Winter Hardy Cacti

The Danish winter has been warm and damp this year with almost no snow nor frost. All this changed last week. A couple of days after the ver...

Back in 2004 I ordered a batch of plants from Uhlig-Kakteen in Germany including two Opuntia tortispina (DJF 1139; west Albuquerque, New M...

As mentioned in the previous post the last month has been extremely wet in Denmark. Some of my plants seem to thrive in the humid environme...

Usually my Opuntias are displaying a wealth of flowers at this time of year, but it’s been raining for weeks now in Denmark, holding the fl...

Last year I didn’t experience a single of the many flowers set by my Opuntia polyacantha . Fortunately a visit to my summerhouse (where my w...

Many of my Opuntia plants are flowering early this year including one of my favorites, Opuntia fragilis (Butte Co, Nebraska) with beautifu...

My Rhodiola rosea plants are coming out of winter in great shape. A couple of years ago I collected a handful of rhizomes from habitat in G...

I spent my Easter vacation in NYC and of course had to visit the New York Botanical Garden while in the neighborhood. The Easter weather wa...

The plants in the coldhouse were watered for the first time this season a couple of days ago. They have been kept abstinent from water since...

As mentioned in yesterdays Delosperma post , this winter has been extremely wet in Denmark but not very cold. All of my cacti, growing in u...

Well past the autumnal equinox the cacti are displaying a range of beautiful colors as they get ready for winter. Cylindropuntia whipplei Cy...

A handful of my winter hardy Opuntias flowered this summer. In separate posts you’ll find details on O. humifusa , O. ‘Claude Arno’ , and ...

This summer my Opuntia humifusa set out on a flowering spree with loads of yellow flowers. Flowering Opuntia humifusa Initially the pure p...

Opuntia ‘Claude Arno’ did it again – like last year it displayed a wealth of pink flowers this summer . Flowering Opuntia ‘Claude Arno’ Th...

With its dark green pads and reddish-brown spines the Opuntia fragilis (Butte Co, Nebraska) plant is beautiful in itself, but the yellow fl...

After a couple of weeks of almost summer-like temperatures in Denmark the Opuntia species growing in my unprotected bed has resumed growth. ...