Windowsillcactusblog: Snow finally melted

Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Snow finally melted

This morning the cold frames were still covered with snow, but by 3 pm the snow was all melted. This was a very warm day and the kind of fast snow melting days more typical to Colorado than Wisconsin. I'm very happy to see all of my cold climate cacti which spent the winter in cold frames. The last time I saw these plants was in December of 06 and I'm glad to see that all of them survived and look great. Some of the Pedios have even started to show the first signs of spring growth. Pediocactus seems to want to grow early in the spring even if they can't get any sun because of the snow cover. All of the Echinocereus, Escobaria and Opunta plants are still looking like they are in their winter shrunken stages. I guess all of these are waiting for the sun and rain before they start to grow again, but all of the cacti look very healthy.

5 Comments:

thomas said...: Hi,
Why do you have a photo of a Hoya flower on the page reading succulents?; 7:06 AM
lily said...: hey gal... or guy? I do n't personaly have cactuses but i am doing a project on cactuses for school, could you help me please?; 3:21 PM
lily said...: hey gal... or guy? I do n't personaly have cactuses but i am doing a project on cactuses for school, could you help me please?; 3:21 PM
Stan said...: The Hoya flower is a common plant easily found in greenhouses, but it is a very beautiful flower with a chocolate like odor.

Hoya is one of the best succulents to grow as a house plant and I wish I had room for hundreds of them.; 5:52 PM
Ann said...: I'm glad it's not just me, Stan. ;-); 11:22 AM