Very beautiful blooms Uli, thank you for sharing the delight. I must admit that I also like the cacti & geophytes combination! I attach my very 1st Narcissus of the season, the 2nd clone of N. elegans. A dozen more are about to bloom in the days to come, I am very excited! Greetings from Berlin, Vlad Drizzling warm rain, perfect for autumn flowering bulbs. On Mon 26. Oct 2020 at 17:10 Robert Parks via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > A lot of succulents can actually handle a substantial amount of (usually) > winter water, back in North Carolina (zone 7), we had a cactus mound that > was mostly populated by western US species...for the most part, if they > could handle the cold, they could deal with the winter cold/wet, and the > summer rains as well. While we didn't have bulbs planted amongst them, > there were local species that grew happily with them. > > A mild Mediterranean climate should work for mixed plantings of > winter/spring geophytes and many succulents/cacti, assuming the water and > growing seasons are aligned well enough. If I lived on the warm/dryer side > of the hill in SF, I would probably mix the American cacti with the S > African geophytes...since the Euphorbias seem to be more sensitive to > winter wet. Alas, the local conditions are a challenge (although I do have > an Opuntia blooming happily right now). > > Robert in SF > Seasonally pleasant and dry, but very windy today > > > > On Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 8:38 AM R Hansen via pbs < > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > > Uli, > > > > The second photo of Crocus with cactus and Oxalis is amazing! What is > there > > about your particular climate/microclimate that allows this group of > plants > > to looks so happy together?? > > > > Robin Hansen > > Southwest Oregon sunny but 25 F this morning. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>