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Re: A teeny tiny treasure for the dry rock garden.
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March 03, 2012, 05:48:06 PM »
Your Escobaria leei blends into the light colored gravel very well indeed. It should bloom when the temperatures start to hit the nineties. At least that's when mine start to bloom. They will have tiny pink blossoms.
I have tried Escobaria minima several times it does not survive outdoors for me. I get down into the single digits at least once or twice a winter. They are adorable little creatures.
The Escobaria vivipara group are a hardy bunch well worth growing.
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John, I hope that E. organensis that I sent you survives there. It is very closely related to the E. sneedii plants.
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Andi
I checked it today so far so good!!
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Quote from: Manfroni on March 03, 2012, 11:21:43 AM
Wow, it looks amazing! I find it strange that they die that fast! I think it rained quite a lot this winter and mine are still doing fine...
I think it died in the wet winter here because it was under a foot of snow for over a month and was below 0F a few times.
I think your winters are much warmer than mine. I was surprised that it lived through a few winters (covered) here...like maybe two winters.
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Escobaria sneedii and the subspecies leeri both survive outside here in central Denmark. temps to minus 24C and both cold and rain. Obviously they are places in a sheltered place with lots of drainage and all the sun we have when we have it. But they are among the more hardy coldhardy cacti. Trond, I have extras...
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Quote from: Martin Tversted on March 06, 2012, 12:28:43 AM
Escobaria sneedii and the subspecies leeri both survive outside here in central Denmark. temps to minus 24C and both cold and rain. Obviously they are places in a sheltered place with lots of drainage and all the sun we have when we have it. But they are among the more hardy coldhardy cacti. Trond, I have extras...
Martin
BTW the succulents I got from you seem to have survived so far!
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Rogaland, Norway - with cool, often rainy summers (29C max) and mild, often rainy winters (180 cm/year)!
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Great species! Esp love the salmony flower colours... Really doubt any of these would be hardy here, maybe for the indoor collection sometime..
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west central alberta, canada; just under 1000m; record temps:min -45C/-49F;max 34C/93F;
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