Hi Cameron

Nice new bed. Please post the photos of your plants too! If you want any Opuntia seeds let me know and I'll collect some for you.

Thanks, Tim! Along with some of the more common stuff, I'm also hoping to try out some of the hardier South African succulents (Bergeranthus, Ruschia, Titanopsis, etc).

Can't wait to see the plants go in. 😀

Just a thought. That would be moss right? Wouldnt that show that the area is wet and shady?

Canadianplant, you would think it would be shady and damp with moss growing there 😆 However, this is one of the sunnier areas of my yard. All of my T. fortunei are planted there, as well as some other plants. I'm not sure how/why the moss is growing there, but it doesn't seem to mind the sun!

Oh I remember that corner now. IT actually faces south right?

Maybe build up that hill just a bit, as well as dig down just to make sure?

It does face south. I'm planning on digging down around 3' (as long as I can remove all of the rock), and then putting large rocks around the edge of the bed, to build it up further.

Moss even grows in my hottest, south facing cactus bed which has a foot of well draining sand.......we just too much precipitation here in the northeast......I get mushrooms and ferns too! LOL

I think a foot would be deep enough (unless you are growing large trunking Yuccas etc)you can always add on to the top

Agree with Jim, save your back, one foot deep is probably enough.
Three feet would kill you unless a backhoe can help.
😆 😆

I agree with you guys re the "sunny moss".
Seems to be a newish moss variety.
Have it here too in the driest rockiest areas that never see water or shade.
Even grows on the ledge of my rock wall...crazy stuff.
Maybe it'd die if we watered it 😆

It'll be nice to see the bed develop Cameron.

Barb

The only moss I every see grow here is in the winter, up in the mountains or around water. 😕

Jim/Barb, I am going to be trying some larger trunking Yuccas to see how they do. My area receives quite a lot more rain than Iowa or the Okanagan, so I am not taking any chances with poor drainage in the bed! As well, I'm hoping to use the extra soil in other parts of the garden 😆

What species of Yuccas are you gonna try Cameron? Try elata if you can get one which is #1 in my garden followed by rostrata. I'll be planting a big faxoniana/carnerosana soon.......it's suppose to be here Friday. My concern with fax is lack of new leaf growth each season due to our coolish soil temps.......your cooler than me! I'm lucky to get 3 new leaves on my smaller carnerosanas now.

Tim, I'll be trying a couple of rostratas. If I can find an elata, I might try that too, as well as Y. thompsoniana. I am also a little worried about cool soil temps, but I'll still give them a try!