Some Spring Pics

Paul Ont · 2011-06-20T16:56:54Z

Got home for the weekend and snapped a few pics. Low this winter was -31C, palms saw ~-18C on one occasion. From May:Needle at the bottom and Sabal minor at the top:<a href="http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2225964510072511707vZPZUq"><img src="http://inlinethumb36.webshots.com/47139/2225964510072511707S600x600Q85.jpg" alt="DSCN1104"></a>Opuntia basilaris var. aurea (O. aurea):<a href="http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2004438860072511707eYigwo"><img src="http://inlinethumb37.webshots.com/44132/2004438860072511707S600x600Q85.jpg" alt="DSCN1265"></a>From this weekend:Opuntia polyacantha 'Crystal Tide':<a href="http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2856220320072511707PMgAKl"><img src="http://inlinethumb09.webshots.com/45512/2856220320072511707S600x600Q85.jpg" alt="DSCN1289"></a>O. polyacantha 'Wasatch Pink':<a href="http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2992582270072511707BVbQFv"><img src="http://inlinethumb41.webshots.com/46504/2992582270072511707S600x600Q85.jpg" alt="DSCN1291"></a>O. polyacantha 'Wasatch Pink' and a polyacantha that I collected near Drumheller, AB:<a href="http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2007414120072511707SHXYfF"><img src="http://inlinethumb34.webshots.com/46497/2007414120072511707S600x600Q85.jpg" alt="DSCN1292"></a>O. basilaris v. hellei:<a href="http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2200422510072511707cwgrkF"><img src="http://inlinethumb03.webshots.com/46146/2200422510072511707S600x600Q85.jpg" alt="DSCN1294"></a>O polacantha 'Purple pads':<a href="http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2398208190072511707mWhkSE"><img src="http://inlinethumb23.webshots.com/45526/2398208190072511707S600x600Q85.jpg" alt="DSCN1302"></a>Echinocereus rechenbachii:<a href="http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2812519560072511707wVjPsC"><img src="http://inlinethumb02.webshots.com/46529/2812519560072511707S600x600Q85.jpg" alt="DSCN1310"></a>Another rechenbachii:<a href="http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2532370840072511707nxPqqz"><img src="http://inlinethumb35.webshots.com/44962/2532370840072511707S600x600Q85.jpg" alt="DSCN1312"></a>Escobaria missouriensis caespitosa:<a href="http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2265538470072511707ogeoaM"><img src="http://inlinethumb57.webshots.com/45752/2265538470072511707S600x600Q85.jpg" alt="DSCN1313"></a>Overview of some of the O. polyacantha (mostly) blooms:<a href="http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2652788110072511707xsrHKx"><img src="http://inlinethumb23.webshots.com/37270/2652788110072511707S600x600Q85.jpg" alt="DSCN1314"></a>Yucca elata and some blooming Y. filamentosa:<a href="http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2916498250072511707rCBEqs"><img src="http://inlinethumb54.webshots.com/47093/2916498250072511707S600x600Q85.jpg" alt="DSCN1315"></a>A couple crosses by Tim (MA) doing well here (Y. filata x recurvfolia) foregroud, Y. glauca background:<a href="http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2916877880072511707QNsDVz"><img src="http://inlinethumb48.webshots.com/47663/2916877880072511707S600x600Q85.jpg" alt="DSCN1319"></a>Mammillaria spp.<a href="http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2428021190072511707LdeyZw"><img src="http://inlinethumb50.webshots.com/47601/2428021190072511707S600x600Q85.jpg" alt="DSCN1321"></a>Phyllostachys aureosulcata and aureosulcata 'spectibilis' doing well!<a href="http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2022304740072511707bqciRn"><img src="http://inlinethumb56.webshots.com/48119/2022304740072511707S600x600Q85.jpg" alt="DSCN1323"></a>Palms with bamboo in the background:<a href="http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2327214860072511707dcMJvB"><img src="http://inlinethumb60.webshots.com/34747/2327214860072511707S600x600Q85.jpg" alt="DSCN1324"></a>Japanese Umbrella Pine looking OK after exposure to -31C!<a href="http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2154980270072511707niUpPe"><img src="http://inlinethumb14.webshots.com/46093/2154980270072511707S600x600Q85.jpg" alt="DSCN1326"></a>Rhododendron brachycarpum ssp. tigerstedtii:<a href="http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2444061400072511707xblIqr"><img src="http://inlinethumb23.webshots.com/46998/2444061400072511707S600x600Q85.jpg" alt="DSCN1332"></a>Brackens brown beauty. Slowly recovering. Probably not exposed to temps much below -20C:<a href="http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2558444260072511707ZPNITE"><img src="http://inlinethumb64.webshots.com/45567/2558444260072511707S600x600Q85.jpg" alt="DSCN1344"></a>The M. basjoo are PATHETIC this year. I lost the main stem and the suckers are about 1/2 where they were last year!<a href="http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...