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Hey Tim- Y. recurvfolia gets damaged/top killed here each winter! Of course, that might be expected with a low of -22f...
Posted : 27/04/2011 9:39 am
Hey Tim- Y. recurvfolia gets damaged/top killed here each winter! Of course, that might be expected with a low of -22f...
Mines look terrible too. They are alive definitely but they have need frost burn for sure (even been covered with snow). The minimum was minus 23 (C), the average January's - minus 12 (C).
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Posted : 27/04/2011 12:52 pm
it appears that the most common form of Y. recurvifolia (I see it in the Washington DC area and southern N.J too) is the non-hardy form up here. I'm curious if Y. recurvifolia is getting a bad name since the most common form is the non-hardy one??
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Posted : 27/04/2011 3:04 pm
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Jay the update pics look great. Bring on the mid spring heat! The yuccas, cactus, palms need it.
John
Hey Thanks John, I need the heat too. 🙂
Posted : 28/04/2011 10:24 pm
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Which yucca? The first one?
Pic. #4.
That's a yucca baccata I grew from seed.
Posted : 28/04/2011 10:26 pm
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nice collection of southwest plants. How cold did you get to kill a recurvifolia? There's only one form which regularly dies to the ground here in Massachusetts (same form?). Rob from Tenn. sent me a small sucker from a Tenn. native Y. gloriosa/recurvifolia which is on steroids. Everyone should have one of these.
Wow! That's a nice one. Not sure sure on exact temps at my place. My digital thermometer broke this winter. I have two that survive every winter for the last five years with no protection besides snow cover.
I think the one that got fired is in a bad spot. It gets burnt really bad every year and last year it died but grew back from the roots.
Posted : 28/04/2011 10:31 pm
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