History

2022 – Grow Time

Photos by Jolie Krupnik

Spring is definitely here in St. Louis. Below is a sampling of what was blooming in Mike Hellmann’s greenhouse or growing in his cold-hardy garden in mid-April.

Astrophytum asterias X myriostigma hybrid.

Mammillaria hahniana.

Euphorbia geroldii.

Yucca elata in Mike’s cold-hardy garden. Mike and Judy Pigue in Kansas City are the only growers I know whose yuccas grew into a treelike form. Quite an accomplishment with our wet and cold winters.