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Some Spring Yucca And Cacti pics in Kelowna

Post by Jay-Admin » Mon Apr 25, 2011 10:51 pm

Here's some of my yuccas and cacti this Spring.

Some of the cacti are still sleeping. Hopefully they will wake up soon. :)

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Post by Paul Ont » Tue Apr 26, 2011 5:15 am

Nice Jay. Mine are almost all still 'sleeping', but we have delayed spring here due to proximity to the GLs... Pedios have not even bloomed here yet!

What form of basilaris is that? I can get every form through my winters EXCEPT O. basilaris var. basilaris... I just can't find one that stands up to the combination of cold/wet.

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Post by DesertZone » Tue Apr 26, 2011 5:46 am

Nice Jay, looks like your plants did much better than mine this year. Amazed how tall your Y. recurvifolia is. 8)
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Post by Jay-Admin » Tue Apr 26, 2011 7:31 am

Paul Ont wrote:Nice Jay. Mine are almost all still 'sleeping', but we have delayed spring here due to proximity to the GLs... Pedios have not even bloomed here yet!

What form of basilaris is that? I can get every form through my winters EXCEPT O. basilaris var. basilaris... I just can't find one that stands up to the combination of cold/wet.
Thanks Paul, I think it's O. basilaris var. basilaris.
Aaron would know. He gave me the pad about three years ago.
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Post by Jay-Admin » Tue Apr 26, 2011 7:32 am

DesertZone wrote:Nice Jay, looks like your plants did much better than mine this year. Amazed how tall your Y. recurvifolia is. 8)
Thanks Aaron, I had one recurve that didn't make it. Hopefully it will grow back from the roots.
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Post by igor.glukhovtsev » Tue Apr 26, 2011 8:10 am

Jay, definitely like your cacti bed. And wondering what is a purple variety of the Opuntia and this short and robust Yucca?
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Post by hardyjim » Tue Apr 26, 2011 8:20 am

Looks good Jay-

Hopefully the temps will warm up here soon and
get things moving!
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Post by lucky1 » Tue Apr 26, 2011 10:23 am

Very nice Jay...good warm sunshine Easter weekend...about time.
Thanks for the update.
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Post by DesertZone » Tue Apr 26, 2011 11:43 am

Jay-Admin wrote: Thanks Paul, I think it's O. basilaris var. basilaris.
Aaron would know. He gave me the pad about three years ago.
Thats it. :D
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Post by Jay-Admin » Tue Apr 26, 2011 8:13 pm

igor.glukhovtsev wrote:Jay, definitely like your cacti bed. And wondering what is a purple variety of the Opuntia and this short and robust Yucca?
Hey thanks Igor, The tag says it's a polyacantha 'Purple Desert'
Which yucca? The first one?
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Post by Jay-Admin » Tue Apr 26, 2011 8:14 pm

hardyjim wrote:Looks good Jay-

Hopefully the temps will warm up here soon and
get things moving!
Thanks Jim, I'm hoping so. I'm tired of cold weather. :(
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Post by Jay-Admin » Tue Apr 26, 2011 8:15 pm

lucky1 wrote:Very nice Jay...good warm sunshine Easter weekend...about time.
Thanks for the update.
Barb
Thanks Barb, This weekend looks good too. Soon it will be roasting here in the Okanagan. :)
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Post by Okanagan desert-palms » Tue Apr 26, 2011 10:49 pm

Jay the update pics look great. Bring on the mid spring heat! The yuccas, cactus, palms need it.

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Post by igor.glukhovtsev » Tue Apr 26, 2011 11:31 pm

Jay-Admin wrote: Which yucca? The first one?
Pic. #4.
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Post by TimMAz6 » Wed Apr 27, 2011 4:19 am

nice collection of southwest plants. How cold did you get to kill a recurvifolia? There's only one form which regularly dies to the ground here in Massachusetts (same form?). Rob from Tenn. sent me a small sucker from a Tenn. native Y. gloriosa/recurvifolia which is on steroids. Everyone should have one of these.

Planted it at my new house on June 2, 2004. It's in center of photo, top of berm behind the Sabal louisiana (RIP):
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In only 3 years...........talk about steriodal growth rate. It typically blooms in fall (gloriosa trait) but did bloom once in spring (recurvifolia trait):
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Post by Paul Ont » Wed Apr 27, 2011 6:39 am

Hey Tim- Y. recurvfolia gets damaged/top killed here each winter! Of course, that might be expected with a low of -22f...

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Post by igor.glukhovtsev » Wed Apr 27, 2011 9:52 am

Paul Ont wrote:Hey Tim- Y. recurvfolia gets damaged/top killed here each winter! Of course, that might be expected with a low of -22f...
Mines look terrible too. They are alive definitely but they have need frost burn for sure (even been covered with snow). The minimum was minus 23 (C), the average January's - minus 12 (C).
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Post by TimMAz6 » Wed Apr 27, 2011 12:04 pm

it appears that the most common form of Y. recurvifolia (I see it in the Washington DC area and southern N.J too) is the non-hardy form up here. I'm curious if Y. recurvifolia is getting a bad name since the most common form is the non-hardy one??
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Post by Jay-Admin » Thu Apr 28, 2011 7:24 pm

Okanagan desert-palms wrote:Jay the update pics look great. Bring on the mid spring heat! The yuccas, cactus, palms need it.

John
Hey Thanks John, I need the heat too. :)
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Post by Jay-Admin » Thu Apr 28, 2011 7:26 pm

igor.glukhovtsev wrote:
Jay-Admin wrote: Which yucca? The first one?
Pic. #4.
That's a yucca baccata I grew from seed.
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Post by Jay-Admin » Thu Apr 28, 2011 7:31 pm

TimMAz6 wrote:nice collection of southwest plants. How cold did you get to kill a recurvifolia? There's only one form which regularly dies to the ground here in Massachusetts (same form?). Rob from Tenn. sent me a small sucker from a Tenn. native Y. gloriosa/recurvifolia which is on steroids. Everyone should have one of these.

Wow! That's a nice one. Not sure sure on exact temps at my place. My digital thermometer broke this winter. I have two that survive every winter for the last five years with no protection besides snow cover.
I think the one that got fired is in a bad spot. It gets burnt really bad every year and last year it died but grew back from the roots.
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