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M.Maculosa flowering...
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I love the burgundy color that develops as the flowers get older.
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Walmart version of Stargazer lily
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Not what I wanted but still pretty and there are a few gazers in there....
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This strawberry produces red flowers to go along with the red fruit.
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Hesperaloe and Parryi
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Sun setting on Sequoia
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Waggie/new leaf
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Maculosa and Blue Parryi
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Some Yucca action-
Y.Rostrata has a 3d effect with the blue upper sides of the leaves glowing in the center...
Mezmerizing!
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Y.Gloriosa,finally recovering from last years(?) bloomstalk.
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A.Parryi
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A.Havardiana-this thing is huge and growing fast..
counted 8 new leaves yesterday.
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You can still see where this Fortunei was trunk cut
back in April 2010,it has recovered slower-the other T/c Fortunei is almost 6'
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Castor beans-the biggest leaf is 30"+ and they are around 4' now,about 4x as big as they normally are this time of year!
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Posted : 10/06/2012 10:55 am
Great plants you have there 😀 Have you any more germinated T. takil from Alexander seeds? I don't have any yet from 30 seeds. Maybe they didn't ripen properly?
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Posted : 10/06/2012 1:02 pm
Those manfreda are awesome, as is everthing else.
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Posted : 10/06/2012 2:33 pm
Those yuccas and agaves are pristine!!!!
The 3D pic of y.rostrata is so lovely...nice shots.
You either have very small feet...or a jungle.
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Posted : 10/06/2012 4:39 pm
I really dig the manfreda, never seen one blooming. Am I correct in noticing that the male parts mature first, then wither when the female parts come out?
Posted : 11/06/2012 10:58 am
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Great plants you have there 😀 Have you any more germinated T. takil from Alexander seeds? I don't have any yet from 30 seeds. Maybe they didn't ripen properly?
Just one has sprouted in 7 weeks -I think the ones I have are from Hebert
but I believe they are all from the same general area.
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Posted : 11/06/2012 11:19 am
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Maybe so Paul,I was just noticing the whole flower changes as it ages.
No Barb
That sucker is huge!
Thanks Aaron
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Posted : 11/06/2012 11:23 am
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beautiful!
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Posted : 14/06/2012 12:27 pm
great stuff Jim. The Sequoiadendron looks great. Is that tall cactus a Oreocereus celsianus?
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Posted : 14/06/2012 2:01 pm
Hummingbirds could get lost in that beauty, Jim.
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Posted : 14/06/2012 4:17 pm
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I believe the cactus is Cleistocactus strausii (Silver torch)
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Posted : 15/06/2012 11:45 am
All very nice. Especially appreciate the update on the trunk-cut Trachy.
Posted : 15/06/2012 11:31 pm
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Thanks Erik
We got .67" rain last night/ this morning -been a month and a half
since we got that much-maybe more on the way to tip this drought back.
Here are a few pics from this(Sat) morning
Corpse lily is growing-
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Waggie leaf 6/8/12
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And this morning 6/16/12
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The big boys
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Biggest New Zealand purple Castor
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Posted : 16/06/2012 10:31 am
That Waggie is opening up fast.
Glad you got the rain. Can't complain here--parts of OK, and most of Texas, are dry but we're getting rain. Above average temps but nothing like this time last year -- that was hell 😈
Anyway, keep you updates coming. This is bound to be your best year ever.
Posted : 16/06/2012 11:56 am
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I think your right,although last night was a close call.....
net result-1.47" rain in 24 hours and 4-5 more hours of sunlight
from the downed tree!
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Posted : 17/06/2012 11:10 am
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