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This is second summer I grow my small collection outside. Last summer I placed most of cacti right in pots, but this summer I planted almost all them right in the soil.
Soil/substrate is angular rock varies sizes, rock dust and small amount of clay. The place is very drained, after big rain the water does not remain.
It's not permanent garden, it just summer garden. Late autumn I will place cacti and succulents back in the pots and will replace them in greenhouse.
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Last Saturday Frailea was blooming


and today it was Obregonia denegrii

That's a beautiful garden.

Sarraceniacrazy wrote: ↑Wed Aug 21, 2019 1:37 am That's a beautiful garden.

Thank You!

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Next blooming photos
Aug 23, 2019
Frailea angelesii n.n. P390


Obregonia denegrii bloomig explosion
Aug 25, 2019


On next day I slightly watered it to take a photo because dry gravel is very reflective to sunlight. Another Obregonia joined to bloom.

Very beautiful garden! Is that a pereskiopsis i see in there?

ElieEstephane wrote: ↑Sat Aug 31, 2019 7:33 am Very beautiful garden! Is that a pereskiopsis i see in there?

Thank You!
Yes, it's a Pereskiopsis. I have some indoor (for cuttings as rootstocks) and some outdoor Ps.
It become dangerous plant being outdoor. Here's indoor versus outdoor

Hello, what a nice cactus garden! What country are you from? Do you plan to leave them outdoors all year round or to dig them in autumn?

Vitt13, this looks great! I remember your photos from last year, specifically degrafting and planting outside. I also remember your homemade LED lights for indoors. How has all of that worked for you throughout the winter? I've lost a lot of my Pereskiopsis this year so I'm not sure how I'm going to proceed. I also have limited yard space which may have to be devoted to vegetables because of rising food costs here. Did you put these in the ground already? I'm not very knowledgable about the gardening zones in Europe, but here in Canada, most people believe June 1st is the safest bet for beating the last freeze.

anttisepp wrote: ↑Thu Apr 02, 2020 10:15 am Hello, what a nice cactus garden! What country are you from? Do you plan to leave them outdoors all year round or to dig them in autumn?

anttisepp, Pereskiopsisdotcom,
Thank you for your positive feedback!
Actually I'm from south of Russia. I dug them (except O. humifusa) in autumn, potted back and placed to "greenhouse" (not actually, but it looks like).

Pereskiopsisdotcom wrote: ↑Thu Apr 02, 2020 3:16 pm Vitt13, this looks great! I remember your photos from last year, specifically degrafting and planting outside. I also remember your homemade LED lights for indoors. How has all of that worked for you throughout the winter? I've lost a lot of my Pereskiopsis this year so I'm not sure how I'm going to proceed. I also have limited yard space which may have to be devoted to vegetables because of rising food costs here. Did you put these in the ground already? I'm not very knowledgable about the gardening zones in Europe, but here in Canada, most people believe June 1st is the safest bet for beating the last freeze.

South of Russia is different. Usually we have no frost in April and but we have two heavy rainy weeks in second half of the month. This year is unusual, it's to cold for April and we have night frost.
Here you can see my place on the forecast map https://www.windy.com/44.630/40.720?tem ... i:pressure
Usually I plan to place cacti in pots outdoor in mid April but this April still can give us heavy rains.
Here are degrafted update https://www.cactiguide.com/forum/viewto ... 46#p371646
Opuntia(s) humifusa are outdoor and already woke up. And here are my other cacti. My Pereskiopsis that I grew outside, now it looks odd. It lost all leaves in winter. It's warm now but Pereskiopsis do not respond to watering, still shrunken.

What a great way to nurture and develop your cactus. It does look beautifull and I'm sure the cactus are allready responding to your care by rewarding you with extra growth flowers.
Thank you for sharing with us

Very nice and healthy plants. Hope they'll pass outdoors very soon to enjoy spring sun.
I see you live close to Black Sea subtropics in very favorable climate where almost all fruits and vegetables grow.

We still have abnormal cold nights (not higher than 12 Celsius) but dry May, for today... Today is heavy rain day.
I made two placement zones for old cacti and young ones. First (higher) zone has already planted with old cacti. The young cacti and succulents are still in 'greenhouse' and do not adapted to full sun.
Adeniums are definitely not ready for open air under full sun and such cold (and now wet) nights. Mature Adeniums have been recently cutted and grafted, but I have a couple tens of perspective Adenium seedlings for placing outdoor.
So, I made some order but get less attraction... for now. Hope I can fix it with some green mess in nearest time.
Before and after

After the rain

A bit chaotic rearranged