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Cold Hardy Palm Companions


GregVirginia7

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image.thumb.jpg.d293cb08f0e3a80582a958f7fd966d4e.jpgimage.thumb.jpg.07ee8fb28ef5d9cf0752a6f7a272f0a2.jpgOK...I know this is a cold hardy palm forum but cold hardy agaves seem to really compliment cold hardy palms so I’m giving one a try...an Agave parryi var. truncata. It arrived bare root, though it was advertised as a 10” potted plant...the roots were a bit frayed so I cut off the sloppy ends and sprayed the whole root base with a copper fungicide, positioned it in the “prepared“ whole (the anticipation was a little weird on my part, I admit it) mixed the gravelly soil, poked it around the roots with a chopstick and gave it a good dose of water. Some thicker roots actually looked a bit desiccated. Hope I situated it good enough for sun exposure...it’s a little mixed but gets a good blast of sun from late morning to late afternoon. We have such tall trees in this bottom-of-the-bowl situation we have here In our local landscape but I think keeping it dry in the winter will go a long way to its success. Anyway, I added the second pic to tie it in with the Trachy trunk...if you look closely, you’ll see the agave bottom center...I’ll finish the surface off with a small quartz or granite gravel...

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