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If you look close you can see the Y.Rostrata,variegated Y.Aloifolia
Y.Gloriosa,Opuntia(behind the black rock)Hesperaloe...the 2 Agave in
front were supposed to be Parryi and Havardiana but were not and
immediatly melted,I have no idea how the Agave in front of the Aloifolia
got there,the Aloifolia was removed 2 years later,just to big @ over 6'.

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an old but colorful protection method.

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Hey Jim, I remember that early photo.
What year was that?
Very cool to see it again.

And look at it now...wowsers.

Barb

December 5th,2008.

Incredible growth in 6-7 short years Jim.

Amazing! Thanks for sharing.

Awesome, wish my havardiana would grow like that.

Thanks you guys....

Yea,as I have mentioned before..the cacti,Yucca etc have
been a huge surprise in regard to their growth rates although
there are some like the A.Neomexicana that have remained slow
but even that one is getting to that explosive growth size....it will
probably double in size this year without me noticing.

Hard too believe it's the same garden.

Thanks Aaron

Pretty amazing how much of this stuff survived even from
the small size of some of them...you can see one right away
in the front that didnt make it-the little Joshua tree,it was to late
when I realized it was coverd with scale,just as well,not a good spot
for a plant that gets as big as they do.