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

1. Xeric garden forming: a lot of sun and even more rock…

2007:100 t limestone

used!

furtherconstruction of

succulent beds….

Thus throughtime a xeric

garden forms…

…growing and flowering!

Beautiful variationen of

houseleeksSempervivum sp.

2. Crassulaceae (Sempervivum, Sedum, Chiastophyllum, Hylotelephium, Crassula…)

Origin fromSwitzerland:

<< SempervivumWulfenii

< Sempervivumbarbulatum

Also a Swiss succulent:

Sedum dasyphyllum

The tall growing

Sedum sediforme

from southern Europe with

denseflowerheads

Endemic in theKaukasus:

Chiastophyllumoppositifolium

useful for shadyplaces!

From easternAsia:

Hylotelephiumtatarinowii

Sedum palmeri

from Mexico

The unusualmexican

Sedum booleanum

Even somemexican

Graptopetalumand Graptosedum

survive Central European winters when planted in a

sheltered place

Crassulasarcocaulis

From Soth Africaforms a small„bonsai-tree“

Lewisiacolumbiana

fromNorth America

3. Portulacaceae (Lewisia, Talinum…)

Talinum calycinus

fromNorth America

Most impressiveamong hardy

Agave and fast growing :

Agave ovatifolia

4. Monocots (Agave, Yucca, Hesperaloe, Dasylirion, Nolina …)

Also astonishinglyfrost- and humidity-resistent:

Agave bracteosa

Agave parryi

Is well hardy but growing

dreadfully slow

Agave parryivar. couesii

2003: Flowering after

18 years

< anotherflowering plant in

2013

<< seed and fruitcapules

Interesting, but small and not very showy:

Nolina texana

More impressive:

Dasiliriontexanum

Hesperaloeparviflora

Is flowering fromjune throughseptember

Yucca gloriosa‚Nobilis‘

Yucca gloriosa‚variegata‘

A hybrid

Yucca filamentosax reverchonii

astonishinglyhardy:

<< Yucca treculeana

< Yucca rostrata

for years withoutoverheadprotection

Fast growing and forming stems:

<< Yucca aloifolia

< Yucca recurvifolia

Almostindestructible:

Opuntiacamanchica

5. Cacti (Opuntia, Cylindropuntia…)

Opuntiaengelmanni

with attractivefruit

Opuntiamacrocentra

One of the tallesthardy cacti:

Cylindropuntiaimbricata

<< Cylindropuntiakleiniae

< the hybridCylindropuntia

kleiniae xleptocaulis

Cylindropuntiawhipplei

<< flowering

< the selection‚Snow Leopard‘

Flowering early in the year:

Echinocereusviridfiflorus

6. Cacti (Echinocereus, Escobaria, Gymnocalycium, Austrocactus…)

Echinocereustriglochidiatus -

hybrid

Echinocereuspolyacanthus -

hybrid

Echinocereuscaespitosus

Growing betterin a somewhat

protected place:

Escobaria vivipara

A very robust plant from South

America:

Gymnocalyciumandreae

Also from South America, but

somewhatdelicate:

Austrocactus sp.

Freely floweringin pink:

Delosperma sp. ‚Kelaidis‘

7. South-African Mesembs

Delosperma sp.

from Lesotho

„The cloud-born“

Delospermanubigenum

From themountains of

Lesotho

Unfortunatelya bit delicate:

Delosperma dyeri

Delosperma sp.

out of the forms„Jewel of Desert“

Pretty but short-lived, often self-

sowing

Mesemb in theafternoon:

Bergeranthus sp.

Mesemb at night:

Stomatium sp.

I hope there were somehelpful suggestions for youand however you might haveenjoyed the pictures, thanks!

Thomas Bolliger © 2020