New digs going up

[Umbrae]

wrangling a bunch of mules .   

[Umbrae]

wrangling a bunch of mules .   

[Umbrae]

[Umbrae]

new load of grafted adeniums 

[Umbrae]

[Umbrae]

getting the floor in , keep running out of time , we have been busy on other projects 

[Umbrae]

new case of sprinkler heads 

[jimmyt]

Person with a vision on a mission!

[Umbrae]

[Umbrae]

 been a minute or two since I posted anything

[Umbrae]

[GatoCapa]

On 7/4/2020 at 6:57 PM, Umbrae said:

 

 

[Umbrae]

digging up some sabal Uresana, not my favorite time of year to move these but , we are clearing off am area for new project and they have are in the way 

[Umbrae]

[Umbrae]

a little clean up and rearrangement today while we have a bigger machine on rent 

[jimmyt]

@Umbrae   You have some serious operations going on over there!   Big Time…..

[Umbrae]

3 hours ago, jimmyt said:

@Umbrae   You have some serious operations going on over there!   Big Time…..

I'm nobody, a day trader at best .

[Umbrae]

couldn't get the two exactly how I wanted them , but it will work 

[jimmyt]

53 minutes ago, Umbrae said:

I'm nobody, a day trader at best .

Uh Huh! 

By the way, the palms look good!By the way, the palms look good!

[Umbrae]

5 hours ago, jimmyt said:

Uh Huh! 

By the way, the palms look good!By the way, the palms look good!

 thanks they will look better when they get rooted in I just couldn't wrangle the root ball to get them perfect 

[Umbrae]

trenching new waterline , this will run irrigation to the mulch and compost piles , as well as a expansion of drip irrigation 

[jimmyt]

Yeah another form of Day Trading!   Ha! 

[Umbrae]

got my first three rows planted , way behind schedule ,  40 three gallon meds , 40 Natchez crapes and 40 mule palms on drip this morning

[Umbrae]

another section of ground being converted , this section should be 5 rows of 50 trees each row.

this patch if ground has been used to store mulch for the last 6 or so years , should grow a hell of a crop of trees. 

[Umbrae]

relocating a couple large ponytails to accommodate clean up 

[Umbrae]

relocating a large everglade palm clump , paurotis palms are great till they are in the wrong spot 

Edited December 22, 2021 by Umbrae

[Xerarch]

On 8/11/2020 at 1:47 PM, Umbrae said:

new load of grafted adeniums 

Are any of those Adeniums by chance the ones that are a little more suited to cold tolerance? I know they have developed some in Tucson that can take a little more cold than all the ones that come from Thailand where they are only selected for flower color and don't care a whit about cold performance.  A local garden center here in Corpus has quite a few Adeniums but looked at me like I was from Mars when I asked about suitable varieties for this area.

[Umbrae]

I have never heard of "cold tolerant desert rose" 

I know some of my outdoor ones got froze but came right back 

[Palmarum]

3 hours ago, Umbrae said:

relocating a large everglade palm clump , paurotis palms are great till they are in the wrong spot ...

Great old specimen. I hope it's going to a new spot free of future expansion possibilities. I applaud the time and effort in moving the palm, instead of destroying it.

Ryan

[Xerarch]

1 hour ago, Umbrae said:

I have never heard of "cold tolerant desert rose" 

I know some of my outdoor ones got froze but came right back 

Well cold hardy is a relative term but I know for sure some are tougher than others

[Silas_Sancona]

6 hours ago, Xerarch said:

Are any of those Adeniums by chance the ones that are a little more suited to cold tolerance? I know they have developed some in Tucson that can take a little more cold than all the ones that come from Thailand where they are only selected for flower color and don't care a whit about cold performance.  A local garden center here in Corpus has quite a few Adeniums but looked at me like I was from Mars when I asked about suitable varieties for this area.

 

2 hours ago, Xerarch said:

Well cold hardy is a relative term but I know for sure some are tougher than others

 

3 hours ago, Umbrae said:

I have never heard of "cold tolerant desert rose" 

I know some of my outdoor ones got froze but came right back 

 The ones Xerarch is referring to would be those crossed by the great Mark Dimmitt.. And yes, they are supposed to tolerate a smidge more cold.. ( spectacular plants too ) Can't say for sure ( need to speak w/ him about it ) but he might have incorporated Adenium swazicum blood into his hybrids. That species is supposed to be the only one ..or one of just a couple.. that can handle sightly colder temps than say A. arabicum and / or obesum.

That said, that's only when they are completely dry thru the winter.. ( same w/ most Pachypodiums.. Soaked / cold plants is likely a perfect recipe for disaster for them too.  

Now that they're dropping leaves, both Adenium i have will be coming inside until this wet cool pattern setting up passes.

[Xerarch]

2 hours ago, Silas_Sancona said:

 

 

 The ones Xerarch is referring to would be those crossed by the great Mark Dimmitt.. And yes, they are supposed to tolerate a smidge more cold.. ( spectacular plants too ) Can't say for sure ( need to speak w/ him about it ) but he might have incorporated Adenium swazicum blood into his hybrids. That species is supposed to be the only one ..or one of just a couple.. that can handle sightly colder temps than say A. arabicum and / or obesum.

That said, that's only when they are completely dry thru the winter.. ( same w/ most Pachypodiums.. Soaked / cold plants is likely a perfect recipe for disaster for them too.  

Now that they're dropping leaves, both Adenium i have will be coming inside until this wet cool pattern setting up passes.

Those are exactly the ones I’m referring to, based on my Adenium book, written in part by Mark Dimmitt 

[Umbrae]

mules , pygmies, bizmarcks, queens , and med fans 

[Umbrae]

about to install some bamboo , I took out an old fence line and I am planting some giant timber bamboo , to screen off the neighbors , and a subdivision across the road 

[Umbrae]

36 inch auger sure does make it easy 

[Umbrae]

first 300 feet of bamboo is installed , giant timber , next 300 feet will be some angel mist dendrocalamus I have growing but those will be transplanted from field dug material not healed out 30 gallons