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An ongoing meditation on Agaves and related xerophytes
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My Cold Hardiness Publications
Highlights of spring 2007 III
2007 Highlights IV
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Highlights of Spring 2007 II
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Some other interesting perennials
Some shots from our old house, about a mile south
Cold Weather Shots
Hardy Succulents May 2005
Several nice shots
Spring 2005
Various non-succulent flowers
One of the hardy Echinocereus
Desert Montage May 2004
Echinocactus texensis hardy horse crippler from El Paso
Trichocereus and zinnia
Some shots of my camellias
Camellia shots II
Camellias III
Mahonia Xmedia in late winter
Assorted Photos
Assorted garden plants
East Bed & Me
Interesting Blooms
Some Highlights 2005
First Time Blooms in this Garden
Desert Hyssop
More Hardy Cacti
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Opuntia phaeacantha lower east bed
One of the few prickly pear in the garden. My tolerance for glochids is low.
Trichocereus pasacana in 2nd MD Winter, jan 2007
February was very cold with 6 days continuously below freezing and a low of +8°F
Temps for
day
1
Feb 2007
hi
34
lo
24
2
38
31
3
34
22
4
32
19
5
20
11
6
24
8
7
27
16
8
27
17
9
33
18
10
35
15
11
38
10
12
46
21
13
36
26
14
36
20
15
24
16
16
27
12
17
37
12
18
33
21
19
34
15
20
47
32
21
52
30
22
55
31
23
38
27
24
43
23
25
36
30
26
43
32
27
51
30
28
50
28
T. pasacana immediately after cold wave
All permenant damage showed early.
T. pasacana still happy at end of August 2007
Several inches of new growth was added.
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