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Beaverton Desert Garden in Summer...

MarkbVet

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My palms are only visible in background, but the cacti and agaves are blooming well right now!  Agave stalk is approx. 13 feet tall, 5 inches thick, grew up from 2 feet to over 10 feet in just a couple weeks.    Enjoy...

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Looks like albuquerque lol..especially with the big yuccas. Good job.. looks great!

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I got a private tour this past weekend.  There were so many different species of Cactus, yuccas and agaves but what doesn't come across is the enormous size of each plant.  Just about everything you see is taller than a person and many of these plants have a spread of 15 foot or more.  My head was swimming afterwards when I drove away trying to process it all.

Mark was kind enough of to send me on my way with a few "Small" agave pups that he removed.

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Stunning! The agave flower is so unique. I love it. I hope I will get a chance to visit your garden in the future. :shaka-2:

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51 minutes ago, Trustandi said:

Stunning! The agave flower is so unique. I love it. I hope I will get a chance to visit your garden in the future. :shaka-2:

You need to. But wear long clothing and safety glasses. When I showed up the other day @MarkbVet was weeding - very brave guy!

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On 7/16/2022 at 1:27 AM, MSX said:

Awesome!

Is there a bull skull under opuntia?

Yup, but it's ceramic-- lasts longer in our wet winter weather!   :-)

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2 hours ago, Trustandi said:

Stunning! The agave flower is so unique. I love it. I hope I will get a chance to visit your garden in the future. :shaka-2:

You're always welcome!   That agave is approx. 13 feet tall, it's A. parryi, so not a particularly large species.  Can't wait to see how big the flower stalks are for my 2 giant species (though they'll die after blooming, will hate to see them go). 

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8 hours ago, MarkbVet said:

Yup, but it's ceramic-- lasts longer in our wet winter weather!   :-)

I have a real one, but move it once the autumn rains start.

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On 7/18/2022 at 11:25 AM, Chester B said:

I got a private tour this past weekend.  There were so many different species of Cactus, yuccas and agaves but what doesn't come across is the enormous size of each plant.  Just about everything you see is taller than a person and many of these plants have a spread of 15 foot or more.  My head was swimming afterwards when I drove away trying to process it all.

Mark was kind enough of to send me on my way with a few "Small" agave pups that he removed.

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I got a box of Agaves this week too for some free work. Then went to the BOX store to find a matching 5 gallon Blue Glow, was $58 for a 5 gallon. 

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11 hours ago, Collectorpalms said:

I got a box of Agaves this week too for some free work. Then went to the BOX store to find a matching 5 gallon Blue Glow, was $58 for a 5 gallon. 

I know the treasures I got, around here my feeling is that the big one would be pretty spendy.

And by the way @MarkbVet you did actually make it on the Danger Garden Blog twice:

in 2011 - http://www.thedangergarden.com/2011/10/i-am-not-in-desert-southwest.html

and 2012 - http://www.thedangergarden.com/2012/06/more-cacti-blooming-in-wet-grey-pacific.html

Congrats.

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