Re: It's December? Already?

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• Subject: Re: It's December? Already?
• From: C* C* <c*@insightbb.com>
• Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 15:45:25 -0600
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Depends on the species of Opuntia. O. humifusa is native to the  
entire eastern half of the US. Mine grows quite happily in Illinois,  
despite winter moisture and freezing. O. macrorhiza and O. fragilis  
are also quite cold tolerant.

Cathy, west central IL, z5b

On Dec 3, 2007, at 12:10 PM, Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT wrote:

>
> So we had our nice rain on Friday, I can see the dry garden  
> appreciated
> it, the penstemons in particular sort of perked up. I am not so  
> sanguine
> about my opuntia cactus, despite the new growth it put on during the
> summer it isn't looking that happy now. Maybe it just isn't meant to
> live where it freezes. This spring I will go knock on the door of the
> guy at the end of our block, he has a nice spineless opuntia that  
> seems
> to do okay here, I'll beg a couple of pads from him.
>
> Cyndi
>
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