Plant Divisions and Cacti
Plants and cacti that you won't find at your home store! Prices and sizes below. Pickup in Sterling, CO or (with enough lead time) Brush, CO; Fort Morgan, CO; or Commerce City, CO
Silver Edged Horehound: one touch of the leaves on this guy and you'll know right away that it's great on water. The leaves are fuzzy and thick. This plant is beyond water-wise! A great spreader that sends up tiny shoots with tinier white flowers. Put this guy in lean well-draining soil, and step back. It will fill whatever space you allow it and, once established, will need almost no water even in the height of summer. Great for those areas you don't want to mess with but don't want weeds in. $10 for an approximately 4" square pot.
Potato cactus: small spuds that are actually little cacti. Great grower that fills in space quickly with a green/purplish cactus that looks like a potato. lives outside in a Colorado winter with no problem. Careful: it looks like it has no spines, but it has those sneaky little ones, handle with tongs! $5 for two cacti, one each in small 1" pots.
Southern Colorado cholla: a small stick of cholla from a variety that grows in Southeastern Colorado. Yellow flower which bumblebees love. As a native, overwinters outside no problem. $5 for a 4" pot.
Snow Leopard Cholla: another yellow flower that bumblebees love, but this one has beautiful silver/white spines that really show in winter. These are a little older and thus a little bigger. Great way to shortcut to a big cactus in your yard. $20 for a gallon size pot
Blue Gumby (see the big pot for what they look like full grown): This bluish cactus has a beautiful pink flower and grows well in containers. This one you will have to bring for the Winter and put on a sunny windowsill. It cannot live outside in our climate zone. It does fine outdoors as long as the overnight temp is consistently above 50 degrees, however. $10 for a 2 1/2" pot.
Maihuenia poeppigii: long name, but low plant. This guy comes up here by way of Patagonia. About 2" tall with little niblet leaves and spines. When it flowers it makes a white flower with yellow center. Spreads well across open ground. Great one to plant in and among rocks (as you can see in the picture of the one I have). Unlike many cacti, this one tolerates having more water (but don't push it). $5 for a 2 1/2" pot