Does anyone have cacti in their garden?

No, but they are beautiful. I used to have a few potted cacti. I'd like to get some again. They have such lovely flowers.

by Jennifer Muirhead

They are the only plants that survive my green thumb :)

by Ivana Katz

I have a potted green cactus that I keep in the garden. Not sure what kind it is, but I need to repot it as it is getting too big for the pot I've got it in. Any tips?

by Vee

Is it on concrete or the ground -I find that the ones on the ground just send the roots into the ground and I do not repot them -as per the photo -this plant is about 7 ft high and in one of the smallest pots available, and is growing extremely fast.
Just make sure you use a soil that is not too rich-i would only go one size up as they seem to do well in small pots -i often just use sand.

Thanks Finy. How handy is that! I think I'll just make sure the soil underneath the pot is suitable and let the plant drop its roots and keep from pricking myself.

Vee -I have one plant that has those spikes that have a hook -not long ago i tried to trim it, and of course a long spike stuck in my finger and the more I pulled, the more I realised it was not coming out.
I felt such an idiot and thought i would have to go to the Dr with this thing sticking out of my finger. Eventually found a thing for getting out splinters and dug deep in the finger till i got it out -such pain! moral is, take care!

Oh gosh! My stomach just turned. Thanks for the heads up. :)

No I dont have garden at my home.

by Radhika

No I dont have garden at my home.

by Radhika

No I dont have garden at my home.

by Radhika

No I dont have garden at my home.

by Radhika

The word 'Cacti' for some reason always makes me think 'Jurassic''!
I think if well looked after, in the right place and climate.....they can be amazing!
I did once have one, but I have to admit they are not something I have really ever grown.
I love the pic enclosed, how they have made something ugly...look amazing!

by jonaja

No, but sometimes I go for a walk in a neighboring area and there is a garden which has cacti lined up along the front fence. It is really pretty, but I'd hate to fall into it!

by Sarah Bell

Sarah, what a funny thought!

I love cacti but I have a small garden so i do not have room for things unless I can eat them or i can feed them to the chickens or they need to be plants that feed the bees. So I grow Dragon fruit which ticks 2 of those things. It produces edible fruit and it is food for the bees

by butterfly lady

Yes I do but only a few plants. I find them rather fascinating.

by dwatk

Your question has now made me want to buy one or three!
In my original garden, had several, as my son loved them.
The flowers a cactus plant produces are some of THE most beautiful in Nature!

by donjo

We haven't, but my parents used too, as I was growing up. There's a garden with cacti, on our walk from the station to our youngest daughters house in Melbourne, so I love looking at that, while I'm passing the house.

by Miro