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There were some fairly large dates in El Paso before (and some after) this freeze event. These were CIDPs, and not even the hardiest species like P. t...

Here's what I did with the lower half of the bed.I was only planning on keeping one MP tree for myself, but another looked too damaged to sell, so I p...

No problem!Jim, I already have a small pond :lol: Tim, I lost several plants due to low light through the winter, as well as the loquats due to a col...

On top of the soil, I added the remaining 15 cm or so (6") of pea gravel. It was easily contained by the surrounding border rocks, and the fact that t...

Here are the rest of the photos after a long delay.Here's what the bed looked like at the start of this past summer. I had to stop work on it during t...

Paul, are you planning on covering the cacti during the winter?

I think it's a combination of genetics, luck, and climate. The fact that even some CIDPs survived the event speaks to what people can grow in a dry ar...

Canadianplant, I've been growing tree ferns from spores for awhile now, with varying results as you said :lol: I sowed the spores close to three year...

There's actually a hardy cultivar of M. grandiflora which originates in Indiana, called "Simpson's Hardy".

Nice photos, Ivo! Have you heard of the olive cultivar "Vassilika"? It's supposed to be hardy to zone 7a or so, and is apparently from the Black Sea r...

Nice plants! You can get a good idea of winter protection from the tent/polytunnel that Jim in Iowa keeps over his cacti during the winter.

Great work, Tim! This gives me peace of mind for when I try out a Metapanax next season.

Cameron your weather sticker froze? :lol: Barb, a couple of times my weather sticker has frozen at -9999 C :lol: Jesse, I had a 2nd P. japonica be...

camit looks like pseudosasa but i have never heard of it taking those lows........Jesse, I didn't think P. japonica could take those temps until I bou...