Cactus and Succulents
By Susan
@HazySue (39265)
Gouverneur, New York
April 10, 2019 11:22am CST
All my life I have been a big fan of cactus and succulent plants. I think I may have inherited my interest from my maternal grandmother. She loved that type of plant and grew then on every windowsill of her home.
I would love to have a couple of pot gardens for my patio. I think it would really add to the décor. The one thing that has always stopped me is the fact that I had no place inside the house of the pots during colder weather.
It occurred to me this morning that this year I could have my cactus and a place to put them during the winter. Duh! 
I have a sun room with heat and air, the perfect spot for the plants in cold weather.
Now I am looking at small cactus and succulents to put together in a large pot. I don't know what kind I will use but it will be pretty once it is done.
Do you like cactus or succelents?
I have a sun room with heat and air, the perfect spot for the plants in cold weather.
Now I am looking at small cactus and succulents to put together in a large pot. I don't know what kind I will use but it will be pretty once it is done.
Do you like cactus or succelents?16 people like this
17 responses
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
11 Apr 19
I didn't while I was growing up, but I do now and wonder if I could grow them. I know they don't need watering often, so that would definitely work for me as I tend to forget to water the plants. I'm surprised my current ones are doing as well as they are. I've had them for a couple of years now, which is definitely a record for me.
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
10 Apr 19
I really love them succulents and cacti.
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
15 Apr 19
@HazySue Recently Susan did she pass? I am sorry
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@HazySue (39265)
• Gouverneur, New York
17 Apr 19
@TiarasOceanView Thank you. She was quite a woman.
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@rsa101 (40987)
• Philippines
11 Apr 19
They looked healthy and happy where you placed them. I think that succulents would love to have lots of sunlight and less water. In my place they would love it more since where in a tropical country where there is plenty of sunshine and water is not a problem. They can grew pretty well in here except that we do have an occassional wet season which could drown them up. But if the soild is well drained will be fine and they will survive well in my place.
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@snowy22315 (208996)
• United States
11 Apr 19
Sort of, although I don't have any at the present time. They might be good to keep kitty away from though though!
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@toniganzon (77209)
• Philippines
11 Apr 19
Yes, I love succulents but I don't have a huge collection but I'm slowly getting them. I am more into air plants or tillandsias these days. It started when I got myself a phalaenopsis orchid, then I decided to collect tillandsias.
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@rebelann (117244)
• El Paso, Texas
11 Apr 19
I want try to grow some prickly pears, they are edible once all the thorns are removed. As for the ones in your photo, I know the insides of those are how many desert creatures get water but I'm not sure if those are edible like the prickly pear.
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@Hate2Iron (15724)
• Canada
10 Apr 19
I'm a big fan... I will have to dig up the photo of one that bloomed with 26 flowers at the same time. It needs transplanting at the moment, and I have lots of babies that need new homes!!
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@Marilynda1225 (91129)
• United States
10 Apr 19
Cactus is about the only plant I don't kill 
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@almostoveryou (4954)
• Philippines
11 Apr 19
I like the not so prickly ones that bear flowers? My mother-in-law in California collects succulents too.
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@Juliaacv (56317)
• Canada
10 Apr 19
I like both cactus as well as succulents.
My aunt gave me a cactus from her outdoor garden years and years ago, and I planted it in the garden at our home. When we put the house up for sale I took a slip from that plant and potted it in an outdoor planter. I took it with us. It lasts outside thru the winter months, it goes dormant, and comes back in the spring and produces the brightest yellow flowers.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
10 Apr 19
Yes, they are native to California.
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