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Sorry to hear that Aaron. I just planted mine this year because I was tired of it not growing. I'm gonna run it through the gauntlet and see what ha...

Aaron, what ever happened to your faxoniana? Did it live?

I've sprayed mine with wilt proof so far the first 2 winters. It's only had to weather a zone 7b and 7a winter so far though. My E.B. was about the...

Looks great! Thanks for the pics!

From what I've read DD Blanchard is more hardy than EB. My EB was drooping to the ground after the 18 inches of snow we just had. I was worried but ...

Looks good! I like the look of gravel beds as long as they have plants in them. Especially desert plants. :D

Looks great! What kind of plastic did you use Aaron? Did you have to do anything to keep the agave from poking through the plastic?

One of the banks here left one planted in the ground all winter. I was surprised how much cold it took before finally turning completely brown. I'd ...

wxman,I'm actually about 200 miles from Chicago in the center of the state. From what I've read on the internet, people have gotten Southern Mags in ...

I was wondering if I should tie up the leaves like Tim does. Thank you for the advice on the thermometers, I hadn't thought about people dropping the...

DOH! How did I misread that? I bought a remote thermometer for the needle palm but it wasn't working right so I took it back. I need to try again. ...

Could the soil have caused it to rot? Mine's in a mix of about 75% pea gravel and 25% sand. Maybe even higher percentage of pea gravel.

Barb,There's no extra heat source for the rostrata. I monitored the temp in the fall and it seemed about an extra 20 degrees (F) warmer under the tub...

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