Dec. Agave/cacti garden pics.

chadec · Post by **chadec** » Sun Dec 13, 2015 3:38 pm

cuja1 · Post by **cuja1** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 7:06 am

Looks great! Is that a torch cactus in the first pic?

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 9:29 am

Everything looks pretty great...is it staying dry there?
Seems like we get an inch or two of rain every week
but very mild - bigger Trachys still out.

chadec · Post by **chadec** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 9:38 am

Thanks Cuja1, that is a trichocereous. I have another you can see in the distance behind agave ovatifolia.

Jim we have had record rain here. Almost 20" in 3 months, and just when I think we are drying off so I can cover everything. The bottom falls out today while Im at work.

Nice to here the trachies are still out. I have about 20 potted palms still out in the back yard including my butia.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 3:47 pm

Your garden looks awesome, going to be fun watching it grow over the years.

chadec · Post by **chadec** » Fri Dec 18, 2015 1:23 pm

Thanks Aaron,
Its really going to be interesting watching the test bed grow. I cant believe some manfredas still have not been hit by the cold and the aloe is blooming at Christmas. Really shows that corner is much warmer than the other.

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Wed Dec 30, 2015 7:47 am

Would be cool to have some kind
of automatic hidden cover for the cacti
that can open like a doom stadium roof when
rainfall is excessive.

chadec · Post by **chadec** » Fri Jan 01, 2016 4:25 pm

I could install one of those canopies with an electric motor. Would not be a dome but would provide cover from frost and precip. Would be worth it too considering i still have 2 manfredas fully leafed out and a aloe blooming. Not even sure of the aloe sp. tag said hardy aloe. Whats funny is I planted a echinocereus cristata thinking it would be a test plant. It has not been touched yet, but I lost a trachy from the polar vortex.

chadec · Post by **chadec** » Wed Feb 17, 2016 3:17 pm

Hopefully we a finished with winter weather. The last 2 events have been solid ice for me.
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chadec · Post by **chadec** » Sat Mar 05, 2016 5:31 pm

Started working on a new raised bed today. Will take till May probably to finish off with the plants since I won't plant till temps warm up. Here is the border. Will start adding soil/granite on Monday.
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Here are a few plants I purchased for this bed. With exception to agave ovatifolia 'orca' and sharkskin variegata
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Since my last up date, seems damage has shown up on several plants. Including theocactus, agave wocomahi, agave cream spike(dead), agave elodie (dead ), agave havardiana ( dead ). My only two losses in the test bed agave victoria-reginea and aloe boylei.
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This agave 'chisos affair' ( havardiana x lechuguilla) has proven to be the hardiest agave I have rivaling even ovatifolia.
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Echinocactus still covered due to freezing rain in the forcast.
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First yr for everything here to stay in the ground. Eucomis ' sparking burgundy' already coming out.
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Thanks for looking,

Henoh_Croatia · Post by **Henoh_Croatia** » Mon Mar 07, 2016 10:01 am

Which species is green Agave close to the wall?

chadec · Post by **chadec** » Tue Mar 08, 2016 4:22 pm

That is agave salimiana 'jaws'

Henoh_Croatia · Post by **Henoh_Croatia** » Wed Mar 09, 2016 2:25 am

Thank you chadec. I have relatively similar Agave, Agave macroculmis that I raised from seed ordered from Mesa Garden. It's borderline 7b/8a Agave.

chadec · Post by **chadec** » Wed Mar 09, 2016 5:22 pm

Very nice agave, I have one that I ordered from a member at Agaveville. After seeing these in bloom here in N.C. I thought I my give it a chance. Macroculmis is no longer a proper name since they were originally misidentified by Gentry. I believe what was sold as Macroculmis is now gentryi. But who cares if it looks really cool, right.