The Moonlight Garden - Cacti and Succulents
Of the night blooming cacti and succulents, the night blooming cereus is the best known. However, there are others as well. These are especially suitable for moonlight gardens. Moonlight gardens featuring cacti and succulents offer interest from ... [... more]
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Some Native Perennial Succulents of Europe - Cacti and ...
Our gardens are graced with many kinds of succulents that were originally native to Europe. These include familiar stonecrops as well as houseleeks. Also called hen-and-chicks, all of these European perennial species are noted for their fleshy ... [... more]
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Cacti as House Plants - Cacti and Succulents
Cacti, which are among the most beautiful of plants even when they aren't in bloom, are perfect for containers. These plants thrive year-round in many homes and apartments. Thriving on neglect, they typically love warm temperatures. When grown as ... [... more]
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Night Blooming Cereus - Cacti and Succulents
The night-blooming cereus is a cactus native to Mexico. In addition, it also grows in some of the Caribbean islands in both dry and moist places, such as the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Dominican Republic. Well suited for indoor or outdoor ... [... more]
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Some Unusual Opuntias - Cacti and Succulents
While the typical opuntias are considered to be prickly pears with jointed pads, there are some unusual looking species that are quite unlike the others. Native to Central and South America, Eve's pin cactus can eventually become quite bushy or ... [... more]
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More Succulents for Indoor Light Gardens - Cacti and ...
Last week we looked at a few small succulents that are suitable for indoor light gardens. Here are some more that work very well under such conditions. Related to the commonly grown wax plant, this vine is small enough to grow in light gardens. ... [... more]
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Succulents for Light Gardens - Cacti and Succulents
When you don't have enough windows to provide your indoor succulents with proper lighting, the solution is to create an artificially lit garden. For such indoor light gardens, there are a number of suitable low growing succulent species. These ... [... more]
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Bishop's Cap Cactus - Cacti and Succulents
If you're looking for some small cacti with unusual shapes and forms, the bishop's caps are just the thing. Also known as the star cactus, there are several species in this group. These are native to Southwestern U.S., and Mexico. Blooming in ... [... more]
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Pin Cushion Cactus - Cacti and Succulents
If you're looking for some small cactus for indoors as houseplants or outdoors in container gardens, the pin cushion cactus are worthy of attention. Also known as warty cactus, these are members of the Mammillaria genus. There is any number of ... [... more]
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Some Shrubby or Tree-Like Cacti - Cacti and Succulents
The growth habits of cacti vary greatly from low growing pin-cushion types to some columnar ones that are almost shrubby or tree-like. Here are some of the latter. Native to Mexico, this columnar cactus grows to about 13 feet or so in height. ... [... more]
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Succulents with Scale-Like Leaves - Cacti and Succulents
In some succulents, the foliage is so reduced in size that it is scale or needle-like. For certain succulents, the growth can be described in t his way. Let's look at some of these succulent species. It turns out that this lovely plant may in ... [... more]
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A Perfect Winter Plant - Cacti and Succulents
Though Christmas cactus is commonly available during the winter months, we don't often hear much about hen-and-chicks, a winter-flowering Echeveria species. Typically, Echeveria gibbiflora typically blooms around Christmas time. For that reason, ... [... more]
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