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looks great!

I was just looking at palms in Alamogordo, NM. Weather Underground says they got down to -13 in 2011. I'm really surprised there are any still alive...

I think it would be neat to have a chocolate mimosa even as a die-back perennial.

From what I've read and experienced, not all Crepe Myrtles are equally hardy. They say the ones with the Indian names (like Zuni, Tonto, etc.) are th...

Thanks! We went through Jonesboro on our way to Cape Girardea. There was a place here that was selling chocolate mimosas. I bet they are dead from ...

Hollies took a hit last winter here too.

I put clear plastic tubs over my agaves and the do fine, except last year I let snow get on them in March and they rotted, except for the agave utahen...

If anyone in zone 5b is interested, it seems like the CM zuni's took last winter in stride. One came back with no mulch. I have a CM dynamite (which...

WOW, those crepe myrtles look very nice! What nice color they add to the garden. :D Thanks Aaron!

Yep, they're pretty much the perfect deciduous plant. You probably saw quite a few in OK didn't you?

Agreed, I can't get enough of them even as shrubs.

Thanks, they don't get very tall where I'm at. Winter often kills them back to the roots. I wish I had tried a Hopi. That one might have the best c...

Nice plants. What zone are you in?

I've been a little paranoid about that too. We've been abot 5-10 degrees below average this summer so if that trend continues we should see highs gen...