Echinocereus

[christian pfalz]

hi, some pics from my echinocereus outside...
e. coccineus

big old example...

e. coccineus

e. inermis

cheers
chris

[christian pfalz]

today in flower, echinocereus triglochidiatus ssp. inermis...

echinocereus viridiflorus...


cheers
chris

[cohan]

today in flower, echinocereus triglochidiatus ssp. inermis...

echinocereus viridiflorus...

cheers
chris

great plants--very colourful in flower and good spines/forms the rest of the time.. do you grow reichenbachii as well?

[christian pfalz]

cohan, i have a lot of echinocereus, also reichenbachii, engelmannii, ledingii etc...
cheers
chris

[iann]

Great flowers.  E. triglochidiatus is by far the best performing cactus I have outdoors but still not as floriforous as yours.

E. engelmannii didn't do well this winter.  At -15C it probably wasn't simply too cold, but with all the snow, ice, and rain I'm still unsure about survivors.

E. viridiflorus and E. davisii flower most years, but they get badly marked over winter.  Also the flowers are a little small on an outdoor plant, so best for people that can still get down on their hands and knees

[christian pfalz]

iann, we have -18°c and the cacti where good, also engelmannii, davidii and all others too. maybe, with a simple rain protection, you donīt have any problems with them....
cheers
cheers
chris

[ruweiss]

Echinocereus polyacanthus

[iann]

maybe, with a simple rain protection, you donīt have any problems with them....

I have an unheated greenhouse and cold frames, but that's not really the idea

[christian pfalz]

iann, full sun and good drained soil is very important...
cheers
chris

[christian pfalz]

hi, echinocereus triglochidiathus ssp. inermis in bloom, iīve pollinated him yesterday...

echinocereus russanthus


cheers
chris

[cohan]

echinocereus russanthus

cheers
chris

really great colours on this one!

[Ragged Robin]

Christian, your gardens within a garden are full of wonderful surprises and these flowering Echinocereus are amazing and it's interesting to hear how cold tolerant they are if drained properly and in full sun.  It's amazing what survives too for me in the Swiss Alps and I'm picking up plenty of inspiration from your postings 

[christian pfalz]

robin, nice to hear that 
cheers
chris

[WimB]

Chris,

I'll hijack your thread to show some of the Echinocereus which are flowering here outside.

Echinocereus viridiflorus and
Echinocereus baileyi

[christian pfalz]

wim,
nice plants,  viridiflorus and reichenbachii ssp. are very hard, flowered every year...from viridiflorus iīve got  self seedlings....
cheers
chris