Looks like some palms are still alive in El Paso

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 11:45 am

Link,
http://desertedge.blogspot.com/search?u ... results=41

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 12:10 pm

Those poor palms look terrible

But the Sotol and Yuccas look fabulous, especially the two-header in front of the Gage Hotel.

Thanks for that interesting site Aaron.
Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 5:36 pm

lucky1 wrote:Those poor palms look terrible

But the Sotol and Yuccas look fabulous, especially the two-header in front of the Gage Hotel.

Thanks for that interesting site Aaron.
Barb

Yea...the yuccas and other stuff did good

but the palms look like toast, I'm going to keep looking for palm pics of survivers in the area.

PS, even the palms in tucson look like crap.

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 7:43 pm

great photos......I need to get out there!

Okanagan desert-palms · Fri Apr 22, 2011 11:10 am

Aaron thanks for posting the site. I never tire of seeing the desert southwest. That huge Y. rostrata in front of the hotel must be at least 50 years old or more?

John

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 11:43 am

I was looking for more pics of palms that survived through the big chill of the south-west and found pics of a couple of w. robustas (Sierra Vista, AZ) that are growing new leaves after they seen 0f/-17.7C. That is very cool. I would post a link but was from a different forum. So there is lots of hope, however I did see some sad looking saguaros from another pic in the same town.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 5:56 am

Looks like w. filiferas have survived in Bisbee AZ.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/33848170@N07/5637130410/

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 6:45 am

And looks like the trachies did just fine in the St David area, still looking for recent pics of the robustas and filiferas around there.
looks like the olive tree on the right was burned, but I bet it lives.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/33848170@N ... otostream/

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 7:22 am

The biggest prickly-pears (Opuntia ficus-indica) not looking so good after the freeze, so mine at my place are most likely gone.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/threadedth ... 429338025/ I think after these were cleaned up they had some regrowth.

I can only hope the real grand ones in Tombstone dont look as bad.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 8:08 am

Some burn on golden barrels, but looking good. Sierra Vista, AZ
http://www.flickr.com/photos/48912028@N05/5617733005/

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 11:58 am

Oh man!

How sheltered is that trailer park in Bisbee? I don't remember if it's between mountains or exposed?

Surprised at the extent of damage on the big washy filifera, but at least the newest spear is healthy.
And the little one had good shelter

Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 5:54 pm

lucky1 wrote:Oh man!

How sheltered is that trailer park in Bisbee? I don't remember if it's between mountains or exposed?

Surprised at the extent of damage on the big washy filifera, but at least the newest spear is healthy.
And the little one had good shelter

Barb

I think its right before the mountain valley, but over 5000' in elevation and record cold its just amazing anything could live through the temps they seen. I think the two small palms could be robustas? Just amazing the palms that lived through that cold spell.

I hope to make it that way soon, just waiting on some friends to go with us. Can't wait to see how things look, now that theres hope.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 7:10 pm

At 5,000 feet, I'm impressed that anything survived this winter.

Robustas? I was hoping for filifera

('coz that's all I have).

Can't wait to see how things look, now that theres hope.

Thank goodness for that.
And with each year, yours will gain in hardiness...a nice welcome for your retirement! (or sooner)

Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 8:34 pm

lucky1 wrote: Robustas? I was hoping for filifera ('coz that's all I have).

Barb

I found some pics of the same palms from last sumer and they are all filiferas.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 8:36 pm

lucky1 wrote:
Can't wait to see how things look, now that theres hope.
Thank goodness for that.
And with each year, yours will gain in hardiness...a nice welcome for your retirement! (or sooner)

Barb

I'm hoping for "or sooner"

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 8:54 am

DesertZone wrote:Some burn on golden barrels, but looking good. Sierra Vista, AZ
http://www.flickr.com/photos/48912028@N05/5617733005/

Scroll down to the calender and take a look at the temps
those barrels must have survived the first 5 days of Feb -

http://www.wunderground.com/history/air ... atename=NA

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 10:21 am

I'll hope for that too, for you, Aaron.
You'll go into a planting frenzy when there! There'll be some fab pictures!

Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 11:52 am

hardyjim wrote:
Scroll down to the calender and take a look at the temps
those barrels must have survived the first 5 days of Feb -

http://www.wunderground.com/history/air ... atename=NA

Thanks for posting the weather link.

Just amazing to me how somethings have survived those kind of temps, I'm just dying inside to get down there are post pics of palms that lived through that big chill.

PS. I hope to find some hardy seeds also, but not as easy as it sounds.

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 3:57 am

great photos. I'm surprised the golden barrels survived!

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 5:50 am

TimMAz6 wrote:great photos. I'm surprised the golden barrels survived!

Me too, I had doubt.