http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Toocoldforcactus/ The 'Too Cold For Cactus Group' Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:47:22 GMT Allen http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Toocoldforcactus/message/6024 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Toocoldforcactus/message/6024 Hi Joe, I am Allen Hirsh. Aside from the weeds, Peter's description is probably fair. Furthermore, there are two other really fine collections within a mile of Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:36:52 GMT abborean@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Toocoldforcactus/message/6023 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Toocoldforcactus/message/6023 Hey Joe, I'd recommend the Delmarva Peninsula for natives. There's a park at Cape Henlopen DE and the old concrete WWII bunkers are covered with very spiny Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:42:48 GMT Peter knop http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Toocoldforcactus/message/6022 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Toocoldforcactus/message/6022 Joe,  We have an interestig collection (mainly because of where it is located amongst giant bolders on a hill in Chantilly, Virginia), with plants up to 10 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:32:53 GMT jshaw1953 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Toocoldforcactus/message/6021 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Toocoldforcactus/message/6021 Hi Gang, I've been living in Maryland for about a year now. I've got my job sorted (finally) and I'm ready to see plants. Can anyone recommend cactus/succulent Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:30:03 GMT Bobby Crabb http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Toocoldforcactus/message/6020 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Toocoldforcactus/message/6020 Good calendar, Joe. I like it. Thanks for sharing. Bobby Crabb Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:12:39 GMT mikesmode http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Toocoldforcactus/message/6019 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Toocoldforcactus/message/6019 Very nice! June and December remind me of some hikes in southern Arizona. Glorious blazing sun. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:38:20 GMT jshaw1953 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Toocoldforcactus/message/6018 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Toocoldforcactus/message/6018 Hi Gang, I hope the calendar works--I've never made one before. You'll have to print it out. LINK: Calendar featuring cold-hardy Opuntia Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:28:50 GMT mikesmode http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Toocoldforcactus/message/6017 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Toocoldforcactus/message/6017 I found one good link that describes some background about the ill fate of these plants and their environments in Michigan, as well as efforts to restore some Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:04:00 GMT mikesmode http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Toocoldforcactus/message/6016 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Toocoldforcactus/message/6016 Well, my guess is that it is a lot more difficult to snuff them out down there than up here, since they grow to be giant there and here they may only be ground Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:42:58 GMT Rene Haasdyk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Toocoldforcactus/message/6015 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Toocoldforcactus/message/6015 Jay, as far as the one report of Escobaria vivipara in B.C. is concerned, the info was from a reliable source but to quote Ken Hancock's book "I can't say for Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:52:27 GMT Jay Akerley http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Toocoldforcactus/message/6014 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Toocoldforcactus/message/6014 Sorry, I think you can access my facebook photos (native cacti in BC), without needing to sign in, at this address: Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:49:18 GMT Paul Chafe http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Toocoldforcactus/message/6013 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Toocoldforcactus/message/6013 Jay, Thanks for that. I think you've posted most of that information before but I couldn't find the original emails. Now I've saved that info in a word file Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:07:50 GMT Bobby Crabb http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Toocoldforcactus/message/6012 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Toocoldforcactus/message/6012 I assure you that Opuntia species are serious pests in Texas. Ranchers and farmers hate them and are constantly trying to kill them using bull dozers and Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:34:54 GMT mikesmode http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Toocoldforcactus/message/6011 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Toocoldforcactus/message/6011 Thanks for responding. Yes, I saw that article and a PDF file. Intriguing!! That excursion to the Upper Peninsula that is described in the PDF would have Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:16:16 GMT algliterature http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Toocoldforcactus/message/6010 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Toocoldforcactus/message/6010 [Portada] Estimados amigos: Nuevamente estamos con ustedes como todos los años, a fin de brindarles un espacio