Showing posts with label Snow. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Snow. Show all posts

Saturday, February 18, 2006

Cylindropuntia viridiflora in the snow

My Cylindropuntia viridiflora seems to be coping quite well with the cold and damp Danish winter. The plant pictured below is seemingly weighed down by snow, but the drooping form is common for plants in winter dormancy (as illustrated in the previous post).

Cylindropuntia viridiflora covered by snow
Cylindropuntia viridiflora covered by snow

My plants are growing unprotected in a natural “raised bed” on top of a dune close to the north-western coast line of Denmark. Evidently the heap of sand is supplying sufficient drainage for the plants to survive the wet winters.

Cylindropuntia viridiflora
Cylindropuntia viridiflora

Opuntia sp. hidden in snow
Opuntia sp. hidden in snow

Monday, February 14, 2005

Opuntia in the snow

This weekend Denmark was hit hard by a snow storm. The attached photo shows one of my Opuntias before being completely covered with snow.



Opuntia in the snow