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Snow can act as an insulation. The main reasons plants are less hardy in the east is because of the amount of precip. If the plants are not hardened off they are not as hardy as possible. Also we tend to have warm spells were the plants are semi dormant and then the temps drop drastically. If freezing weather catches plants growing the growing buds of cacti or meristems of the agave can be damaged.
That makes sense. I thought it was just snow or freezing precip that caused death to the desert plants. That obviously can't be true seeing that desert places get snow.
Jeff
Posted : 11/01/2016 10:05 am
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Posted : 25/02/2016 1:50 am
Thank you for update Aaron. Very unusual W. filifera with fussy leaves.
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Posted : 25/02/2016 4:49 am
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Thank you for update Aaron. Very unusual W. filifera with fussy leaves.
Yes, I hope to get seed off of it in the future. 😉
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Posted : 25/02/2016 8:29 am
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-Aaron-
Posted : 03/03/2016 9:48 pm
Looks like mixed results, but for your zone I dont think its too bad. I am still surprised agave parryi and palmeri faired better than havardiana.
Posted : 04/03/2016 6:18 pm
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Looks like mixed results, but for your zone I dont think its too bad. I am still surprised agave parryi and palmeri faired better than havardiana.
One day I'm going to find a hardy A. havardiana. 😀
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-Aaron-
Posted : 04/03/2016 8:18 pm
They are funny. My oldest ( 6 yrs ) took more damage than ever this yr. Out of 3 first yr 1 didnt make it, 1 took alot of damage. Other one in raised bed came through with no damage.
Posted : 05/03/2016 6:27 pm
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-Aaron-
Posted : 11/05/2016 10:31 am
Hi Aaron!
Great update as always, I see that you had a rough winter......here I also had lots of damage on my yuccas even though we had a "mild" winter but lots of freezing rain and now an usually cold spring with too much fluctuations between day and night.
I hope your plants recover rapidly & wish you a nice summer, thanks for sharing. 😀
Edwin
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Posted : 16/05/2016 11:16 am
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Posted : 01/07/2016 12:15 am
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Posted : 01/07/2016 12:18 am
Aaron, I hope your wife and daughter are ok now.
Garden is just amazing. What a great color of blooming Opuntia basilaris (?) 8)
Best regards,
Mario
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Posted : 09/09/2016 5:37 am
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Aaron, I hope your wife and daughter are ok now.
Garden is just amazing. What a great color of blooming Opuntia basilaris (?) 8)Best regards,
Mario
They are doing well, thank you 😀
Yes, some are Opuntia basilaris. 😉
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Posted : 12/09/2016 12:47 am
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-Aaron-
Posted : 12/09/2016 12:49 am
