Cactus Hill Adventures

Goodbye Cactus Hill I'm sorry I haven't been more active in the past several months but a major change is taking place for me a...

Winter, Winter, Go Away Yes, it has been a while since I reported from Cactus Hill.  Summer and autumn have gone, and it seems as if w...

Plant  Stand  for  Lithops If you want to grow your lithops in a way so that they look similar to how they grow in nature, and you don...

The Summer Plant Stand It's true, I have no greenhouse.  However, I have a yard, and several parts of that yard receive ample amoun...

Pachycauls, Caudiciforms, aka Fat Plants There's no doubt, the most popular succulent/xerophtye plant group at present are the Fat ...

Astrophytum caput-medusae In late June of this year I discussed planting 10 seeds of the strange cactus, Astrophytum caput-medusae.   T...

Copiapoa cinerea - My oldest plant from seed. In late summer of 1979 I purchased a pack of 20 seeds of Copiapoa cinerea from Mesa Gard...