Too rainy? Perhaps, but didn't appreciate all the rain when I lived in Vancouver.
Now that I live at the edge of a desert--and the corresponding severe water restrictions and huge dollars for the water "they" do send through the pipe, the saying "careful what you wish for" pops into my head.
I should move to a place called Happy Medium, where it's warm enough for palms in winter and wet enough for the pocketbook. 😉

Re the Freeze Pruf...forget who it was last year...somebody said the opened bottle smelled like ....er......a warm vomit eeeeeeuuuuuwwwww!

not on top of my most wanted list so I have no problem experimenting with them

I know what you mean...especially if they do something spectacular, like surviving 20-below, or beautiful unexpected flowers.

This one of mine isn't the same as your Graptopetalum...but I also didn't really care whether it lived or died, and then it sent up long spikey things:

Now that I care about it, it'll probably croak.

Absolutely nothing outperformed your trunk cut Trachies...they're a science miracle to me!

Palm seeds for eggs or goat meat, Erik? 😆 😆
We can't survive on our seeds...
Barb

Yea Barb

not shooting down the Trachys in any way....just saying,
who would have thought a fleshy little plant like this would
have less damage then the star palms!

I was never into Needle palms either(referring back to plant preferences;Aloe)
but when I saw my Needle the next spring so healthy,it became one of "my precious" 😆

Now if that Aloe in the Cactus bed can survive like the Grapto..... we got us a whole new ballgame!

weathersticker is stuck at 50 at noon-already 64f here 😕

Barb,
I'll trade huevos and cabrito for palm wine. Haven't had any of that in 15 years.
Need to find some way to grow Jubea... 😆
Jim, she's right: those trunk-cut Trachy have been astounding. Would not have been believable without your photos and good history.
Yeah, needle palm: a new favorite for me. 😀
Still working up a description of the cabbage palm. Later today.
--Erik

Sounds like a good trade, Erik 😆

Hey Jim, talking about the aloe...thought you'd like to see the woody trunk on this Dune Aloe from John (Okanagandesertpalms).

Barb

That's a cool one Barb

They grow into trees don't they?

Aloe thraskii (dune aloe) forms smallish trees, weird looking but spectacular flowers:
This pic may not do the flowers justice.

http://www.awanursery.co.nz/succulents.shtml

Probably after 100 years 😆
Barb

Here's an interesting adaptation to the cold by Parryi-

Look at the leaves it had last year in the firs pic and the leaves it grew this year-

It is growing more compact in regard to leaf structure(the leaves are half the size of last years leaves),
the new leaves are smaller and less fleshy,this plant may now have attained a physiology more in keeping
with it's low end cold tolerance,said to be -20(F) or -29c

It's very interesting, Jim! How long this Agave has been growing in there? How hot a last summer was? How old is it? How soon it might start blooming? I mean it might be a sign of preparing this Agave to bloom. I wish It does not.

It's been in there about 4 years,not close to blooming size,
just downsizing 😀

There was 50" of rain May-Sept so heat would not have caused this,IMO.

The Havardiana is still putting out larger sized(normal)leaves-they are more
moisture tolerant. 8)