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Small offsetting cactus from Argentina. Very easy to grow and has tons of brilliant red flowers in spring and summer. Best in full sun. Indoors or OK in rock garden with good drainage.

4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.

Neat and tidy cactus from Bolivia; short dense spines held close to the body help to protect it from the ravages of the sun god. Forms a dense clump 20cm across, orange flowers spring to summer. Indoors, bright, keep dry in winter

5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.

Small bodied Rebutia which forms large mounds in time, and bears in early spring a fantasticly dense crop of flowers with gorgeous baby-pink rounded petals.

4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.

Unusual rare Mexican species looking like an Echeveria (which it is not). Flowers in spring, white with sweet, spicy fragrance. Difficult to grow; best kept dry in winter to avoid mouldy rot. Avoid water sitting in the rosette.

6.Indoors OK, but not for beginners, Outdoors not OK.

"Queen of the Abyss". Caudiciform from cliffsides near a huge waterfall in Brasil. Silver felted leaves emerge in spring then tubular orange-red flowers. Does well outdoors in bright light for best looks.

2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.

This is a CC selected clone with interesting inward pointing tubercles, which remind of a swarm of sharks heading in for a feeding frenzy.

3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.

Cold tolerant alpine cactus from Bolivia. Prolific flowers (bright yellow in this case). Requires bright light to keep compact. Easy to grow, water moderately in warm weather, less in winter.

4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.

Alpine cactus from Bolivia. Slightly tangly soft brown spines on green bodies which offset to form low mounds.Prolific yellow flowers. Requires bright light to keep compact. Easy to grow, water moderately in warm weather, less in winter.

4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.

Cold-tolerant alpine cacti from Bolivia. Prolific flowers are intensely coloured and the spination of well-grown specimens is pleasing. Requires bright light to keep compact. Easy to grow, water moderately in warm weather, less in winter.

4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.

Cold-tolerant alpine cacti from Bolivia. Prolific flowers are intensely coloured and the spination of well-grown specimens is pleasing. Requires bright light to keep compact. Easy to grow, water moderately in warm weather, less in winter.

4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.

Newly named cold tolerant alpine cactus from Bolivia. Intense magenta flowers. Offsets freely. Requires bright light to keep compact. Easy to grow, water moderately in warm weather, less in winter.

4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.

Cold-tolerant alpine cacti from Bolivia. Prolific flowers are intensely coloured and the spination of well-grown specimens is pleasing. Requires bright light to keep compact. Easy to grow, water moderately in warm weather, less in winter.

4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.

Cold-tolerant alpine cacti from Bolivia. Prolific flowers are intensely coloured and the spination of well-grown specimens is pleasing. Requires bright light to keep compact. Easy to grow, water moderately in warm weather, less in winter.

4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.

Cold-tolerant alpine cacti from Bolivia. Prolific flowers are intensely coloured and the spination of well-grown specimens is pleasing. Requires bright light to keep compact. Easy to grow, water moderately in warm weather, less in winter.

4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.

Cold-tolerant alpine cacti from Bolivia. Prolific flowers are intensely coloured and the spination of well-grown specimens is pleasing. Requires bright light to keep compact. Easy to grow, water moderately in warm weather, less in winter.

4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.

Cold tolerant alpine cactus from Bolivia. Solitary, 10cm or more in diameter. Prolific magenta flowers to 7.5cm. Requires bright light to keep compact. Easy to grow, water moderately in warm weather, less in winter.

4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.

Cold tolerant alpine cactus from Bolivia. Prolific pink or pink & yellow flowers. Requires bright light to keep compact. Easy to grow, water moderately in warm weather, less in winter.

4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.

Cold-tolerant alpine cacti from Bolivia. Prolific flowers are intensely coloured and the spination of well-grown specimens is pleasing. Requires bright light to keep compact. Easy to grow, water moderately in warm weather, less in winter.

4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.

Very long richly coloured dark red spines distinguish this cold tolerant alpine cactus from Bolivia with prolific blood-red flowers. Needs bright light to keep compact. Water moderately in summer, less in winter.

4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.

Cold-tolerant alpine cacti from Bolivia. Prolific flowers are intensely coloured and the spination of well-grown specimens is pleasing. Requires bright light to keep compact. Easy to grow, water moderately in warm weather, less in winter.

4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.

Cold-tolerant alpine cacti from Bolivia. Prolific flowers are intensely coloured and the spination of well-grown specimens is pleasing. Requires bright light to keep compact. Easy to grow, water moderately in warm weather, less in winter.

4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.

Cold-tolerant alpine cacti from Bolivia. Prolific flowers are intensely coloured and the spination of well-grown specimens is pleasing. Requires bright light to keep compact. Easy to grow, water moderately in warm weather, less in winter.

4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.

A choice form with long thin spines and extremely attractive blood-red flowers in spring. Forms a compact mound to 25cm diameter. and is best grown in bright light. OK in rock garden with very good drainage.

4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.

Cold-tolerant alpine cacti from Bolivia. Prolific flowers are intensely coloured and the spination of well-grown specimens is pleasing. Requires bright light to keep compact. Easy to grow, water moderately in warm weather, less in winter.

4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.

Or Graptopetalum bellum if you like. Gorgeous pink flowers in summer on this Mexican canyon-dweller. Forms a small cluster. OK outdoors only in the best bright well-drained position.

4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.

Interesting bigeneric hybrid between a Tavaresia and an Orbea, bred in Port Charles, Coromandel. Showy large red-spotted flowers. Feed or repot often for good flowering.

4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.

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3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.

Nearly spineless Bolivian native from high altitudes hence frost-hardy and weather-tolerant. Beautiful thick glaucous parallel columns to 5m. Huge scented white flowers at night in summer. For outdoor or bright indoor position.

2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.

Easy to see why this has become known as the Penis Plant! A one-eyed sport from a columnar cereoid (T.bridgesii, known for its psychoactive alkaloids) this plant is a fast rooter and easy, becoming an outdoorable many-headed bush.

2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.

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5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.

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7.Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer.

Handsome golden-yellow columnar cactus to 6m with branches ascending parallel to main stem. Easy plant outdoors in well-drained soil. Stands mild frost.

2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.

Imposing tree, eventually with dark massive trunk from flared base. Straight sharp narrow leaves festooned with fine hanging filaments, or threads, on the leaf edges. Grows well outdoors in New Zealand gardens.

3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.

Endangered Madagascan lump plant with globular caudex to 2 metres diameter. Wow! Produces vines which stay leafy in at least mild areas. Keep dryish in winter. Untried outdoors.

4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.