Golden balls Echinocactus grussonii imagine falling into the middle of these.

Imagine weeding around them

the good thing about a place like south australia and the riverland is that the climate is so harsh the weeds dont survive too well. its great!!

To give you an idea i am six foot tall.

I love the cephalacereus senilis.

Cephalacereus senilis with its cephalium.

Apparently in habitat to collect the seeds locals used to chop of the tops of these magnificent plants and now it has the effect that it is very hard to obtain seeds from now due to the chopping of mature tops with the cephaliums what a shame. The cephalium on this is approx 5.5m above the ground so it would be difficult to pollinate let alone collect the seeds.

thanks for sharing ! great plants!

Truly amazing pictures CC, my dream garden

Thanks for sharing these amazing pictures!

Wow CC, thanks heaps for sharing, truly amazing landscape and cacti. In thirty years my outdoor garden will be something like this (and I'll only be 52 )

Go for it, Cristata!
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