Re: opuntia replacement

Try this also?

http://www.ext.colostate.edu/ptlk/1028.html

Vera


On 3/9/07, james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> Toughie... Everything I think of doesn't venture lower than zone 9.
> Have you looked at
>
> http://www.coldhardycactus.com/
>
> On Mar 9, 2007, at 6:19 PM, Kitty wrote:
>
> > Can anyone suggest a hardy cactus for zone 5 other than Opuntia
> > humifusa (syn. O. compressa) and Opuntia ficus-indica?
> > One of the gardens put in their request late and won't get the plant
> > because another garden requested it before the deadline.  I told them
> > I'd search for something similar.
> >
> > Kitty
> > neIN, Zone 5
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> Island Jim
> Southwest Florida
> 27.1 N, 82.4 W
> Hardiness Zone 10
> Heat Zone 10
> Sunset Zone 25
> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
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