Spring uncovering?

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 2:35 pm

I diecided too uncover some of my plants.

http://unkowndestination.blogspot.com/2 ... pring.html

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 4:13 pm

Yeah, Aaron, isn't that Murphy's Law that the year you decide to cover the plants is a mild one

Looks good.

Hey where's the big brevi..?

I like what you're doing with the gravel paths.
You'll be old like me when you've covered that huge berm with rock.

Instead of looking for a neighbor to take those y.nana...why not plant them or pot them up?

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 6:37 pm

Nice update Aaron. Your Fax looks good. Why do the Agaves have damage? How cold does your place in AZ get??

Okanagan desert-palms · Sun Feb 12, 2012 7:58 pm

Everything looks good Aaron. We deserved a warmer than normal winter! Only about three weeks left to find out for sure. Thanks for the pics.

John

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 8:15 pm

lucky1 wrote:

Looks good.

Hey where's the big brevi..?

Instead of looking for a neighbor to take those y.nana...why not plant them or pot them up?

Thanks Barb.

The big brevifolia is still there and doing just fine, won't be long and it will start growing again.

The nanas I will find a place to put them, just everytime I pull one out somewhere they pop up again. I like them best in pots.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 8:19 pm

Okanagan desert-palms wrote:Everything looks good Aaron. We deserved a warmer than normal winter! Only about three weeks left to find out for sure. Thanks for the pics.

John

Thanks John.

We needed a nice winter after last years early killing wet cold.

I knew I could get the weather gods too give us a warm winter if I went through all the trouble covering everything.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 8:28 pm

TimMAz6 wrote:Nice update Aaron. Your Fax looks good. Why do the Agaves have damage? How cold does your place in AZ get??

Everything in my blog more or less is in Idaho. My place in AZ is bare land and is just a dream as of right now. The agave are in Idaho and the burn they have was from last years crappy winter.

This summer they should out grow all the bad leaves.

My place in az got down to 0f last year but that was a freak thing. They normaly only have a night or two get below 20f, but may have many nights in the 20'sF. The new zone map shows them in a zone 9a, but they are more like an 8b...I think.

igor.glukhovtsev · Post by **igor.glukhovtsev** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 1:32 am

Aaron, what a nice garden! Surrounding landscape looks pretty much as the Kazakh one. I love it!

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 5:18 am

Aaron,

wow, that's great news for Agaves since they are in Idaho!!

Keep us posted on their progress. I really like the A. neomexicana x utahensis....great find.

Tim

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 6:15 am

igor.glukhovtsev wrote:Aaron, what a nice garden! Surrounding landscape looks pretty much as the Kazakh one. I love it!

Thanks, I hope too see more pics of your area.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 6:18 am

TimMAz6 wrote:Aaron,

Keep us posted on their progress. I really like the A. neomexicana x utahensis....great find.

Tim

That one is the hardiest agave I have ever tried. It has survived my worst winter uncovered. If I ever get pups or seeds I will pass them out. I think it could be one that could live back east?

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 8:23 am

Hi Aaron,

it's worth a test here.......I should protect the Agave the first couple winters so it gets some size and gets established............hey you never know...............my lazy-man's 'table' protection method will likely do the trick once established.

How lazy is this?
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lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 10:24 am

Lazy? but effective.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 11:16 am

TimMAz6 wrote:Hi Aaron,

it's worth a test here.......I should protect the Agave the first couple winters so it gets some size and gets established............hey you never know...............my lazy-man's 'table' protection method will likely do the trick once established.

How lazy is this?

The ideas are rolling in my head, what a good idea.

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 11:26 am

I've got a couple old glass storm doors outside too!

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sat Mar 09, 2013 12:00 pm

Here's two that surprised me!

Opuntia santirita x basilaris. covered no heat.

And opuntia ellisiana

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Sat Mar 09, 2013 2:03 pm

Nice Aaron-hopefully lots of mild spring weather is right around the corner!

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Mar 09, 2013 3:50 pm

Congrats Aaron.
Those little fatties will take off now that the warm weather has arrived for you.

Barb

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Thu Mar 14, 2013 5:44 pm

wow that O. ellisiana sure is purple in winter! nice to see that.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 10:34 am

TimMAz6 wrote:wow that O. ellisiana sure is purple in winter! nice to see that.

Still nice and purple, but we got cold and the wind nocked off the smaller pad.

I guess I have one to plant now.

Henoh_Croatia · Post by **Henoh_Croatia** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 11:42 am

Everything looks good!

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 2:19 pm

Thanks!

marceli · Post by **marceli** » Sun Mar 24, 2013 2:46 am

Aaron, amazing landscape! I like what you did with those gravel stones. Y. nana is virtually not available here, but one day will be growing in my garden

Agave neomexicana x utahensis - omg, where did you get this precious one? Looks great.