your arid beds
Re: your arid beds
The Opuntia is a Phaecantha and tough as old boots. You can see the fruit resulting from last years flowers. A mean looking plant with a softer side.
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Re: your arid beds
That's a brilliant arid bed, I have some Opuntia to go in mine when I do it later this spring. Whats underneath the gravel on the top? Soil or a mixture of things?TonyJ wrote:The Opuntia is a Phaecantha and tough as old boots. You can see the fruit resulting from last years flowers. A mean looking plant with a softer side.
Re: your arid beds
I'm an absolute Yucca fan and keep a good stock of Arids. Here's my main border
In the pic are Yuccas Rigida, Rostrata, Queretaroensis, Linearifolia x 3,Thompsoniana, Pallida, Dasylirion Miqihuanensis, Serratifolia, Nolina La siberica, Nelsonii and Parviflora and a few Agaves. I have many more around the garden I also have four species of Beschorneria which thankfully are all still alive. The Aloe Polyphylla on the extreme right/front suffered a little wet damage from roof splashback otherwise all ok.Re: your arid beds
Great photo Tony? Optunia looks very nice but I wouldn't trust some of my cats to not stand on it and me end up with a vet bill my ginger cat stood on something spikey last year and had to stay on house arrest for three week. He was not happy at all and even though I work at a vets, the bill was still relatively high because he had to have X-rays..
Re: your arid beds
Agreed. Opuntia is deceptively prickley plant. Don't get fooled by the large spines as they usually have little brown almost hairy spines which truly get under your skin and are a devil to remove.