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My parryi i just use a small size rose cone with a brick on top. I had a thermo cube (the one that failed) controlling 4 or 5 c9 bulbs so one didn't get any heat and got knocked around a bit. The other 2 look great. The sabals were the big size rose cone with a brick on top. Still shocked they pull...

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Definitely parryi then. They sell the what I believe to be parryi v couesii. Just dug mine up because they refuse to grow. Will have to fine a better place for them. But watch those spines because parryi ssp neomexicana has thin leaves too while young. It does seem to have different spines compared...

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were they regular sabal minors or the McCurtain variety? Just the regular blue pot special from my local nursery. I got them before I knew much. I think they were $7 each on clearance. Turns out I had a thermo cube fail I lost 1 banana the others that were alive grew 18 inches over the winter. I le...

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Hate to see your yucca die. They are suppose to be really hardy, but I have never tried one of those. You parryi could be flagstaff form, hard to id while they are small. Where did it come from? I would never let your barrel cacti or agave utahensis get moisture in the winter time. If I was a zone ...

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I forgot to mention, I have an Opuntia brachyclada that rotted. I was surprised because I thought all opuntias rated for a zone 5 would do fine here with no protection but apparently not. My cholla from Aaron did fine with no protection as well. Some other Opuntia phaecantha also did fine with no pr...

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were they regular sabal minors or the McCurtain variety?

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neat cactus!

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Here's a look at the survivors, casualties and the wounded after winter 2014/2015. It was almost as cold here as last year it seems. Although I think we had less snow. Here's my Yucca Gloriosa. I think it survived but some damage is appearing on the leaves. I piled snow on top of it when it got real...

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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 o...

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So I got a yucca glauca from Kelly Grummins last summer. I've planted it and all. It hasn't grown very big but it grew about 5 pups. The thing that I find strange, is that it has filaments. On all the pictures of yucca glauca I've seen, none had filaments. Is this normal?

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looks great!

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I was just looking at palms in Alamogordo, NM. Weather Underground says they got down to -13 in 2011. I'm really surprised there are any still alive there. I like seeing palms in colder areas too.

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I think it would be neat to have a chocolate mimosa even as a die-back perennial.

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From what I've read and experienced, not all Crepe Myrtles are equally hardy. They say the ones with the Indian names (like Zuni, Tonto, etc.) are the most hardy. They say they like alot of heat too. We didn't have a real hot summer this year and they did alright. I've even had a Zuni seedling come ...

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Thanks! We went through Jonesboro on our way to Cape Girardea. There was a place here that was selling chocolate mimosas. I bet they are dead from last winter if anyone planted them. I've never actually seen one planted in the south.

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Hollies took a hit last winter here too.

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I put clear plastic tubs over my agaves and the do fine, except last year I let snow get on them in March and they rotted, except for the agave utahensis v kalibabensis

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If anyone in zone 5b is interested, it seems like the CM zuni's took last winter in stride. One came back with no mulch. I have a CM dynamite (which I don't have a picture of because it hasn't flowered yet) that I thought was dead. It finally started growing in July. But the Zunis came back vigorous...

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DesertZone wrote:WOW, those crepe myrtles look very nice! What nice color they add to the garden.

Thanks Aaron!

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Yep, they're pretty much the perfect deciduous plant. You probably saw quite a few in OK didn't you?

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Agreed, I can't get enough of them even as shrubs.

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Thanks, they don't get very tall where I'm at. Winter often kills them back to the roots. I wish I had tried a Hopi. That one might have the best chance of becoming a tree here.

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Last winter was hard for these plants here. There were various success stories though. The most depressing was my mimosa. It wasn't killed to the ground but it lost 1 large branch which significantly changed it's shape. I decided to try an E. H. Wilson mimosa because they are said to be the most har...

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Nice plants. What zone are you in?

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I've been a little paranoid about that too. We've been abot 5-10 degrees below average this summer so if that trend continues we should see highs generally between 25 and 30 degrees F. Which would actually be good compared to last year.

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I thought this winter killed my basjoo but it came back very late in the spring, almost in june I think.

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we water ours daily

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Did you protect your yucca elatas and the gloriosa? My elata died this winter.

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I saw that High Country Gardens has j-trees, but I'm sure they are very small.

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Agave Parryi seems really popular in this area right now. Alot of places are selling it here. My D. cooperi died too.

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I still can't believe rain killed your agave. How does that work? Have you gotten the seeds I sent you to germinate yet? The agave was cover except for the top, the rain water poured down the center of the plant and did not dry out and the plant got bacterial rot. I did and thank you, but with my n...

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I still can't believe rain killed your agave. How does that work? Have you gotten the seeds I sent you to germinate yet?

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Witchita looks somewhat tropical from those pics.

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hardyjim wrote:Cold wet spring this year didn't help either...nice collection.

Thanks Jim! You picked a great winter to go to AZ! I enjoyed the pics!

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DesertZone wrote:My big agave got rained on this spring and rotted.

I didn't realize just rain could do that.

Which agave? Parryi?

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May this be the last bad winter in the next 20 years. Barb Cheers to that! I should mention that snow was able to get inside the totes where the rostratas were protected as well as the hesperaloes. The faxoniana and parryi were completely covered by plastic totes. There were only small holes drille...

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Yep, coldhardycactus.com

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I ordered 2 Echinocereus Reichenbachiis. These arrived way bigger than I thought they would. I'm liking these a lot. <a href="http://s1250.photobucket.com/user/Springpatch77/media/claretcup_zps57adc2c1.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1250.photobucket.com/albums/h...

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Like a very large portion of the U.S. winter here was horrible. Last I checked it was the 12th coldest winter on record here. I lost my horse crippler cactus, 2 yucca rostratas, 3 hesperaloe parvifloras, echinocereus reichenbachi var caspitosas, maybe my musa basjoo, maybe my crepe myrtle dynamite. ...

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My Hesperaloe Parviflora is alive and kicking but is being attacked by rampant Lobelia Laxiflora which has been evergreen this Winter. I've just obtained a new? Hesperaloe here call Mamulique. Has anyone got one over there? http://s30.postimg.org/ycbuqp071/IMG_2307.jpg Apparently hardy to -18C or l...

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Cacti, yucca, needle palm, and Southern Mags after winter

Re: How did your yucca elatas fair?

Yucca glauca question

Crepe Myrtles, Mimosas, and Southern Mags also Y rostrata

Got some new cacti to replace the ones that died this winter

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