Nice! What are the names of those in picture IMG_0629?

Those Huntington hybrids are gorgeous! I'll have to keep an eye out for some next time I'm there.

I can't believe how fast the dragon-fruit cutting has grown! I gladly accept dragon fruit donations by the way! ;-) Where did you get the cutting? Now I want to get one started at my parents' place...

Re: the question about the Schick Hybrids in picture 629, I believe the varieties are (1) Anastasia (the white/pink), (2) Sasquatch (the orange), and (3) Edwardian Lady (the yellow/white/pink. All can be purchased from the Huntington, they have a great online catalog with pictures at www.huntington.org/BotanicalDiv/Schick/catalogintro.html, and if you're within driving distance during the week, their Curator of Desert Collections, John Trager, might be nice enough to let you pick them up in person (which got me a free entrance into the gardens there, absolutely beautiful).

As to the dragon fruit cutting, I picked it up at a flower and garden show in April 2008. And yes, they grow very fast, especially when planted in ground.

I'll see if I can find a picture of it earlier and post it.

As you can see from this picture, it had only reached the top of the support in July. It was planted in ground in late May at which time it only barely reached the lower bracket.

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Your plants are beautiful. I love the colors of the blooms, very pretty.

Nae boston

Nice echis. I have a picture for my screensaver of one of mine in bloom with white flowers.
Nice tomatoes too!
Nice structure for your dragon fruit to grow in.
Blackberry or similar rambler alert. Snaking around there in the corner. Watch that puppy.

Hello mjhuntingtonbeach,

I am so fascinate about your plants,
If you have one little pups of the Schick Hybrids
Firelight I will be very happy.
I also have a lot of Echinopsis for exchange
or by cash.
I will be very happy if you reply!
Thank you!

Best wishes!

omnos