We set another record for cold weather this time of the year: 19 degrees F (-7.2 C). The record had been in 1955 with 20 F. I looks like we...

As the editor of the Oregon Cactus & Succulent Society newsletter this is a note to let people know that the latest newsletter is now av...

We've been having a very mild Fall but we got a sudden blast of cold today. Usually, when the Midwestern and Mountain state get an arcti...

The two plants above have been grown from the same batch of seeds in exactly the same soil and conditions. In fact they have been growin...

Not that rare, but that doesn't really matter, does it? (It is considered threatened in it South African habitat.) We collect plants ...

Now those are spines!

Deservedly popular and easy to grow as well.

This plant has been raised with a number of different names during our lifetimes. And the "spines" I'm referring to are the ...