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- Fri Nov 25, 2016 12:54 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Oct 20,2016
- Replies: 12
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- Mon Nov 21, 2016 7:06 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Oct 20,2016
- Replies: 12
- Views: 22860
For sure,they were a lot bigger last year with the same treatment so definitely in decline if the leaves are not saved this year. I have 2 sabal minors. I was just planning on covering them with trash cans. Do you know if that's generally all thats necessary to keep the previous years fronds from d...
- Sat Nov 19, 2016 2:32 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Oct 20,2016
- Replies: 12
- Views: 22860
- Sat Nov 19, 2016 2:32 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Oct 20,2016
- Replies: 12
- Views: 22860
- Thu May 26, 2016 9:57 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Some more pics from this morning May 22
- Replies: 3
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- Fri Mar 18, 2016 3:58 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Transplanting a Sabal Minor McCurtain
- Replies: 14
- Views: 17664
- Fri Mar 18, 2016 3:56 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Transplanting a Sabal Minor McCurtain
- Replies: 14
- Views: 17664
- Wed Feb 10, 2016 8:53 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Transplanting a Sabal Minor McCurtain
- Replies: 14
- Views: 17664
- Wed Feb 10, 2016 7:11 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Transplanting a Sabal Minor McCurtain
- Replies: 14
- Views: 17664
- Fri Jan 15, 2016 12:56 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Transplanting a Sabal Minor McCurtain
- Replies: 14
- Views: 17664
- Mon Jan 11, 2016 7:05 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Desert Area
- Topic: desert garden blog
- Replies: 81
- Views: 714181
Snow can act as an insulation. The main reasons plants are less hardy in the east is because of the amount of precip. If the plants are not hardened off they are not as hardy as possible. Also we tend to have warm spells were the plants are semi dormant and then the temps drop drastically. If freez...
- Sat Jan 09, 2016 10:26 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Transplanting a Sabal Minor McCurtain
- Replies: 14
- Views: 17664
If you have to dig the palm the roots are gonna die back. The palm will have to regrow new ones. Just keep it watered and it should be fine. I have changed my mind on placement and been able to yank sabals out of the ground without breaking roots. But after a full growing season that maybe too hard...
- Thu Jan 07, 2016 3:12 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Transplanting a Sabal Minor McCurtain
- Replies: 14
- Views: 17664
I have transplanted a couple that were only in the ground for 2 years at most. And never any over a 5 gallon size. Good luck Did you break any of the roots? I assume preserving as many roots as possible is important, but I wonder if it can handle having any roots cut. Mine's only been in the ground...
- Thu Jan 07, 2016 9:01 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Transplanting a Sabal Minor McCurtain
- Replies: 14
- Views: 17664
Transplanting a Sabal Minor McCurtain
We're thinking about moving in about a year and a half and so I am considering uprooting my Sabal Minor McCurtain come spring time. I have heard that in general it is impossible to transplant a sabal minor. Mine isn't very big so I was thinking maybe I'd have a chance. Has anyone here been successfu...
- Wed Jan 06, 2016 11:53 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Desert Area
- Topic: desert garden blog
- Replies: 81
- Views: 714181
- Sun Jan 03, 2016 11:14 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Some plants
- Replies: 13
- Views: 12925
- Sun Jan 03, 2016 9:57 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Some plants
- Replies: 13
- Views: 12925
Everything looks good. Agaves tend to be extremely xeric, and their hardiness depends on them being hardened off ( dry ). So once winter sets in my xeric agaves like havardiana and parryi will get covered a day or two before cold weather. The clear plastic actually helps dry the ground around them....
- Thu Dec 31, 2015 2:50 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: These were taken yesterday...
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5778
- Thu Dec 31, 2015 2:48 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Some plants
- Replies: 13
- Views: 12925
Had to have been the earlier conditions I would think.... That small amount of snow and cold should not have done that-weird. I could see the spear rotting being due to the cold but it seemed like the leaves rotting was caused directly by the snow. One proof of this was that my harvardianas leaves ...
- Wed Dec 30, 2015 10:17 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Some plants
- Replies: 13
- Views: 12925
When they are smaller that happens but as they get larger it wont be as much of an issue,mine could get rather spotty as infants as I recall :D Remember the winter of 2013/2014? The winter from hell? I had an agave parryi outside. It was just starting to get to be a nice size. I uncovered it in Mar...
- Wed Dec 30, 2015 8:59 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: These were taken yesterday...
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5778
- Wed Dec 30, 2015 8:55 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Some plants
- Replies: 13
- Views: 12925
Nice....any holes in the plastic covers on the Agave to let moisture out/keep from overheat? Yep, I drilled maybe 15 holes on each side. I did notice last year that the agave neomexicana and agave harvardiana had spots and wilted (is that the correct word for it?) areas. I think maybe moisture coll...
- Sat Dec 19, 2015 8:15 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Desert Area
- Topic: desert garden blog
- Replies: 81
- Views: 714181
I have always wanted to try some of his amazing plants. :wink: I've been pretty happy with the quality. Have u ever tried opuntia basilaris? I was wondering how hardy they actually are. Yes, I have tried many. There are many to try from but only a few that I have found to be truly hardy. There is a...
- Thu Dec 17, 2015 7:10 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy - General
- Topic: BLE in Zone 5b/6a up to 10 m high - green oasis amidst snow.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9729
- Mon Dec 14, 2015 7:06 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Desert Area
- Topic: Dec. Agave/cacti garden pics.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 18923
- Sun Dec 13, 2015 12:10 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Desert Area
- Topic: desert garden blog
- Replies: 81
- Views: 714181
Great pics, hope you have a short winter. Im glad someone is having luck with agave utahnesis. I planted my last one this year in 75% granite on a slope and it rotted before the end of September. I do still have a hybrid utahnesis var colorata that might fair better. You must get alot more rain tha...
- Sun Dec 13, 2015 11:50 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Desert Area
- Topic: desert garden blog
- Replies: 81
- Views: 714181
- Sun Dec 06, 2015 6:29 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Some plants
- Replies: 13
- Views: 12925
- Sat Dec 05, 2015 11:32 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Some plants
- Replies: 13
- Views: 12925
- Sat Dec 05, 2015 11:29 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Some plants
- Replies: 13
- Views: 12925
Some plants
Sabal minor mccurtain http://s3.postimg.org/luhr0q0tb/20151205_113229.jpg Our conures http://s28.postimg.org/ii2hwxr95/20151205_093652.jpg Mexican fan palm (wife stripped the boots off) I've had this since 1996 http://s4.postimg.org/5zdv7s309/20151205_093625.jpg Castle spires holly http://s15.postim...
- Fri Dec 04, 2015 7:07 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Desert Area
- Topic: desert garden blog
- Replies: 81
- Views: 714181
Nice pics! Have you ever tried Agave utahensis kaibabensis? Is that an agave neomexicana in the picture? I have tried Agave utahensis kaibabensis, but it last one year? Maybe if I got it to a bigger plant. I think I covered it also, still died. The one in the pic has been the only truly hardy agave...
- Thu Dec 03, 2015 7:10 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Desert Area
- Topic: desert garden blog
- Replies: 81
- Views: 714181
- Sat Nov 28, 2015 8:14 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy - General
- Topic: Photos of 21 broadleaf evergreens for 5a/b garden
- Replies: 26
- Views: 41863
- Mon Nov 23, 2015 11:38 am
- Forum: Other Plants of Interest
- Topic: Return of the redwood to northern michigan
- Replies: 8
- Views: 10696
- Sun Nov 22, 2015 11:31 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Colorado Palm
- Replies: 18
- Views: 20000
- Mon Nov 09, 2015 7:51 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Heres what my first year of winter protection looked like
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5144
- Sun Nov 08, 2015 6:04 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Heres what my first year of winter protection looked like
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5144
- Sun Nov 08, 2015 6:02 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Pictures from November 6th 2015
- Replies: 12
- Views: 11439
- Wed Oct 28, 2015 9:01 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Ground freeze and Windmill Palms
- Replies: 14
- Views: 11987
Thanks I was wondering if the Bulgarian Trachy's were actually hardy enough to make a noticeable difference between the other varieties.hardyjim wrote:There are some Bulgarian Trachys last time I looked on E-bay...
Otherwise..Takil,Nainital,Fortunei,Tesan,Wagnerianus
should all be solid as far as Trachys go..
- Wed Oct 28, 2015 6:05 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Ground freeze and Windmill Palms
- Replies: 14
- Views: 11987