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These cacti and succulents are new to the garden, I added them over the summer time. When I picked these I chose ones that are suppose to be cold hardy. Though the hardest thing to for the cacti is the amount of rain we get in the South. But I tried to plan for that the best as I could by mixing a little bit of native Georgia clay into a mix of sand, rocks and perlite for their soil. And the bottom of the planter has a layer of rocks to help the water leave the basket easily. Hoping this will wick away moisture enough to stop any rot from affecting them all.

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In the first two pictures is a succulent (Sedum Tricolor) and a cactus (Echinocereus reichenbachii var. fitchii). The succulent is doing very well, out of all of the succulents I planted it seems to be flourishing. We will see how the winter treats it through, as the coldest days are still ahead. The cactus has had some stability problems, it keeps leaning over and growing in weird directions. Direct it was growing too much toward the deck railing. So I used a shovel tool to move it at the base away. And now its leaning the other way. I put a stick up to kept give it support. As for growth not much is happening with it. I think its still trying to adjust. 

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Next to the cactus is another kind as well, its a variety of Pricky Pear (Opuntia polyacantha erinacea). I think they should do better than most of the other cacti. They normally seem quite tough and I have good experience growing them in the past. Though in Georgia its hard to say what is going to survive and thrive. 

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All the way to the left of the basket is a another cold hardy cactus (Echinocereus fendleri). After planting I noticed it grew in size quickly. I think it absorbed the moisture from the soil as it got "fatter". Really interesting seeing that happen.

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Above is a Missouri Foxtail Cactus (Escobaria missouriensis), I hope I planted it far enough above the soil. I tried to keep an eye on where the dirt line was when I got it. And I think I did it right. If it does not survive I may get another and place it a little more shallow. 


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I got three other cacti like this one but they did not survive. So I hope this one will make it as its a little different than the others. 

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A Prickly Pear with a unique shape to it. Known as (Opuntia fragilis). I used a rock to help its growth stay off the ground. Figured until its adjusted it may do better not touching the ground. 

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The basket above has a Ghost plant sucullent (Graptopetalum Paraguayense) and a Prickly Pear cacti (Opuntia polyacantha erinacea).

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I got alot of Prickly Pear cacti for these baskets. I assumed they would be the most hardy so a few different kinds and we shall see which ones do the best. The one above is known as an Eastern Pricky Pear (Opuntia humifusa).


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Another one of the same kind above, an Eastern Prickly Pear (Opuntia humifusa).

I hope I gave them enough time to adapt to their new environment. Even with them being cold hardy I hope I got the soil mixture right so not much water is kept in the baskets as thats the big killer of these plants, excessive moisture. I guess if I got it really wrong they will mostly all rot and maybe ill need to dig out the dirt and add more sand and rocks.

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