Yuccas in snow pics

A high of 11F? Boy............... I'm glad we don't have temps like that. :bootyshake:

I'm testing/protecting a Citrumelo this year and I really don't want any super cold. After tonight we will have warmer temps again.

I would love it if we had our avg temps here, 33 high and 17low. But most of the time we are below in winter. 😡

If we could only eliminate the coldest 2 or 3 nights of the winter.........I bet we would be a zone 7a or perhaps even a 7b in the mild winters! That would be so cool. The ocean really buffers our area nicely......I can't complain......a few miles inland and they get 5F to 10F colder at night.

Great pics, Aaron!

Great pics, Aaron!

Thanks! 😀

Update on blog 😀

http://unkowndestination.blogspot.com/2013/01/baby-its-cold-outside.html

Looks pretty arctic, lol! I think they should be fine...

What's the odds of that 16" O. engelmannii pad surviving your cold? Any shot? I need to send you the Mesa Garden hardy Engelmannii pad......I got it in 2002 and it's never gotten any damage on it yet. It will be a good side to side test.

Has your Y. rostrata seen cold like this? Only time will tell if there is damage.

What's the odds of that 16" O. engelmannii pad surviving your cold? Any shot? I need to send you the Mesa Garden hardy Engelmannii pad......I got it in 2002 and it's never gotten any damage on it yet. It will be a good side to side test.

Has your Y. rostrata seen cold like this? Only time will tell if there is damage.

Well, I think as it grows new pads next year I will keep one inside for my place in AZ, and what I leave in the ground I will cover as long as I can. It comes from northern part of O. engel. range. So, yesthat would be a great side by side test. And thanks Tim. Would you like a trade with the other big pad Opuntia I have? If it lives? 😀

And yes...I think my rostrata has lived through a winter like this before, could have been coverd though? Almost every winter I have here is the worst I have had, except for last winter, that was a good one. 😆

I do belive the rostrta will see some damage if it makes it.
PS. My rostarta has thinner leaves than most Y. linearifolia's I've seen. 😉

Hi Aaron,

I'm done with cactus.......been giving them away for a few years now. Thanks for the offer though.

Do you think you have a rostrata or linearifolia?........when it blooms we'll know for sure! 😀

Do you think you have a rostrata or linearifolia?........when it blooms we'll know for sure! 😀

I don't know? I bought it as rostrata seed. How do you tell the flowers apart? I always thought linearifolia was just a thin leaved rostrata? 😕

Hi Aaron,

it's not just the bloom........it's the seed pods. Most botanists thought Y. linearifolia was a form of Y. rostrata until they saw the seed pods. Y. linearifolia has succulent seed pods like baccata, aloifolia, etc... where rostrata has dry seed pods like filamentosa, glauca, etc... So you'll need it to bloom AND get it to form seed pods! 😆 What's the odds of that happening? 😕 Yucca linearifolia is closer related to baccata than rostrata.......who would of thought.

I'll send you some pollen.....let me know when it blooms............it may be awhile since rostrata is a shy bloomer in northern areas.....thompsoniana blooms much more easily in northern areas.

PS, when I grew Y. linearifolia from seed the first few leaves are wide like baccata seedlings then they narrow up with age. Did your's do that?

Hi Aaron,

it's not just the bloom........it's the seed pods. Most botanists thought Y. linearifolia was a form of Y. rostrata until they saw the seed pods. Y. linearifolia has succulent seed pods like baccata, aloifolia, etc... where rostrata has dry seed pods like filamentosa, glauca, etc... So you'll need it to bloom AND get it to form seed pods! 😆 What's the odds of that happening? 😕 Yucca linearifolia is closer related to baccata than rostrata.......who would of thought.

I'll send you some pollen.....let me know when it blooms............it may be awhile since rostrata is a shy bloomer in northern areas.....thompsoniana blooms much more easily in northern areas.

PS, when I grew Y. linearifolia from seed the first few leaves are wide like baccata seedlings then they narrow up with age. Did your's do that?

Thanks Tim for the info!

Rostrata blooms easy here! I see rostarta blooms every summer, must be that we have more sunlight and heat in the summer than the east?

No they were thin like elata. 😀

I'm not sure why rostratas bloom in your area when 'young'. I've talked to people in Texas and was under the impression that Y. rostrata doesn't bloom in Texas until it is 6 feet tall.......do you think the rostratas in Idaho have some thompsoniana genes in them? My rostrata is 7 feet tall and no blooms. 😥

What's the pH of your soil in Idaho? I need to buy a ton of limestone! 😉

I'm not sure why rostratas bloom in your area when 'young'. I've talked to people in Texas and was under the impression that Y. rostrata doesn't bloom in Texas until it is 6 feet tall.......do you think the rostratas in Idaho have some thompsoniana genes in them? My rostrata is 7 feet tall and no blooms. 😥

What's the pH of your soil in Idaho? I need to buy a ton of limestone! 😉

I don't know why? I think they are about 4 or bigger, and all the flowers I see are short within the crown, well most of the time. 😆

Our ph is basic, salty or alkaline range in the desert areas. Alkaline soil makes for bushy/compact plants and flowers, or so I read. 🙂

Tim, who would have thought that my small elata would have bloomed? 😯