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DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sun Jul 06, 2014 11:26 am

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DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sun Oct 19, 2014 1:34 pm

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Edmar · Post by **Edmar** » Sun Oct 19, 2014 8:19 pm

Hi Aaron, on the first pic the purple/pink flowers I'm guessing are liatris but what species? I have liatris spicata similar in colour and also white but mine already faded a long time ago

thanks for sharing!

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 8:51 pm

I don't recall which liartris species it is, but it wont bloom until Oct, much later than the others I have had in the past.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 8:34 pm

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lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 8:24 am

Wow, Aaron, you've done so much to transform your place.
Incredible beauty, love the paths and rock berms.
Silver/blue plants look so beautiful with rocks.

Good idea to prune those trees so they show more of the landscape.

Your daughter is growing up fast, lovely girl.
Now go get her that saguaro.

Barb

chadec · Post by **chadec** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 3:37 pm

Awesome collection of cold hardy plants. How long did it take your Echinocereus to clump to that size?

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 8:22 pm

chadec wrote:Awesome collection of cold hardy plants. How long did it take your Echinocereus to clump to that size?

Thanks you.

The Echinocereus clump fairly fast for me, about five years or so. When they start getting big here they get mealy bugs over the winter and start to die. It's too bad because I would have had so huge clumps by now.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 8:27 pm

lucky1 wrote:Wow, Aaron, you've done so much to transform your place.
Incredible beauty, love the paths and rock berms.
Silver/blue plants look so beautiful with rocks.

Good idea to prune those trees so they show more of the landscape.

Your daughter is growing up fast, lovely girl.
Now go get her that saguaro.

Barb

Thanks as always for the encouraging words. I'm getting a little closer to having the hardscape in. I only have 12 years left before I retire, so I better hurry!

I can't wait to take my little one south to see a real saguaro, she will be amazed. She absolutely loves cactus! and loves to eat cactus fruit.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 6:29 am

can't wait to take my little one south to see a real saguaro, she will be amazed

In the meantime, your saguaro photos will do.
And it's about time for another trip to your retirement property.
Lots to look forward to.

12 years...then you'll have endless project hours and days.
Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 2:45 pm

lucky1 wrote:.
And it's about time for another trip to your retirement property.

12 years...then you'll have endless project hours and days.
Barb

I just got back a couple of months ago, had a bunch of fun!

Yep! Lots of time for projects, but I think I will be working on few places down south. Fix-up a few homes, maybe flip a couple?

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 5:05 pm

will be working on few places down south.

Good for you Aaron.
Admit it...you just want to do more landscaping in several places there.

Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 9:29 pm

lucky1 wrote:
will be working on few places down south.
Good for you Aaron.
Admit it...you just want to do more landscaping in several places there.

Barb

True!

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sun Jan 18, 2015 2:08 pm

Snow in the garden sucks!
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lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun Jan 18, 2015 5:16 pm

Yup, you're right, Aaron.
Need some wind to blow it all away.

That's a beauty.

chadec · Post by **chadec** » Sun Jan 18, 2015 6:43 pm

Nice snow pics, hope the moisture doesn't hurt the A. Utahensis.

janci · Post by **janci** » Sun Jan 18, 2015 11:40 pm

Hallo Aron,whether the agaves this first winter in the garden?

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 1:57 pm

janci wrote:Hallo Aron,whether the agaves this first winter in the garden?

No, it's been through many winters, but winters I had it covered, but it has survived before without cover.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 1:59 pm

chadec wrote:Nice snow pics, hope the moisture doesn't hurt the A. Utahensis.

If anything is going to hurt it the moisture will. I think it's going to OK, it is the hardiest agave I have seen.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 2:00 pm

lucky1 wrote:Yup, you're right, Aaron.
Need some wind to blow it all away.

That's a beauty.

lol, wont be long before the spring winds start up.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 11:48 am

Up date,
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chadec · Post by **chadec** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 2:19 pm

Very nice pics, and amazing blooms. How many agaves survived the winter?

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 4:13 pm

chadec wrote:Very nice pics, and amazing blooms. How many agaves survived the winter?

All of them. But they were all covered except my big hybrid.

Okanagan desert-palms · Tue Jul 07, 2015 8:24 pm

Great pics Aaron. Any pics of your Joshua trees?

John

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 9:03 pm

Okanagan desert-palms wrote:Great pics Aaron. Any pics of your Joshua trees?

John

John, not yet. They are all doing well and growing. As the flowers stop blooming near the and of summer I will post some.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Wed Sep 02, 2015 1:14 pm

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Edmar · Post by **Edmar** » Sat Oct 03, 2015 9:24 am

Love seeing the updates on your yuccas but I remember from an old post that you had 4 baccatas with awesome trunks but on this update I could only see 1 baccata with a trunk , is it the only one remaining from that group??
Thanks for sharing your pictures, always appreciated

marceli · Post by **marceli** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 12:22 am

Aaron: your neomexicanas look like giants compared to mine!

It's due to high precipitation in my area, I guess.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 8:21 am

Edmar wrote:Love seeing the updates on your yuccas but I remember from an old post that you had 4 baccatas with awesome trunks but on this update I could only see 1 baccata with a trunk , is it the only one remaining from that group??
Thanks for sharing your pictures, always appreciated

You are right, there was 4 nice little trunks on the baccata, but over time they died one by one. This has been a learning experience for me. It kind of showed that yuccas do not like excessive trimming. I'm not against trimming, but not a big fan of it even though I do like the way it looks. In this case I had no choice but to try and trim because it was to close to the walk (moved the walk after I planted it.) I plan on moving that baccata later to a better spot. I think if that baccata was a form like what I have down in AZ I think the trimming would not have hurt it. Sense they a more up right leaf and seem to trunk on their own.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 8:26 am

marceli wrote:Aaron: your neomexicanas look like giants compared to mine! It's due to high precipitation in my area, I guess.

Thanks, they took many years to look like that, I'm sure in time they will clump huge. If they don't, could be the soil or like you said the precipitation.

marceli · Post by **marceli** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 10:06 am

DesertZone wrote:Thanks, they took many years to look like that, I'm sure in time they will clump huge. If they don't, could be the soil or like you said the precipitation.

The soil is almost pure sand (must be kinda acidic because conifers love it) plus some added stones for drainage. Speaking of precipitation take a look: http://www.worldweatheronline.com/Plock ... s//PL.aspx

chadec · Post by **chadec** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 5:10 pm

I couldn't help but laugh when you called agave havardiana wimpy. Cause I have had the worst time with fungal attacks on my havardiana.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 7:10 pm

chadec wrote:I couldn't help but laugh when you called agave havardiana wimpy. Cause I have had the worst time with fungal attacks on my havardiana.

Lol, good luck to you as well.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Thu Dec 03, 2015 12:07 am

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janci · Post by **janci** » Thu Dec 03, 2015 4:05 am

Aron,it seems that winter has arrived

Thank you for your beautiful pictures

cuja1 · Post by **cuja1** » Thu Dec 03, 2015 7:10 am

Nice pics! Have you ever tried Agave utahensis kaibabensis? Is that an agave neomexicana in the picture?

andym · Post by **andym** » Thu Dec 03, 2015 10:50 am

Brrrrrrr....Hope I don't see any of that white stuff here soon. Nice pics Aaron although I do prefer your Summer pics

Guess you'd rather be in Pearce AZ at the moment?

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Thu Dec 03, 2015 8:28 pm

andym wrote:Brrrrrrr....Hope I don't see any of that white stuff here soon. Nice pics Aaron although I do prefer your Summer pics Guess you'd rather be in Pearce AZ at the moment?

Me too, I much prefer summer, and wish I was down in Pearce AZ!

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Thu Dec 03, 2015 8:29 pm

janci wrote:Aron,it seems that winter has arrived Thank you for your beautiful pictures

Thank You.