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cuja1

I just wanted to give an update on the hesperaloe parviflora brakelights. One word - dead. Definately not hardy in my area unprotected. I also protected 2 regular hesperaloe parvifloras and they are also dead. Though I should not that I used a garbage can with a large whole cut out of it to let sun ...

cuja1

Sorry about the casualties. I had quite a few as well. I lost my horse crippler and I had it covered. My agave did fine, but it was covered. I lost all my rostratas and hesperaloe parvifloras. Do you cover your plants? Do you have any barrel cacti that survived?

cuja1

Mine are dropping too. I'm just hoping the buds are ok

cuja1

ok thank you teebee

cuja1

I'm supposed to be getting a yucca glauca in the mail and I have a place in my yard with 2/3 pea gravel and 1/3 sand. would this be an ok soil mixture for yucca glauca or would it be too dry and lacking nutrients?

cuja1

I think that was me. Still want some? This winter could've been bad for my mimosas. It looks like it got some die back, I'm not sure how much. I don't know what the cold we had will do to the seeds either but it might be worth a try.

cuja1

For some unexplained reason, my newly planted yucca elata got spear pull before winter even started (like in August, it never grew after I planted it) I'm wondering if the spear wasn't dead when I bought it. It grew several pups in the summer and fall however. After this winter it looks like most of...

cuja1

I read somewhere that people in El Paso where saying that they shouldn't plant palm trees anymore. I say get the seeds from the survivors and plant them everywhere again.

cuja1

I think it was in 2011. After viewing El Paso TX on google earth, it was obvious that most of the palms there didn't survive. Some of them did that, actually alot did. I was wondering if that is because they are genetically capable of handling more cold or if it was pure "luck" as some wou...

cuja1

What happens sometimes with HP is that ... the center part rots out as the leaves are very cold hardy..... The plant will send up new shoots but they may not bloom until the following year. I was wandering if something like that might be happening. We'll see if the resulting plant is worth keeping ...

cuja1

I didn't know that H. parviflora is hardy in such wet conditions. Maybe it's time to get some 'breaklights' seeds 8) Not sure yet. Updates will be forthcoming... Right now it's covered in snow but the snow will probably be gone in the next couple of days. Still, it looked great after much snow and ...

cuja1

I have mine set up on tray tables in front of the dining room window, they get a little sunlight that way in the evenings...I have high hopes for these guys around here...I also have a 5 foot pindo and 4 foot Trachy, but I don't have as high of hopes for them, even with protection... Yeah, I may ju...

cuja1

I have one in a pot and I try to keep the soil constantly moist and it's doing fine. I can finally see that it is growing because a new spear has emerged. Mine also came from alligator Alley.

cuja1

Yep, I have 2 of them and I have seen many large ones around town. We're pretty much the same climate. My Brackens Brown Beauty looks burnt but never defoliated. My Edith Bogue looks much less burnt. They need lots of water the first couple of years to get them established.

cuja1

The regular hesperaloe par. is only hardy here if they are bigger plants and in well drained soil. I have not tried brake lights yet. :) I have a pretty big sized regular hesperaloe par. that I got from Tampa Florida a couple of years ago. The lady at Home Depot in Tampa said "who would want o...

cuja1

I like the way they look too, I just can't figure out why it keeps leaning over. I heard regular hesperaloe parviflora isn't as hardy. I have 2 that are protected from moisture and look fine. We'll see if 'brakelights' makes it through this winter from hell.

cuja1

I have one of these in my desert scene. I started getting sick of it because it kept leaning like it was going to fall over. So I decided to let it go unprotected this winter. I don't think I need to try to convince anyone of how crappy winter has been here :wink: . It's been very cold and often cov...

cuja1

I have a echinocereus triglochidiatus and an echinocerus caespitosus that look a little mushy and they were protected from moisture. Strangely I have 1 of each that weren't protected from moisture and they look fine. I covered my yucca gloriosas with leaves and a plastic container and they seem fine...

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Just wondering who here has actually had a temp this winter BELOW their zonal rating? Toronto- z 6a, z. 6a low. Kingston- z4b/5a, z. 5a low. It depends on which side of Springfield you're in. We had a 5b winter. Half of Springfield is 5b and half is 6a. Nevertheless it was -13f here so it got prett...

cuja1

Great looking plants!

cuja1

Looks like we got down to -13 F here. My southern mags are not too happy. BBB looks the worst. EB looks a little better.

cuja1

Yeah, I could seriously stay in side Sunday through Tuesday. Not looking forward to this.

cuja1

I sent a email to corporate Lowe's to ask why they don't have cold hardy palms at my store and they had the store manager call me just today saying he's from the SW so knew of the palms I mentioned and said he was going to call their supplier on Friday to see if they were available to be shipped to...

cuja1

What are your experiences with the rostratas leaves touching plastic Barb? Mine is touching the plastic tote it's covered in. I did the same last year and it made it through fine. We haven't dropped below 0 F yet though. Last year we got down to 3 F.

cuja1

Never mind what I said. I tried to do it and couldn't figure it out. I swear I did it once though. Maybe they changed something.

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sashaeffer wrote:Wish it could be done through facebook. Have many palm/plant related albums on there.

I'm pretty sure it can be done on facebook. I think you just need the HTML of the picture.

cuja1

Yes, very nice rostrata. Mine suffered an attack by unknown pest, but will live. My opuntia lay down every winter and stand up every spring. I know their roots stay too wet though because my 7' yucca fell over in the fall. Did the rostrata rot? My opuntia seems to get up a little when it warms up a...

cuja1

Thanks Barb! I was thinking mine looks similar in size to the ones you have.

cuja1

Looks good....one of the biggest issues(possibly only issue)for cold hardy succulents(etc) is winter moisture...you set up eliminates this and allows the plant to get fresh air. Probably only need a thick blanket over them if it gets below zero- Anytime an upright Opuntia starts to fall over in win...

cuja1

Nice! I'm surprised that you need protection is zone 7b

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chadec wrote:Very nice, thats exactly the same method im using for my cacti.

Thanks! I'm always for the safe and easy method!

cuja1

Looks like your's is no longer producing strap leaves. It must be a little older than mine. My desert stuff is protected with those clear plastic totes and it was at least 20 degrees warmer inside the totes on sunny days. And these had holes drilled through them to let moisture out.

cuja1

That's ok I was just wandering if mine was too small to plant or not. I was thinking about protecting it the same way you did. Looks like it's supposed to drop below zero here too.

cuja1

Is it still producing strap leaves Scott?

cuja1

Nice landscaping!

cuja1

Most of my desert stuff was protected like this last year and did fine. The only new things are the faxoniana and the hesperaloe. I was wandering if the garbage can would retain enough heat for it but it's getting too wide and high to protect with storage containers.

cuja1

Here's a few more. This is my yucca gloriosa going w/o protection. The leaves were looking a little stressed during the long freeze. <a href="http://s1250.photobucket.com/user/Springpatch77/media/ygloriosa_zpsbcbb8931.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1250.photobuc...

cuja1

Yucca rostrata still looking good. We've had a low of 2 F so far with about 6 days straight of below freezing temps. <a href="http://s1250.photobucket.com/user/Springpatch77/media/desertcover_zpsa1380f00.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1250.photobucket.com/albums...

cuja1

Thanks for the pics! I swear I saw some coconut palms next to some house last time I was down there. There were a little sad looking and wedged up against a house but I swear they were cocos. It was between clear water and st. pete.

cuja1

Ok thank you Eric

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