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Winter Hardy Cacti (by Rob Huntley Canada)
Cacti That Are Hardy In Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Cold Hardy Cacti and Succulents,
Benny's Hardy Cactus Page Hardy cactus and other Hardy Succulents, hardy in Denmark.
Mike Miles Hardy Cacti Page
MICHIGAN OUTDOOR CACTUS PAGE by Mike Brubaker, many beautiful picture of hardy cactus and Rhododendron!
Growing winter hardy cacti in the UK by George Higgins
Frostharte-kakteen (German text.) By Rudolf Appel
 

Desert Plants in the Seattle Area
 

Opuntiads of the USA, by Joe J. Shaw.

Michael Kiessling and Cyrill Hunkeler's Opuntia and Tephrocactus  site, it's a very impressive site (Mostly with German text, but also pages with English text)
If you don't allready have it you should also buy Michael Kiesslings excellent book about "Tephrocactus und andere Feigenkakteen" with Text both in German and English!

Midwestern Opuntia fragilis.

The Cactus and Succulents plant mall. Here you will find everything!!

Sempervivum's World, by Martin Miklánek, Trnava, Slovakia (English and Slovakian text)
Houseleeks, Sempervivum and Jovibarba: by Jure Slanter, Slovenia
New Ornamentals Society, The Yucca Study Group, Edited by Larry Hatch:

Benny's Yucca page:
Acording to many of the visitors this is the most comprehensive site about Yucca plants!

agavaceae-datenbank

The Yucca Plant and the Yucca moth:  Good site with excellent explanation on the symbioses of the Yucca plant and the Yucca moth

Vascular Plant Image Gallery (Agavaceae):  Site with photos of Yucca's from mostly Big Ben area Texas

Tropengarten Garten, Winterharte Exoten in Deutschland (Deutsch & English text)

New Ornamentals Society, The Yucca Study Group, Edited by Larry Hatch:
This link: http://members.tripod.com/~Hatch_L/yucca.html is now obsolete if anyone know if this page is moved please let me know?

YUCCA ARCHIV  (Deutsch text)
This is a part of Ulrich Kalthoff website, many pictures from his beautiful garden.

Rüdiger's Yucca photos.
 
 

YahooGroup "Yucca & Co."

This is a new YahooGroup founded July 2000.

Exchange of information's about Yucca and other Hardy desert plants (Botanic-Cultivation-Exchange of seeds) The Language of the "club" is English.

Hardy desert and other exotic plants
This is an internet forum both in English and/or in German, with members all around the world, here you will be able to "talk" about Yucca, hardy cactus, hardy succulents, palms, books and many other topics. Join today.

Yucca & Co  is a forum in German language, you can write in English, but you can expect to get the answer in German.
 

Other exotic plant sites:

Hardy exotics, Oasis home page

Tropen Garten, Winterharte Exoten in Deutschland (Deutsch & English text)

THE  COOL TROPICS :  A giant USA web site for palms and exotic gardeners living outside the tropics !
"Set up a tropical paradise right in your own snow covered backyard. Palms, cycads, bananas, and other tropicals are yours to enjoy every day even if you live in Oregon, Canada, or northern Europe. Knowing the what, where, when, and how make it all possible. Let The Cool Tropics show you how... "

BAMBUS SEKTION (Deutsch text)
This is a part of Ulrich Kalthoff web site, many pictures from his beautiful garden.

Eriogonum as a Rock Garden Plants  By James L. Reveal

Hardiness

 Hardycacti_etc:
A mailing list that discusses hardy cactus and other hardy succulents:

You subscribe by sending an email to:

listproc@opus.hpl.hp.com

with this message:

SUBSCRIBE HARDYCACTI_ETC Your name

You shall leave the subject blank!

Or visit this page were you choose hardycacti_etc http://www.cactus-mall.com/apps/c_etc.mv

The Too Cold for Cactus Group:
A mailing list that discusses hardy cactus and other hardy succulents, you can join here:

Yucca & Co:

This is a new eGroup founded July 2000.

Exchange of information's about Yucca and other Hardy desert plants (Botanic-Cultivation-Exchange of seeds) The Language of the "club" is English.

Literature:

Benson, Lyman (1982) updated in 1992
           The Cacti of the United States and Canada
                            1000 pages!
                            Published by: Standford University Press.
                            US$ 125.00

Hancock, Ken: (1999)
           A Review of the Distribution of the native Cacti of Canada.
                            115 large size pages, 9 color photos , many B/W maps,
                            perfect bound with soft cover.
                            Published by Ottawa Area C&S Group
                            Order from:
                            Ken Hancock
                            5 Andover Place, Ryan Farm
                            Nepean, Ontario
                            K1P 5G8 CANADA
                            US$ 20.00

Sierer, David and the (Not) Too Cold For Cactus Group: (1999)
           Where The Hardy Cactus Grow!
                            A Hardy Succulents Handbook. (Booklet)
                            60 pages, 23 B/W  photos and 4 in color.
                            Published by: The Amateurs Digest, ISSN 1199-0791
           (Out of print from the publisher)

Spain, John: (1997)
           Growing Winter Hardy Cacti in Cold Wet Climactic Conditions,
                            71 pages, 24 small color photos, and many drawings.
                            ISBN: 9995935686
                            Published by:
                            Elisabeth Harmon
                            75 Middlebury Road
                           Watertown CT 06795, U.S.A
                            US$ 15.00

Benny's Kaktus: plant list
 
 

EU:

Navajo Country:
Home page:
Owner: Fritz Hochstätter.
Seeds of all the species of Pediocactus, Sclerocactus and Yucca plus seeds of many other hardy species of cactus.

SuccSeed
Sweden
Home page
I have not tried this source, but have only heard good talk about the seeds from here..

Whitestone Gardens Ltd.
Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe
Thirsk
New Yorkshire YO7 2PZ
England
Tel. (O1845)597467
Owner Roy Mottram
I have not tried this source.

DOUG & VIVI ROWLAND.
200 Spring Road,
Kempston, Bedford, MK42 8ND,
England -
Fax 01234/358970.
A botanical listings of seeds from many succulent families.
I have not tried this source.

USA:

Plantasia Cactus Gardens, 867 Filer Ave. W, Twin Falls, Idaho 83301, U.S.A.
Owner: LaMar Orton.
Email: lorton@computer-depot.com
Will deliver you some very beautiful hardy Opuntia cuttings.

Mesa Garden, P. O. Box 72, Belen, New Mexico 87002, U.S.A.
Owner: Steven Brack.
Email: cactus@swcp.com
Home page:
VERY large seed list..., and nice plants too. If they don't have the seeds they are probably not on the market!.

Intermountain Cactus, 1478 North 750 East, Kayswille, Utah, 84037, U.S.A.
Owner: Robert A. Johnson.
Offer many beautiful clones of Opuntia in almost all colors!

Desert Nursery, 1301 South Copper, Deming, New Mexico 88030, U.S.A.
telephone: 505-546-6264. They only ships in the USA.
Owner: Lazlo & Shirley.
I have not tried this source.

Southwest Nursery
Santa Fe
New Mexico
http://www.plantsofthesouthwest.com/
Has a large color catalogue with many drought resistant plants.
I have not tried this source.

Dennis Hoidal - Succulent Plants
16244 Kwei St.,
Forest Lake, MN. 55025
Tel: 651-464-0858
Email
Two FREE plant lists available
*Greenhouse grown succulents including many ISI Haworthias
*Winter Hardy Cacti
USA Mail Order Only

Since Dennis Hoidal only have mail-order inside USA, I have not tried this source, but a friend of mine has visited his nursery and speaks highly of it.