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by lucky1 » Sat Mar 09, 2013 9:48 am
Grass and wooden fences...hadn't occurred to me.
I absolutely love AZ's stucco fences!
Gorgeous y.elata.
I'm hoping my mystery yucca with the 3 inches of trunk will end up as elata.
It's getting planted this year in the hottest, driest spot on the property...in H's gravel.
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by DesertZone » Sat Mar 09, 2013 12:08 pm
lucky1 wrote: Gorgeous y.elata.
I'm hoping my mystery yucca with the 3 inches of trunk will end up as elata.
It's getting planted this year in the hottest, driest spot on the property...in H's gravel.
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I hope it is? They are well worth the wait. Mine is now growing a trunk, and grows faster every year.
Sounds like the perfect place for it! Dry and hot!
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by lucky1 » Sat Mar 09, 2013 3:51 pm
It's planted
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by DesertZone » Fri Apr 12, 2013 7:28 pm
This one's for Tim, or anyone else.
Zoom in on the middle plant and tell me what you think it is? And to the left the big Yucca baccata's or are they Y. arizonica? Same baccata I have at my place.
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by TimMAz6 » Sun Apr 14, 2013 8:43 pm
Aaron,
what species of Yucca is that?? Can you dig it up and mail it to me?
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by DesertZone » Mon Apr 15, 2013 6:19 am
TimMAz6 wrote:Aaron,
what species of Yucca is that?? Can you dig it up and mail it to me?
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I'm sorry Tim, I posted the wrong pic. Now I wonder if I can find that street again.
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by TimMAz6 » Mon Apr 15, 2013 6:57 pm
Hi Aaron,
are those blooms coming from the 'Yucca'? The blooms look like Dasylirion but the leaves look like Yucca??
PS, what was that other Yucca in the previous link?
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by DesertZone » Mon Apr 15, 2013 8:06 pm
TimMAz6 wrote:Hi Aaron,
are those blooms coming from the 'Yucca'? The blooms look like Dasylirion but the leaves look like Yucca??
PS, what was that other Yucca in the previous link?
I looked closer and I think the blooms are coming from plants behind the yuccas, hesperaloe sp?
And the other yucca in the previous link...I don't know? Looks like a Mexican sp.?
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by TimMAz6 » Sat Apr 20, 2013 5:50 pm
yes......a mexican species.........I was thinking the same.
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by DesertZone » Tue Oct 01, 2013 8:58 pm
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by lucky1 » Thu Oct 03, 2013 11:34 am
Not a saguaro because it's already branching, Aaron?
Whatever it is, it's gorgeous.
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by DesertZone » Thu Oct 03, 2013 8:53 pm
lucky1 wrote:Not a saguaro because it's already branching, Aaron?
Whatever it is, it's gorgeous.
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I believe it is Trichocereus tersheckii, a big cactus from South America.
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by lucky1 » Fri Oct 04, 2013 12:17 pm
Obviously a tough one surviving in AZ...and pretty.
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by lucky1 » Mon Oct 21, 2013 7:35 am
Wow, a palm forest.
All Washies?
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by DesertZone » Mon Oct 21, 2013 10:18 pm
lucky1 wrote:Wow, a palm forest.
All Washies?
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Yes, almost, he does have a few date palms as well.
Filifera's
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by Okanagan desert-palms » Mon Oct 21, 2013 10:33 pm
Aaron Washy`s are my favorite palm. Great post.
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by DesertZone » Tue Oct 22, 2013 11:38 am
Okanagan desert-palms wrote:Aaron Washy`s are my favorite palm. Great post.
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Mine too.
I love the pic in your avatar.
I told my friend he needs to rake me up a bunch of seeds, of course I tell him that every year. Never happens
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by Okanagan desert-palms » Tue Oct 22, 2013 6:25 pm
Aaron I`ll be in Cabo Mexico end of Nov. I`ll be bringing W. filifera and other palm seeds back. If you or anybody else want some just pm me your address.
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by DesertZone » Tue Oct 22, 2013 6:35 pm
Okanagan desert-palms wrote:Aaron I`ll be in Cabo Mexico end of Nov. I`ll be bringing W. filifera and other palm seeds back. If you or anybody else want some just pm me your address.
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Thanks John, I will pm you when you get back.
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by DesertZone » Wed Oct 23, 2013 9:05 pm
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by lucky1 » Wed Oct 23, 2013 9:17 pm
Aaron wow, cool yucca in that first link.
In the second link, saw the stone-dead CIDP and a gorgeous trunked yucca.
couldn't find the W.filifera.
Nice street ... could imagine myself puttering around there.
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by DesertZone » Thu Oct 24, 2013 5:33 am
[quote="lucky1"
In the second link, saw the stone-dead CIDP and a gorgeous trunked yucca.
couldn't find the W.filifera.
Nice street ... could imagine myself puttering around there.[/quote]
The yucca is the filifera, that is the type of yucca it is. "Yucca filifera"
Looks like a nice place to walk around.
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by DesertZone » Thu Oct 24, 2013 5:38 am
lucky1 wrote:
, saw the stone-dead CIDP
If you look close it is still alive, but needs the old leaves trimmed off.
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by lucky1 » Thu Oct 24, 2013 12:06 pm
Still alive?
Looks like it's on its way out, rather than coming back.
It's seen better days, judging by the huge diameter trunk...should have a lot more height to it.
I love all the gravel landscaping, obviously a necessity there.
A nice diversion from our green/sometimes brown lawns.
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by DesertZone » Thu Oct 24, 2013 4:11 pm
lucky1 wrote:
I love all the gravel landscaping, obviously a necessity there.
A nice diversion from our green/sometimes brown lawns.
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Yes, the gravel feels nice and clean when maintained. I like grass as well, but if it is not uniform and green throughout then it can look trashy.
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by DesertZone » Fri Nov 01, 2013 8:33 pm
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by lucky1 » Fri Nov 01, 2013 8:43 pm
Wow, yes.
They look so beautiful with multiple trunks.
Surprised to see lawns there.
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by DesertZone » Sat Nov 02, 2013 12:34 pm
lucky1 wrote:Wow, yes.
Surprised to see lawns there.
I was surprised as well.
Lawns are becoming more and more popular, I hope they don't over do it use all their water on grass.
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by lucky1 » Sat Nov 02, 2013 1:43 pm
I suppose to anyone with a gravel lawn, grass looks good.
And vice versa.
But what a waste of water a grass lawn is.
I really really liked that street...looks very interesting all the way along.
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by DesertZone » Sat Nov 02, 2013 3:27 pm
lucky1 wrote:I suppose to anyone with a gravel lawn, grass looks good.
And vice versa.
But what a waste of water a grass lawn is.
I really really liked that street...looks very interesting all the way along.
Barb
No doubt turf grass has it's place, but in the desert I think it looks best with small portions. Here is a nice grass mix compared to the all turf at the neighbors.
https://maps.google.com/?ll=31.849075,- ... ,2.26&z=20
I also like the feeling of that area, checkout the places by the golf course.
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by DesertZone » Sat Nov 02, 2013 3:33 pm
Here's what I don't like about turf in the desert, hard too keep uniform. They would have made a real statement if the kept the lawn in the low areas and landscaped the borders and high places.
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by DesertZone » Sat Nov 02, 2013 3:46 pm
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by lucky1 » Sat Nov 02, 2013 4:57 pm
Aaron, re your 2:33 pm posting, I was going to send YOU that one from down the street.
Kinda a shock seeing those "poles", ha ha.
Hope they all come back for that guy, some look stone dead.
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yup golf is more popular...I'm always under the trees in the shade looking for my ball.
The last thing I'd do is play tennis in AZ in 109F on a paved court. Jeez!
Is that trees growing through the pavement/clay?
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by DesertZone » Sat Nov 02, 2013 6:47 pm
lucky1 wrote:Aaron, re your 2:33 pm posting, I was going to send YOU that one from down the street.
Kinda a shock seeing those "poles", ha ha.
Hope they all come back for that guy, some look stone dead.
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yup golf is more popular...I'm always under the trees in the shade looking for my ball.
The last thing I'd do is play tennis in AZ in 109F on a paved court. Jeez!
Is that trees growing through the pavement/clay?
Barb
I've been looking in El paso Tx with a 2013 street view and even the palms that looked stone dead in 2011 seem to be doing good. Well most.
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What gets me with the 2011 street view in New Mexico, is that even the native barrel cactus(native too that area) are burned very badly or dead.
Must have been much colder than it was in SE AZ, because I did not see any or very little burn on the native barrels there.
That sure was a lot of money spent on tennis courts that no one seems to be using, and yes sure looks like trees growing through the courts.
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by lucky1 » Sat Nov 02, 2013 7:55 pm
I knew someone who went to Mexico for a month in...either 2010 or 2011... and she said it was horribly cold the entire month she was there.
So that's maybe what happened.
Maybe barrels show less damage because they're...well...thicker, bigger?
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