactusgardens.com/P ... garden.php

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Tue Jan 26, 2010 10:33 am

That's a great sight,I love the claret cup bed.

Post by **Jay-Admin** » Tue Jan 26, 2010 3:50 pm

Nice Aaron, I still have a hundred pics or so I took when we visited his place.
I should probably post them someday.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Tue Jan 26, 2010 4:17 pm

Jay-Admin wrote:Nice Aaron, I still have a hundred pics or so I took when we visited his place.
I should probably post them someday.

I seen it last year in bloom and it was a very awesome site to see.

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Tue Jan 26, 2010 5:47 pm

I will need to replace several barrels after this year.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Tue Jan 26, 2010 7:25 pm

hardyjim wrote:I will need to replace several barrels after this year.

Been mild here but I also lost a few things including at least one barrel(ferro)cactus.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Jan 26, 2010 9:20 pm

Your friend's done a superb job.
Must be wonderful to look out the window at that scene every day.

That claret cup bed is breathtaking!

Nice to see Thompson yuccas in bloom.

Great diversity.
Barb

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 12:57 pm

DesertZone wrote:
hardyjim wrote:I will need to replace several barrels after this year.
Been mild here but I also lost a few things including at least one barrel(ferro)cactus.

I think mine is a goner to,it is pretty mushy at this point but still green.
I am hoping it is just from water shedding but I think it is worse.
To bad,it has some of my favorite flowers,I will definitely replace it if need be!

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 2:18 pm

Jim mushy may not be the end.

My indoor echeveria, when planted out into the blazing sun of summer (without any shade cloth), within a day turned mushy and brown and smelled awful.
Figured it was gone.
Was told to leave it, don't cut brown away.

Within a couple of weeks, it shed the brown leaves and pushed new segments.

I don't know about cactus, but it's worth waiting to see.
Barb

PS--here's some of MY cactus on the back of our property

The dog hates this stuff, but always seems to find it!

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 7:15 pm

Yea Barb,I am leaving them until they are for the really dead,dead.

Whats the lighter for?
Are you one of those people who likes taking pictures of toilets,lighters,etc?

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 8:16 pm

It's for s-c-a-l-e

Just a habit thing from snapping pics of rocks re geology.
Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 8:50 pm

Wow. Thats some small opuntia.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 9:27 pm

small opuntia.

Aaron, they'd grow if the dog would quit stepping on 'em

Barb

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 11:58 am

Yea that's small

I know Barb,I was just messing wit cha

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lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 7:59 pm

I know there are a lot of Opuntia lovers here, but I hope mine disappear...forever.

Bring a shovel (and boots).

Note to Jim: it's w-i-n-t-e-r, everybody's bored

Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Tue May 28, 2013 9:39 pm

May 2013
http://unkowndestination.blogspot.com/2 ... tasia.html

Post by **Jay-Admin** » Tue May 28, 2013 10:13 pm

Wow! That place still looks awesome.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Wed May 29, 2013 10:52 am

Great desert garden, wow.

There'd be some microclimate too, with the larger shrubs at the perimeter.
Beautiful.

Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Wed May 29, 2013 5:26 pm

lucky1 wrote:There'd be some microclimate too, with the larger shrubs at the perimeter.

Barb

Good eye! He planted the wind break as a microclimate.

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Thu May 30, 2013 7:58 pm

it's amazing what they are growing! Keep the photos coming.