It's winters like these that weed out the weak. More damage showing its ugly face daily! April should be a real fright feast!
Hardy!
Echinocereus inermis
Truly hardy.
Coryphantha vivipara
Normaly Hardy.
Echinocereus inermis
Hardy!
Echinocereus mojavensis
Covered
Agave parryi
Echinocereus inermis
Hardy!
Sclerocactus spinosior
Not as hardy as they should be.
Dead all of them Dead!
Echinocereus albispinus
Hardy, but in a year like this it will get some winter burn.
Echinocereus mojavensis
Hardy!
Opuntia pheacantha
Covered, damaged. Only time will tell.
Agave parryi "Flagstaff AZ Form"
Hardy (so far)
Yucca brevifolia
Covered small sucker.
Hardy
Echinocereus coccineus
Hardy! I think I've killed more of these in the summer do to lake of irrigation.
Echinocereus caespitosus, I think?
Hardy, but covered. The hardiest trial agave to date.
Hybrid Agave, A. utahensis x neomexicana
Very hardy! This plant was completely covered with snow for have the winter,
Yucca baccata
Hardy!
Echinocereus caespitosus,
Normally hardy, but this year lots on damage. Only time will tell.
Yucca rostrata/ thompsoniana type.
Hardy, but covered.
Hybrid, Y. thompsoniana x elata
Not as hardy as they should be.
Cylindropuntia imbricata
Hardy, but in a year like this it will get some winter burn.
Echinocereus mojavensis
Hardy, but covered.
Yucca gloriosa x elata
Hardy if covered.
E. ledingii
Hardy!
Opuntia basilaris
Normally hardy, but this year lots on damage. Only time will tell.
Yucca rostrata/ thompsoniana type.
Very Hardy!!!
Opuntia basilaris, from LaMar Orton Gardens!
Opuntia basilaris, this one not hardy enough!
A couple of Ferocactus wislizeni from Stoney Creek Cacti.
I bought and covered 3 of these, although they did not live through the winter, they may have if they were bigger. I was impressed, may try them again when available.
Covered, and Dead!
Euphorbia clavarioides v. trincata
Hardy!
Echinocereus caespitosus,
Hardy!
Sclerocactus spinosior
Native to this area and county. Just to show that even native cactus sometimes get frost damage.
Freezes back almost yearly.
Yucca recurvifolia
Normally hardy, but not this year!
Yucca elata
Yucca unkown, but looks hardy!
Hardy!
Yucca nana
Hardy!
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa
Not as hardy as they should be.
Cylindropuntia imbricata
Cylindropuntia imbricata
Truly hardy.
Coryphantha vivipara
This was an awesome free gift, so sad it did not make it through the winter.
Time will tell.
Echinocereus coccineus
Covered
Yucca brevifolia
Very Hardy!
Micropuntia pulchella
Normally hardy form.
Cylindropuntia ramosissima
Covered, but rotted from the bottom up. I cut the top off to try later.
Opuntia lindheimeri
Covered
Echinocereus roetteri
Very hardy.
Opuntia basilaris var. brachyclada
Not hardy. Some of the bottom stems might have lived if I cut them off.
Cylindropuntia spinosior, from my property in AZ
Still alive, but major damage.
Opuntia "engelmannii type"
Covered, with damage.
Opuntia macrocentra, from my property in AZ.
Somewhat hardy
Opuntia engelmannii x basilaris
Opuntia polyacantha type
I bought this from Oklahoma
This "died" after the last winter, but still some green even after this winter. lol
Agava harvardiana
Hardy but not as hardy as I hoped for.
Yucca filamentosa x elata
Yucca filamentosa x elata
Hardy, but with damage.
Yucca gloriosa type
Hardy! These two elata I planted in the worst two places I have and they look good!
Some just do better than others of the same species.
Yucca elata
Hardier than the others, this is variety "Big Mama"
Yucca filamentosa x elata
Hardy
Yucca Hybrid
Hardy
Yucca elata
Not as hardy as it should be.
Yucca elata
Opuntia polyacantha type "dead"
I bought this from Oklahoma
I spotted two new birds in the yard this month. A Horned Lark (sorry no photo), and this one.
Spotted Towhee
