chadec
@chadec
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Joined: Jan 13, 2013
Last seen: Sep 9, 2017
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RE: desert garden blog

Nice snow pics, hope the moisture doesn't hurt the A. Utahensis.

10 years ago
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RE: Agave

I have had the ovatifolia in ground for 4 years and the havardiana in ground for 6. Last year we seen our lowest temps of -1F. In 2010 the havardiana...

10 years ago
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RE: Some pics from Boyce Thompson Arboretum.

Now your just showing off! LolLoving the agave macroacantha, for some reason I don't own one. Any id on the dyckia?

10 years ago
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RE: a few palms

We'll see what happens. It's been raining for days and now the freeze is coming. So tomorrow we will have a sheet of ice across the gardens. Just dep...

10 years ago
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RE: a few palms

Thanks Barb, I am sure as soon as we get freezing rain and ice the sabal seedlings will be goners. It was just an inflo I cut off at Myrtle Beach and...

10 years ago
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RE: Some pics from Boyce Thompson Arboretum.

Sorry for your loss Jim.Thanks for taking the time to share such wonderful pics during this time.

10 years ago
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RE: a few palms

I don't protect the needles after yr 1 and the minors do not require protection. Looks like the seedlings may need another yr before I can remove the...

10 years ago
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RE: Agave

So far this winter we have had lows down to 2F. Looks like my loses so far are aloe aristata, agave utahensis and chrysantha. Once again havardiana an...

10 years ago
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RE: My Yuccas in Zone 7a

Very nice looking yucca. In a zone 7 with such a low rainfall you should have no problem growing anything in Leo's book. I read somewhere ppl soaked t...

10 years ago
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RE: Some pics from Boyce Thompson Arboretum.

Just awesome, I dont know where to start.

10 years ago
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RE: Agave

Jim, I really love those media picta alba. They most certainly revert back to their non variegated form. If your lucky you can catch a plant with a ...

10 years ago
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RE: Some pics from Boyce Thompson Arboretum.

Very nice plants, love the parryi and ferocactus. Those date palms are just to die for. Thanks for sharing.

10 years ago
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RE: Agave

Thanks, This will be the first year for me actually testing eucomis, manfreda and crinum in the ground. I have always dug em up in years past. Hopeful...

10 years ago
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RE: Agave

Thanks Andy and no you're not seeing wrong. That particular agave was much larger till it came inside and has since lost several leaves. I now have 7...

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