My Garden during 2003

 

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January and the biggest snowfall for some years......

isn't it pretty.....   cacti and succulents in the snow   more snow covered succulents 

 frozen opuntia   sad looking cyathea  

...... but everything was fine 6 months later.  General shots:

main view across garden   cactus patch   main succulent bank 

 Closer view of hut and treeferns   Succulents at top of garden   water cascade surrounded by bromeliads

Some agaves:

Agave americana   Agave salmiana coarctata   Agave filifera   Agave lophantha

  Agave parryi var huachucensis   Agave salmiana   Agave xylonacantha

Some other succulents:

Aloe striatula   Dasylirion acrotriche   Dasylirion longissimum   Nolina longifolia 

 Yucca recurvifolia  Echeveria agavoides, red edged form   Echevera glauca   Echeveria elegans 

 Echeveria secunda   Graptopetalum paraguayense   Oreocereus trollii  

Some palms:

Brahea armata   Butia capitata   Chamaerops humilis 'Cerifera'

  Chamaerops humilis 'Vulcano'   Phoenix canariensis   Jubaea chilensis

  Livistona chinensis   Trachycarpus fortunei   Trithrinax acanthocoma   

Some bromeliads:

Puya berteroniana   Fascicularia bicolor var canaliculata   Nidularium fulgens   Vriesea simplex, Aechmea caudata

Other plants:

Musa basjoo with Mother-in-Law for scale   Arundo donax and MIL   Colocasia esculenta 'Mammoth'   Echium pininana

Cyathea medullaris   Begonia ravenii   Begonia sinensis   Impatiens sp

   Canna 'Bethany'   Canna 'Singapore Girl'   Hedychium gardnerianum x coronarium    Ricinus communis var gibsonii

         Farfugium giganteum   Musa basjoo, variegated   Nelumbo 'First Lady'   Nymphaea 'Pamela'      

 

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