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I do not know much about yuccas but I would imagine the one pictured in my old thread "Yucca pic?" is prolly quite hardy. Aaron (DesertZone) seemed to...

That is a pretty sweet Trachy. I wish I could have one that size right now! Maybe someday... one of my friends sent me some seed and they are starting...

I don't imagine it hurts anything if you start even as early as now. I usually wait until early March here in Boise, but I have seen sub-arctic air bl...

Definitely cold air cannot hold as much moisture as warm air. I guess I could say, along those lines, would 10 F with a dewpoint of, say, 8 (inversion...

The low at my house in Boise so far this winter was 7 F in early December, during the major inversion that month. 2nd coldest was 8, about a week and ...

Low last night at my house (a nice porch microclimate reading but still usually pretty accurate) was 16 F (-9 C). Supposed to get down to about 15 the...

Yah it would be a good idea to wait until at least this cold snap has passed, this kind of cold could conceivably zap (weaker?) mature Trachy's. Suppo...

Do you (maybe do they let you) ship to the US? (if needed, Idaho to be exact)

I found some Pinus monophylla on the previously mentioned Sheffield's (www.sheffields.com). It is 2004 vintage seed from Utah, and $4.95 for about 51 ...

My talent at cold stratification probably originated with the first trees I started growing from seed. The second species I grew from seed was norther...

Too bad Jubaeas are so expensive... I would love to try one here! Sure it would probably take forever to grow (if it could take the cold) but they loo...

Yah it would definitely be fun to try. What I did was just soak the seed for a day or two, then cold stratify for about a month. Then pull them out to...