Posted by Paul Ont 5a Weather: low around: -24C (-26??), a LONG cold spell (over a month below freezing). Needle palm: looks fine. Leaves are green, but they feel VERY dessicated. I imagine that those farthest from the trunk will brown in time (I don't think they have any water) Leaves by the base were still a rich green colour. Agaves (these 'look' alive right now) Cylindropuntia: imbricata, viridiflora, and whipplei all fine. Opuntia: most fine (humifusa, polyacantha, phaecantha, erinacea, basilaris, bas. v. aurea, sp. 'purple', etc...) Yucca: None that I could see were damaged. brevifolia, baccata, elata, glauca. Heaperaloe parviflora. Leaves exposed through the snow were fine, except those eaten by deer! That's all I have for now. Will post more when the snow is gone and the actual damage shows up! Cheers,
on March 13, 2007, 7:40 am
Well, I finally got up to Kingston (USDA 4b/5a) to have a look at my plants... A lot of them certainly 'look' alive. Most are probably not. Those under snow cover I could not check. A later spring report will be done in April/May.
Here is the list:
lechugilla: 1 of 2 (one is still covered with snow). Looks almost untouched (5% burned). Likely is frozen.
parryi: Again looks fine. This one survived last winter, which had a similar low. It looked bad last spring but bounced back quickly. It looks unscathed now. 0% burn.
montana: All look fine but are probably dead. 0% burn.
harvardiana: Most look fine. Again, they are probably dead. Time will tell. 0% burn.
palmeri: All but one look great. Probably dead. 0-5% burn.
chrysantha: All look great. Probably dead. 0%.
Americana: All dead. 100% burn. They were dead in December.
kleinae: 1 large plant. First winter. Parts above the snow are 100% fried (I think). I imagine it is a gonner.
leptocaulis: 100% fried. This is the 3rd time I've lost this plant. Probably not going to find a hardy variety.
engelmanii: mushy.
Paul
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