Orton Botanical Garden aka Plantasia Cactus Gardens 867 Filer Ave W Twin Falls, Idaho 83301 (208) 734-7959 Email:[email protected] plantasiacactusgardens.com Winter Hardy Cactus and Succulent List for 2015 List Validity Department of Agriculture winter temperature zones. These zones cannot be accepted as e try to keep our plant list up to date with absolute, as there are many variables that affect W available plants. We frequently add or a plant’s ability to withstand cold. Some of the delete plants, so before ordering please check factors are: 1) how well the plant is established, our website for the most updated list, Some 2) plant health, 3) length of time that plants are very limited in number so may be on temperatures stay below freezing, 4) the list only a very short time. Please check our microclimate in which the plant may be placed, website at plantasiacactusgardens.com for latest 5) snow cover, and 6) moisture. The updates. temperature zones used in the list are: Zone 4: -30 to -20 F Zone 5: -20 to -10 F Cold Hardiness Zone 6: -10 to 0 F Zone 7: 0 to 10 F e have included with each listing an W estimate of the coldest zone that a given These are intended to be general guidelines plant may be able to withstand based on U.S. only. Each gardener may experience success or failure based on his own set of conditions. cuttings should be placed in a dry, shaded, We would love to hear from our customers about warm area for about two weeks to allow them to their experiences with the various species from heal well. After that they can be planted. Cacti different areas of the country. should be planted in relatively dry soil and not watered in. After a couple of weeks they can be watered. Agaves, yuccas other desert plants Ordering From Us should be planted and watered in immediately after they arrive. They should be e ask that you mail in your order using the watered regularly until they are well established. W attached order form with a check. We Once established, they should be watered take orders over the telephone to hold plants, sparingly. Well-drained soil is essential for the but we do not take credit cards at this time. We survival of the plants on this list. In wetter will hold your order until payment has been climates it may be necessary to incorporate 50% received. Orders are held until personal checks to 75% sand or fine gravel into the soil for proper clear. Orders accompanied by cashiers checks drainage. Cacti, agaves and yuccas do not, or money orders are shipped within several days however, like 100% sand. Using raised beds of receipt of the order when received April helps assure proper drainage. through November. If you would like to pay by PayPal, you are welcome to email your order to us and we will send a PayPal invoice. General Comments e ship plants by US Postal Service. Shipping Dates W Every year that we have been in business we have subsidized postage costs. We will lease indicate on the order form when you probably continue to do so, but would like to Pwould like plants shipped. Shipments are come out somewhat close to even. made from April to November, depending on weather. We like our plants to be fully filled out We will ship outside of the USA, but must know from their winter dehydration before we ship the laws of the country to which plants are being them. When they fill out in the spring depends shipped. In most cases additional paper work is on weather and species. Please contact us if required and postage costs are always more. you have extenuating circumstances and need Please contact us before ordering from outside plants shipped other times of the year. the USA. What To Do When Plants Have a great 2015 gardening year! Arrive hen plants are received, the plants with W roots can be planted immediately. Cactus Gift certificates are available any time of the year. Available Cactus and Succulents 2 OPUNTIA (Prickly pears) Opuntia (basilaris var) aurea #OBA01 Pads are various shades of blue green and turn purple in winter. There may be a few spines at top of pads. Yellow flowers. S Utah. Zone 5. One pad 5.00 Opuntia (basilaris var) aurea #OBA07 Pads are greenish, 3”-4” long. The flowers are a beautiful magenta pink color. Zone 5. One pad 5.00 Opuntia (basilaris var) aurea #OBA08 The pads are light green and spineless, 3”-4” long. The flowers are a beautiful light pink color. Zone 5. One pad 5.00 2 Opuntia (basiliaris var.) aurea #OBA09 The 4"-6" pads are thick and light green with a few long spines on top, 3"-4" long. The flowers are a deep pink color. Zone 5. One pad 6.00 Opuntia basilaris var basilaris #OBB01 This is the beautiful beaver tail cactus with gray green spineless pads. It has gorgeous pink flowers. Most basilaris var basilaris are not winter hardy, but this plant from Nye County, Nevada has proven very hardy here in Idaho. Zone 6. One pad 6.00 Opuntia basilaris var brachyclada #OBBR01 A miniature beaver tail with elongated pads. Over time forms compact and attractive clusters a foot or more across. Excellent for small gardens. Flowers are pink. Mountains of S California. Zone 6. One pad 5.00 3 Opuntia basilaris var heilii #OBH01 Light green pad that is completely spineless. Very pretty rose pink flower. Very hardy. SE Utah. Zone 4. One pad 5.00 Opuntia basilaris X? #OBHY01 Pads look a lot like a basilaris var ramosa or a small fat basilaris var aurea, except that the pads have inch long spines on the top. Flowers are yellow. Zone 5. One pad 5.00 Opuntia erinacea var erinacea #OEE01 Long white spines except on top of the pad they are reddish- brown. Beautiful pink flower. S Nevada. One pad 6.00 4 Opuntia erinacea var erinacea #0EE05 (see Opuntia trichophora #OTR02) Opuntia erinacea var erinacea #OEE09 Beautiful long spined upright plant with twisted yellow spines and yellow to pinkish flowers. From southern Nevada. Zone 6. One pad 5.00 Opuntia erinacea var hystricina #OEH01 Spines are reddish brown on top of the pad, white on sides of the pad and are in all areoles. The longest spines are on the top of the pad. Flowers are pink. One of our favorite opuntias. Zone 5. One pad 6.00 5 Opuntia erinacea var hystricina #OEH02 Spines are orange on top of the pad, white on sides of the pad and are in all areoles. The longest spines are on the top of the pad. Very beautiful plant. Flowers are pink. Four corners New Mexico. Zone 5 at least. One pad 5.00 Opuntia fragilis var denudata #OFD01 Dark green pads are completely spineless. Flowers are yellow with red filaments. A novelty called the marble cactus. Sometimes called Opuntia inermis. Zone 4. One pad 2.50 Three pads 6.00 Opuntia fragilis var denudata #OFD02 Although #OFD01 has been around a long time and is found in gardens of many cactus growers, this clone (OFD02) is new. We collected the original cutting from habitat. The pads are larger and more rounded than the above plant. Flowers are yellow with red filaments. Zone 4. One pad 3.00 Three pads 8.00 6 Opuntia fragilis var fragilis #OFF09 This large fat fragilis comes from the same location in Utah as denudata (OFD02) and grows side by side with it, but is very spiny. Flowers are yellow. Zone 4. One pad 3.00 Three pads 7.00 Opuntia fragilis var fragilis #OFF11 This Idaho native fragilis comes from the hills south of Twin Falls. Newer spines are reddish. The flowers are yellow. Zone 4. One pad 3.00 Three pads 8.00 Opuntia fragilis “Bronze Beauty” #OFF12 This small fragilis has a small dark brownish pads with no spines, only glochids like denudata. Flowers are yellow. Zone 4. One pad 3.00 Three pads 8.00 Opuntia nicholii #ON02 This plant has the usual very thick, long spines of a regular nicholii except the spines are black. The pads get very large. Flowers are pink. Leave lots of room for it to grow as it will get 4’-5’ across with time. From Northern Arizona. Zone 5. One pad 7.00 7 Opuntia phaeacantha var phaeacantha #OPHP06 This plant has beautiful golden yellow spines and is especially pretty in contrast with other phaeacanthas. Yellow flower. Zone 5. One pad 6.00 Opuntia phaeacantha x polyacantha (?) “Persimmon” #OPHX01 This plant has the large pads of a phaeacantha, but the fruits dry up over the summer. The flower is an especially beautiful persimmon color. Zone 5. One pad 6.00 Opuntia polyacantha #OPP08 White spines on a green pad. Flowers are a deep coral color. Idaho native. Zone 4. One pad 5.00 Opuntia polyacantha #OPP21 A pretty plant with long red spines covering the pad. The flowers are pink. Zone 4. One pad 6.00 Opuntia polyacantha “Exquisite” #OPP22 A pretty plant with long spines covering the pad. The beautiful flowers are pink. Zone 4. One pad 6.00 8 Opuntia polyacantha “Purple Desert” #OPP23 This is a gorgeous purple padded plant with long black spines and pink flowers. No garden should be without this plant. Zone 4. One pad 8.00 Opuntia polyacantha #OPP24 This typical looking polyacantha is unusual in that it has true orange flowers.