tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post846769003759445637..comments2024-03-27T19:59:56.174-07:00Comments on Succulents and More™: First rain of the seasonGerhard Bock (Succulents and More)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17583583634141549759noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post-14695655282093932932011-10-08T07:26:30.365-07:002011-10-08T07:26:30.365-07:00Candy, our problem is that we have too much shade....Candy, our problem is that we have too much shade. I'd grow a lot more succulents, esp. in the backyard, if only we had more sun. <br /><br />Spiral aloe is very hardy as far as aloes go. Mine has been outside for the past two winters and it wasn't fazed. In its native habitat in the Drakensberg Mountains where it grows at 6000 ft. and above it regularly gets covered with snow. <a href="http://www.smgrowers.com/products/plants/plantdisplay.asp?plant_id=3058" rel="nofollow">San Marcos Growers</a> says it's hardy to 5-10°F.Gerhard Bock (Succulents and More)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17583583634141549759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post-16563120372756452242011-10-07T23:02:54.073-07:002011-10-07T23:02:54.073-07:00Great photos Gerhard! Love the beads of glass on ...Great photos Gerhard! Love the beads of glass on the banana leaves and the echeveria jewels! I can never grow a banana tree. I have absolutely no shade (no trees). So it burns up in the summer and winter it freezes. <br /><br />Thanks for the great info on the spiral aloe. Based on your information I really need to put it in a new pot. I have two wine barrels. One is taken up by echeverias the other has a few straggling succulents. Only problem is I can't take it in the garage over winter. Won't it freeze?Candice Suter.....Sweetstuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03439964856042558664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post-15145271679482375862011-10-07T09:46:39.180-07:002011-10-07T09:46:39.180-07:00Alan, many people don't really know what it...Alan, many people don't really know what it's like to live without rain for so long. We virtually never have rain in the summer.<br /><br />Yuccas are awesome; as Debra Lee Baldwin said in her talk at Succulent Gardens on Saturday, they will be the next big thing in drought-tolerant plants. Few succulents are as cold-hardy as yuccas. This includes Yucca rostrata - hardy to zone 5 and one of the most stunning succulents of all!Gerhard Bock (Succulents and More)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17583583634141549759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post-8757066735654190512011-10-07T03:32:02.719-07:002011-10-07T03:32:02.719-07:00Beautiful! I think this was the first year that I ...Beautiful! I think this was the first year that I knew how you felt about the rain. Our hot, dry summer made the long-overdue rain in September so much more of an event.<br /><br />I really need to try more yuccas. I know they like to be transplanted in the fall, so maybe this is the time for me to get a few.Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13393082652312828458noreply@blogger.com