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Agave parryivar. couesii
(2004)
< Yuccagloriosa
<< Opuntiaphaeacantha
Hardy Cacti and other Succulents
A short walk around a xeric garden, 100 m above lake Zurich, Switzerland(525 m above sea level)
all plants presented here are grown in the ground, mostly without further protection, but some are planted in a very shelteredposition; they are perennial plants
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Thomas Bolliger © 2020
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1. Xeric garden forming: a lot of sun and even more rock…
2007:100 t limestone
used!
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furtherconstruction of
succulent beds….
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Thus throughtime a xeric
garden forms…
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…growing and flowering!
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Beautiful variationen of
houseleeksSempervivum sp.
2. Crassulaceae (Sempervivum, Sedum, Chiastophyllum, Hylotelephium, Crassula…)
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Origin fromSwitzerland:
<< SempervivumWulfenii
< Sempervivumbarbulatum
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Also a Swiss succulent:
Sedum dasyphyllum
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The tall growing
Sedum sediforme
from southern Europe with
denseflowerheads
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Endemic in theKaukasus:
Chiastophyllumoppositifolium
useful for shadyplaces!
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From easternAsia:
Hylotelephiumtatarinowii
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Sedum palmeri
from Mexico
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The unusualmexican
Sedum booleanum
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Even somemexican
Graptopetalumand Graptosedum
survive Central European winters when planted in a
sheltered place
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Crassulasarcocaulis
From Soth Africaforms a small„bonsai-tree“
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Lewisiacolumbiana
fromNorth America
3. Portulacaceae (Lewisia, Talinum…)
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Talinum calycinus
fromNorth America
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Most impressiveamong hardy
Agave and fast growing :
Agave ovatifolia
4. Monocots (Agave, Yucca, Hesperaloe, Dasylirion, Nolina …)
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Also astonishinglyfrost- and humidity-resistent:
Agave bracteosa
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Agave parryi
Is well hardy but growing
dreadfully slow
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Agave parryivar. couesii
2003: Flowering after
18 years
< anotherflowering plant in
2013
<< seed and fruitcapules
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Interesting, but small and not very showy:
Nolina texana
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More impressive:
Dasiliriontexanum
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Hesperaloeparviflora
Is flowering fromjune throughseptember
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Yucca gloriosa‚Nobilis‘
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Yucca gloriosa‚variegata‘
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A hybrid
Yucca filamentosax reverchonii
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astonishinglyhardy:
<< Yucca treculeana
< Yucca rostrata
for years withoutoverheadprotection
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Fast growing and forming stems:
<< Yucca aloifolia
< Yucca recurvifolia
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Almostindestructible:
Opuntiacamanchica
5. Cacti (Opuntia, Cylindropuntia…)
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Opuntiaengelmanni
with attractivefruit
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Opuntiamacrocentra
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One of the tallesthardy cacti:
Cylindropuntiaimbricata
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<< Cylindropuntiakleiniae
< the hybridCylindropuntia
kleiniae xleptocaulis
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Cylindropuntiawhipplei
<< flowering
< the selection‚Snow Leopard‘
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Flowering early in the year:
Echinocereusviridfiflorus
6. Cacti (Echinocereus, Escobaria, Gymnocalycium, Austrocactus…)
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Echinocereustriglochidiatus -
hybrid
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Echinocereuspolyacanthus -
hybrid
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Echinocereuscaespitosus
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Growing betterin a somewhat
protected place:
Escobaria vivipara
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A very robust plant from South
America:
Gymnocalyciumandreae
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Also from South America, but
somewhatdelicate:
Austrocactus sp.
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Freely floweringin pink:
Delosperma sp. ‚Kelaidis‘
7. South-African Mesembs
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Delosperma sp.
from Lesotho
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„The cloud-born“
Delospermanubigenum
From themountains of
Lesotho
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Unfortunatelya bit delicate:
Delosperma dyeri
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Delosperma sp.
out of the forms„Jewel of Desert“
Pretty but short-lived, often self-
sowing
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Mesemb in theafternoon:
Bergeranthus sp.
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Mesemb at night:
Stomatium sp.
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I hope there were somehelpful suggestions for youand however you might haveenjoyed the pictures, thanks!
Thomas Bolliger © 2020