DesertZone
DesertZone
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RE: Yucca protection

Bullseye! :D Sorry Tim, I don't mean to hijack your thread. :oops: Don't you wish you could grow these in your yard. :D About 90% of them died in th...

13 years ago
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RE: Yuccas in snow pics

Hi Aaron,the short blooms sure correlate to rostrata.....not thompsoniana.pH....most of the rupicolae family of Yuccas (ie. rostrata) grow in limeston...

13 years ago
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RE: Yuccas in snow pics

Tim, who would have thought that my small elata would have bloomed? :shock:

13 years ago
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RE: Yuccas in snow pics

I'm not sure why rostratas bloom in your area when 'young'. I've talked to people in Texas and was under the impression that Y. rostrata doesn't bloo...

13 years ago
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RE: Post your coldest temps of the 2011/12 winter

Hi Aaron,your gonna be cold since we are gonna be warm this week! :bootyshake: So true! I think we are going to have one or two days above freezing ...

13 years ago
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RE: Dug up my Agaves today.......

I can't tell the ID's, but nice going. :D You might have some very hardy agave.Only time will tell somethings will look good until they warm up. I ...

13 years ago
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RE: Post your coldest temps of the 2011/12 winter

I know one thing, if it's warm in the east it's cold in Idaho. :lol:

13 years ago
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RE: Yuccas in snow pics

Hi Aaron,it's not just the bloom........it's the seed pods. Most botanists thought Y. linearifolia was a form of Y. rostrata until they saw the seed ...

13 years ago
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RE: Post your coldest temps of the 2011/12 winter

Cold will come.Barb I agree.GW is just wishful thinking, the more I want it the colder it gets. I plant about a dozen cactus in AZ and that winter th...

13 years ago
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RE: January 2013 Outlook

The Monkey Puzzle tree in snow was cool too:<img src=> Looks Alien. :alien:

13 years ago
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RE: Post your coldest temps of the 2011/12 winter

But we'll most likely go lower in January :x Barb I hope you don't, that might put us down here in another cold spell. :D

13 years ago
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RE: Yuccas in snow pics

Do you think you have a rostrata or linearifolia?........when it blooms we'll know for sure! :D I don't know? I bought it as rostrata seed. How do ...

13 years ago
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RE: Yuccas in snow pics

What's the odds of that 16" O. engelmannii pad surviving your cold? Any shot? I need to send you the Mesa Garden hardy Engelmannii pad......I got it...

13 years ago
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Re: 12/13 winter coldest temp

-10C (14F) on January 2nd :| The city, 5 miles away, only got to -5 or -6C. :| Barb What is that, like a zone 8b. My nieghbors in AZ have already...

13 years ago
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RE: Yucca protection

Oh my goodnes! Monster cacti :D Looks similar to those I've seen on Turkish coast, but they were dark greenish. This is most likely the ones you see...

13 years ago
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