During a recent construction dig east of the house, a careless backhoe operator dumped a load of dirt on a hedgehog cactus down the road from us. Verna and I, after seeing this little disaster, decided to take the wheelbarrow and shovel to the site and dig out the damaged cactus.
All six of the lobes we dug out had cactus flower pods. We transplanted three of the lobes to the front rock garden and the other three were placed in pots pending finding a location for them.
Verna took this photo of one lobe in a pot with an open flower. Click on the image to enlarge. The three lobes in the front yard also have open flowers and we’re still waiting for the other two in pots to open.
Despite being buried in dirt, one of the lobes down the road had a flower pod above ground and it, too, had opened. These are hardy cacti, indeed.
