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2021 – Cold-Hardy Garden Blooms

Photos by Jolie Krupnik

The winter of 2020 and spring of 2021 brought perfect conditions to my cold-hardy cactus and succulent garden. Cacti and hesperaloes that have been in the garden for five years or more without blooming finally bloomed. I also discovered and planted a Missouri native sedum, S. ternatum. Below are photos of these plants in my garden.

Crevice garden: Cylindropuntia (top), Sempervivum ‘Fuego’ (left), Sedum ‘Little Missy’ (right), Sempervivum ‘Appletini.’

Background: Echinocereus triglochidiatus, foreground: Echinocereus species.

Escobaria organensis.

Hesperaloe parviflora.

Pediocactus simpsonii v. minor.

Escobaria vivipara.

Sedum ternatum, a Missouri native, blooms white flowers in May.