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Here's some pictures of my new arid bed, with Chamerops, Agave Americana, Various Opuntias, Lewsia and Delosperma Cooperi.

http://www.hardytropicals.co.uk/forum/v ... &start=210

Very nice. I'm about to kick off a similar project in my front yard as well.

Very nice! Wish your arid bed growing and flourishing!

Bought some new cacti today, any idea if they are hardy enough to make it through a UK winter if kept dry? My opuntias are putting on some new growth now.

Love the arid bed, and sure like it when a Phoenix is included.

Good work!

Barb

Great work!

I found an aloe striatula today after months of searching. It makes a nice addition to the arid bed which has filled out nicely in a short period of time. I didn't realise myself until I saw the pictures on here from May.

How did I miss this post. Looks good!

DesertZone wrote:How did I miss this post. Looks good!

Lets hope it survives a winter here. Anything like last year and it should be fine, minus the small cacti which I bought cheap as houseplants. It will need to be mild and dry for them which doesn't happen here. Cold is frosty and dry, mild is wet and windy, usually.

Here's an update on the arid bed in mid winter, some casualties and surprises already.

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cheshirepalms wrote:Here's an update on the arid bed in mid winter, some casualties and surprises already.

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For the most part everything looks so good! Looks like a mild winter?

A surprise to see protection REMOVED on New Year's

That CIDP is so lovely!

Barb

DesertZone wrote:

cheshirepalms wrote:Here's an update on the arid bed in mid winter, some casualties and surprises already.

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For the most part everything looks so good! Looks like a mild winter?

For the most part its been mild, apart from 26th-31st December. These are my weather stats from a sheltered spot in my garden.

Mean Maximum: 9.7c
Mean Minimum: 4.4c
Overall Mean: 7.0c

Highest daily maximum temperature: 15.3C (18th December)
Lowest daily maximum temperature: 5.1C (27th December)
Highest daily minimum temperature: 12.5C (22nd December)
Lowest daily minimum temperature: -0.5C (3rd December)

lucky1 wrote:A surprise to see protection REMOVED on New Year's

That CIDP is so lovely!

Barb

I only protect when its cold and remove as soon as it turns mild, to allow airflow to the palms. It's a lot of messing around but our winters the temps are up and down.

I'm certainly envious of those temperatures during winter!

Everything is looking great. You seem to be having a great winter.

I've extended the arid bed to allow for some new plants and to give the Canary Island date palm a central and prominent position in the bed. I've also added some stepping stones to make it easier to get around the car when its on the driveway.

Looking good! nice work on the extension of the arid bed