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I just got back from Yuma AZ. It was a lot of fun and ofcource there was many palms there. I wont bore anyone with pics of palms from Yuma becuase it is not much of a challenge to grow them in that area. I will however post a couple of pics of palms from the Tombstone area. This year we got to take a day trip across to the eastern part of the state. 😀
One of the first things I noticed in Tombstone was the abundance palms in the area. Tombstone is above the 4000 ft mark and has winter nights that can dip into the 20's and the teen's F. Sence my property is only 21 miles away as the crow flys, it gave me a good idea what I might be able to grow at my own place. I never had a chance to see my place and it about drove me up the wall. I was so close to my place and could not check it out. 😡 That's ok because I will be spending a week down there in July. 😀
Here is a couple of pics, there is more in my home page the album "palms of cochise county".
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Here's to all the global warming pushers, may your winters be -30 below and four feet of snow in your driveway. Because I want you happy.
-Aaron-
Posted : 04/03/2009 10:22 pm
Awesome pics Aaron. 😀 looks like my kind of place. 8)
Posted : 04/03/2009 10:31 pm
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It is was a very cool place. It reminded me of Idaho, but with bigger cactus and palm-trees. 😆 There is plenty of room Jay, if you and your family ever need a place to winter just let me know. I hope to have a couple of RV pads and a house there one day. 😀
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Here's to all the global warming pushers, may your winters be -30 below and four feet of snow in your driveway. Because I want you happy.
-Aaron-
Posted : 04/03/2009 10:43 pm
cool pics...especially those palms and the blue sky's...
PalmettomanZ6-Ajax, On
Posted : 04/03/2009 11:04 pm
It is was a very cool place. It reminded me of Idaho, but with bigger cactus and palm-trees. 😆 There is plenty of room Jay, if you and your family ever need a place to winter just let me know. I hope to have a couple of RV pads and a house there one day. 😀
Sounds good Aaron. We'll see you there in about 15 years or so. 😀
Those cacti would be cool to have around. 8)
Posted : 05/03/2009 12:23 am
Nice pics, Aaron.
Allen
You don't have to be crazy to grow palms in Alberta..... But it helps
Posted : 05/03/2009 9:02 am
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cool pics...especially those palms and the blue sky's...
PalmettomanZ6-Ajax, On
Yea...it was kinda hard to come back home, even though we were above normal temps in Idaho. I sure miss the 80 deg weather there. 😉
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Here's to all the global warming pushers, may your winters be -30 below and four feet of snow in your driveway. Because I want you happy.
-Aaron-
Posted : 05/03/2009 9:03 am
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Nice pics, Aaron.
Allen
Thanks Allen.
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Here's to all the global warming pushers, may your winters be -30 below and four feet of snow in your driveway. Because I want you happy.
-Aaron-
Posted : 05/03/2009 9:06 am
Thanks for sharing those photos Aaron. Those Washingtonia filifera look great and also seem to be pure. Guess the cold nights in the winter would kill off any W. robusta`s to x with. Desert has always been my favorite climate sunny and hot. Nice that you have land there.
John
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Posted : 05/03/2009 1:38 pm
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Thanks for sharing those photos Aaron. Those Washingtonia filifera look great and also seem to be pure. Guess the cold nights in the winter would kill off any W. robusta`s to x with. Desert has always been my favorite climate sunny and hot. Nice that you have land there.
John
Hi John 😀
I thought maybe the robustas would be toast, but even after a low of 17F this winter they still looked good in Tombstone. On the other hand in Beson where the elevation is lower the cold air must settle, because most of the palm had frost bite. The 3 filiferas in the first pic are from Benson, as you can see they even have some burn to them. 🙂
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Here's to all the global warming pushers, may your winters be -30 below and four feet of snow in your driveway. Because I want you happy.
-Aaron-
Posted : 05/03/2009 7:09 pm
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Here is a pic of robustas in tombstone
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Here's to all the global warming pushers, may your winters be -30 below and four feet of snow in your driveway. Because I want you happy.
-Aaron-
Posted : 05/03/2009 7:24 pm
Aaron, thanks for those great pics.
I can imagine how you felt...being 21 miles away from your place and not seeing it!
At 4,000 feet elevation, desert nights are cold, yet I'm amazed at the palms' health.
Obviously their age has something to do with it.
But they were young once--and presumably more intolerant of cold then.
Do you have an ID for the agave where your wife is pictured?
That plant is a monster! 😀
Ah...blue sky and sunshine.
Send some please.
It's currently snowing again 👿
Barb
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Posted : 07/03/2009 1:15 pm
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Do you have an ID for the agave where your wife is pictured?
That plant is a monster! 😀
Barb
Yes I do, it is agave palmeri. It is native to the area, but I had no idea they could get so big. 😀
As far as small palms go, there was several. Some were burnt some looked fine, but I am sure all will make it. The weather is interesting there. It gets cold but not for long, as soon as the sun comes out it warms up quick. The plams looked bettter there than they did in Kingman AZ. Kingman has warmer nights on average, but struggles to warm up during the day. I will try and post some Kingman palm pics. 😀
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Here's to all the global warming pushers, may your winters be -30 below and four feet of snow in your driveway. Because I want you happy.
-Aaron-
Posted : 07/03/2009 5:05 pm
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Here is a couple of burnt robustas from Kingman AZ. Not all the robustas were this burnt, some up against tall buildings looked good. 😀
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Here's to all the global warming pushers, may your winters be -30 below and four feet of snow in your driveway. Because I want you happy.
-Aaron-
Posted : 07/03/2009 5:55 pm
Aaron,
So that's a palmeri...have only ever seen little plants.
They're gorgeous at that size.
Such a small palm population when they obviously thrive.
I'm surprised Tombstone residents don't plant additional palms, you mentioned you saw some small ones.
Barb
PS--We must've posted at the same time.
Thanks for the new pics. They'll shrug off that winter damage in no time.
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Posted : 07/03/2009 6:00 pm
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