This will become a big agave someday if it survives. Agave montana is a zone 7b plant from the high mountains of mexico. nickelsiae are both hardy to zone 7a, which is right on the boarder for me. A few experiments are in already:Īgave victoriae-reginae and A. The rock garden is expanding and the plants are thriving, except when bothered by the elk. huachensis “Excelsior”, and two forms of A. truncata variegated and “mediopicta dwarf”, A. We’ll see if it handles the winter.įinally, a few select agave went into the ground: Agave americano “mediopicta alba” and “australian opal”, A. Lupinus albifrons is growing strong and looks great, but no blooms. Verbena lilacina “De La Mina” bloomed most of the spring, then shut down for the summer and is now throwing up a few more blooms. Spectacular! But they should be making their show in spring. My seed grown Astragalus coccineus are starting to bloom. It will be interesting to see if this one comes out and blooms next year. Lessertia montana (Mountain Cancer Bush) struggled a bit through the apex of the summer’s heat, but has grown into a large bush and is looking healthy with little supplemental watering. On the positive side, most everything else is doing great and growing strong. There were a few other losses, but nothing heartbreaking. Its still hanging on in its second year (after a spectacular spring bloom), but just barely. Not sure what happened as the three other plants that were put out in the spring survived.Ī similar surprise was the serious die back on Salvia dorrii. More surprisingly my Helichrysum thianschanicum died during its second year. microphylla “Hot Lips” (which may still succumb after making it through last year). greggii x lemonnii almost bit it as did S. I lost two different form of Salvia greggii. Might be a good choice, but in an more protected location. But, I lost a few plants:ġ of the 2 Arctostaphylos densiflora “Howard McMinn” died, thought the other one is growing strong.ĭicliptera suberecta grew, bloomed and died at the first hint of heat and wind.
I am not entirely sure if this was because of the heat and low water or if the road construction adjacent to the garden contributed to problems. The summer was surprisingly hard on some of the LC plants. And plenty of cacti for Las Cruces, too - going to make an effort to push the boundaries on some of the mammillarias. Lots of Echinocereus species for the High Rolls garden as well has some south american Echinopsis (Rebutia, Lobivia, etc). So I’ve slowly building my stock of both - mostly potting them up for planting in the spring. But given limited time, I’d much rather garden than write about it! Still lots of good things going on in both gardens.įirst off, my obsession with agaves is completely out of hand is now being challenged by my obsession with cacti. Unfortunately, I’ve been far too busy to keep up with this blog as much as I would have liked.
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