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Boot Hill cemetery

Post by DesertZone » Wed Jan 16, 2013 8:04 pm

Here is a cool Youtube vid I found on Boot Hill in Tombstone AZ.
It is a cool place to see, but it is the native garden that makes it special to me. I think they have the nicest form of Opuntia engelmannii there. All the plants in the garden are native to the area, well everything I've seen. :D

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Post by lucky1 » Wed Jan 16, 2013 8:54 pm

Cool video, Aaron.

In all the Bayfield Bisbee RV logs, didn't see any mention of Bisbee massacre.

At first glance the "rock beds" looked landscaped, yet those are the graves :shock:

And wonder whose grave that is with the black wrought-iron fence.

Such interesting history, plants and terrain...and one gorgeous gigantic Washy :D

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A little morbid, but a unique cemetary

Post by seedscanada » Thu Jan 17, 2013 5:26 am

When I go, I want a Giant sequoia to be planted directly over my belly so its roots will wrap me and.preserve me like a sarcophagus, while at the same time thwart all grave robbers.
I guess the grave with the Agave americana growing from the one fella's belly is another option too.

It would not be a good idea to try staling ANY of those plants... you'd likely walk away with a skull in your roots! OMG Sorry welcome to MY inner thinkings.
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Post by lucky1 » Thu Jan 17, 2013 7:26 am

thwart all grave robbers.
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Post by TimMAz6 » Thu Jan 17, 2013 1:06 pm

yes........interesting video. I spotted a few Yuccas in their too! :wink:
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Post by DesertZone » Thu Jan 17, 2013 5:47 pm

TimMAz6 wrote:yes........interesting video. I spotted a few Yuccas in their too! :wink:
Tim, have you been there?

I so want a one of those big Agave palmeri, and Opuntia engelmannii. I like how the O. engel. pads are diamond shaped. On my side of the mountain they are rounded. :D
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Post by DesertZone » Thu Jan 17, 2013 6:03 pm

I think if the people there took a lesson on landscaping from the cemetery they could do wonderful things with thier yards.

The creosote bushes give it such a nice airy feeling of green and the cactus and A. palmeri give it structure, oh and the ocotillio hieght I think the only landscaping that was done to the cemetery over the past 100 years has been removel of the grass/weeds. :wink:
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Post by TimMAz6 » Thu Jan 17, 2013 6:34 pm

Hi Aaron,

no visit there.........just my observations from the video........seemed to be a couple Yuccas. :)
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Post by DesertZone » Thu Jan 17, 2013 6:50 pm

TimMAz6 wrote:Hi Aaron,

no visit there.........just my observations from the video........seemed to be a couple Yuccas. :)
Oh...yes and the yucca's. The ones I seen there Y. elata and some trunking baccatas, could have been Y arizonica? The baccata's there looked different than Y. baccatas in Cali, NV.
I need some seed off them and my property to see if they are hardy here. :wink:
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