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Some midsummer palm and other pics.
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 6:59 pm
by ttls1
Well after the coldest and wettest spring ever recorded here are some summer updates
Here are some pics.
CIDP
2 weeks growth CIDP
Blue med
Green med
Pindo
Trachy i didnt use any protection except lights around the trunk took pretty good damage
Potted Brahea Armata and CIDP
Banana
Yucca Rostrata
Southern mag i picked this up for 10$ because it looked dead but has been making a great recovery hopefully it will recover all the way before winter
Daylillys
Canna
New thai giants
Argentine giant cactus flowering
Yard shots
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 7:31 pm
by canadianplant
Thats a really really nice yard!
Where are you again?
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 7:45 pm
by ttls1
Just outside salt lake city utah
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 8:17 pm
by Cameron_z6a_N.S.
Great shots! That trachy looks pretty good for low protection!
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 5:58 am
by canadianplant
What a nice lookin place to live. Mountains, desert, a giant salt lake, the flats.........
I had to ask cause a)Your growing CIDP and b)the houses look exactly like my area in Calgary when I lived there.
Nice to see you managed to get that Chammie to branch out. They look bad ass when they get like that!
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 8:50 am
by TerdalFarm
I know I've said it before, but again, amazing. Those plants look so happy and healthy. Thanks again for sharing.
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 10:30 am
by hardyjim
Beautiful area/yard!
Good luck with your giants...very rewarding plants.
The cactus flowers are really amazing-
Well done!
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 3:28 pm
by lucky1
That CIDP takes my breath away.
Love that C.humilis!
Your cold and wet spring hasn't hurt anything obviously.
Nice update.
Barb
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 3:41 pm
by ttls1
lucky1 wrote:That CIDP takes my breath away.
Love that C.humilis!
Your cold and wet spring hasn't hurt anything obviously.
Nice update.
Barb
It really slowed the trachys recovery this spring and now its too hot to grow we will see how it looks come october i guess, i may have to protect it this year.
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 5:23 pm
by lucky1
You say a cold and wet spring slowed your Trachy's recovery?
They love it cool and wet...(versus hot and dry)
Barb
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 6:03 pm
by ttls1
Mine seem to grow best with highs in the 70s to low 80s we never got that this year it went from 40s 50s to 90 it snowed may 31st here. Worst spring of my life.
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 9:41 am
by lucky1
grow best with highs in the 70s to low 80s
Yes agree those are great Trachy temps.
Mine is planted on the East side of house, gets sun only till noon.
But this year we haven't had more than a few days of heat.
Back to overcast and coolish the last two weeks.
Hope you get an extended and warm Fall to make up for the crappy spring.
Barb
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 11:10 pm
by DesertZone
Very nice!
Let us know how that Y. rostrata (rigda) does through the winter.
Awesome palms.
Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 7:29 am
by TimMAz6
Great yard! Love the Pheonix!! The Yucca is great......must be one of those rostrata x rigida types since it has 'U' shaped leaves. Let us know if that form is hardy in your area. Rigida is less hardy than rostrata (rigida is more of a zone 8 plant where rostrata is more like a zone 6 plant). I hope yours has the rostrata cold hardy genes!
Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 10:57 am
by hardyjim
lucky1 wrote:You say a cold and wet spring slowed your Trachy's recovery?
They love it cool and wet...(versus hot and dry)
Barb
Trachys need +70F temps to recover quickly.
Our spring was chilly here too.
April was almost 10F cooler than last April,
this put the Trachy recovery a month behind last spring.
Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 11:26 am
by ttls1
TimMAz6 wrote:Great yard! Love the Pheonix!! The Yucca is great......must be one of those rostrata x rigida types since it has 'U' shaped leaves. Let us know if that form is hardy in your area. Rigida is less hardy than rostrata (rigida is more of a zone 8 plant where rostrata is more like a zone 6 plant). I hope yours has the rostrata cold hardy genes!
I kind of questioned this myself it was listed as a rostrata on the tag from monrovia but seems to have a much larger head and much stiffer sharper leaves. I think it is more than likely after looking a pure rigida because monrovia does not list a hybrid that they sell. Guess i might have to through a cover over it this winter a couple nights, it is new this year.