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COLD HEARTY AND DROUGHT
RESISTANCE
West Texas Plants wild harvests plants from the Chihuahuan Desert.
These are a natural for today’s xeriscape gardens. All of
our plants conserve water and many are adaptable to various temperature
and moisture conditions.
All of the plants we sell are harvested from local ranches using environmentally
friendly methods. They retain the unique wild look of the desert
with all their beauty and imperfections.
Our goal is to help land owners with the stewardship of their property
and develop a sustainable natural production.
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These plants are available in containers or bare root. We offer a
variety of sizes including spectacular specimens. |
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Yucca Rostrata
– “Big Bend or Beaked Yucca"
USDA Zone 5a (-20°F)
Queen of the decorative
Yuccas. Long blue / gray leaves drape gracefully from large well
rounded heads. Growing up to 15 feet tall, this yucca transplants
easily and is xeric under most growing conditions. This is
the most popular of all the yuccas and is grown in gardens around the world.
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here for a closer look at the Big Bend Yucca. |
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Yucca Thompsoniana
– “Thompson Yucca"
USDA Zone 5a (-20°F)
Widely used in xeriscaping.
Typically growing up to 15ft, frequently multi-headed, they have
compact green rosettes comprised of short stiff leaves. Very hardy
under a wide range of soil and temperature conditions, they require little
additional watering and transplant easily. An attractive and economical
alternative to its relative the Yucca Rostrata.
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here for a closer look at the Thompson Yucca. |
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Yucca Torreyi
– “Big Bend Spanish Dagger”
USDA Zone 7a
(0°F)
The Big Bend variety grows
to 20 ft tall with long, stiff green leaves. Heat loving, it requires
little to moderate watering and transplants easily. Older specimens
commonly sport 2 or 3 heads. Its trunk is smaller than its cousin
the “Giant White Dagger”. Each head puts out a 3 to 4 ft long
stalk covered with cream colored blossoms in spring. This yucca has
a characteristic “slightly unkempt” look.
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Yucca Faxoniana
– the “Giant White Dagger"
USDA Zone 5a (- 20°F)
Everything about this yucca
is oversized and dramatic. Commonly sporting multiple heads as the
age, they can grow to 25 ft tall with massive trunks. Thick, rigid,
dark green leaves 2 to 3 ft long radiate from full heads. Almost
indestructible to handle, they transport easily and require little (if
any!) additional watering. Used instead of trees in municipal landscaping
in Albuquerque, El Paso, San Antonio, and other SW cities.
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here for a closer look at the Giant White Dagger. |
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Yucca Elata
– “Soap Tree Yucca"
USDA Zone 5a (-20°F)
Without a doubt one of the
least fussy yuccas once established. Extremely cold tolerant, it
also tolerates very hot, dry climates as well. Unlike other
popular yuccas, it has a very long tap root that historically has made
it more difficult to transplant. Growing to heights of 20 feet with
up to 10 heads of gracefully draping thin green leaves tipped with silver
– a stunning plant.
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here for a closer look at the Soaptree Yucca. |
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Fouquieria Splendens
– “Ocotillo”
USDA Zone 7b (+5°F)
The signature plant of the
Southwest, its one of a kind look adds to any landscape it is used in.
It remains decorative with or without its leaves, which it can grow and
shed several times a year. Multiple whip-like, spiny canes spring
skyward from a central base. Heat loving, growing up to 20 ft tall,
they can tolerate moderate cold. Red penstomin flower clusters on
each cane in the spring, leaves turn autumn gold/orange in the fall.
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Agave Havardiana
– “Chisos Mountain Agave"
USDA Zone 5b (-15°F)
Occurring naturally in high,
cold altitudes, this is one of the rare agaves that withstand freezing
temperatures. Slow growing, medium sized (2 ½ ft high by 3
ft’) with compact rosettes of blue / green leaves. A beautiful agave
that will give years of enjoyment without encroaching on the space of neighboring
plants as it matures. Extremely easy to transplant, it needs occasional
summer watering and light shade in hot, dry climates.
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here for a closer look the Chisos Agave. |
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Agave Lechuguilla
– “Shin Dagger Agave”
USDA Zone 6b(-5°F)
This small member of the
agave family is called the indicator plant of the Chihuahuan Desert.
Low growing, 8 to 12 “ tall plant clusters of green, sharp-tipped, banana
shaped leaves radiating upwards. Heat loving, extremely resilient
and prolific, easily established, it thrives under wildly divergent soil,
moisture, and climatic conditions. Underutilized, it makes a wonderful,
affordable addition to almost any xeriscaped garden.
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here for a closer look the Lechuguilla. |
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Agave Neo-Mexicana
– “Hardy Century Plant or New Mexico Agave”
USDA Zone 5a (-20°F)
One of the most cold tolerant
of all the agaves. This low growing, small (18” high by 26” wide)
agave forms a very tight, compact rosette of light gray – blue/green leaves.
Slow to mature, it will pup prolifically without growing to a size
that overwhelms the area it is planted in. Easily transplanted, needs
light shade in low desert planting and occasional summer watering.
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here for a closer look at the Hardy Century Plant. |
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Euphorbia Antisyphilitica
– “Candelillia Wax Plant”
USDA Zone 7b (+5°F)
This delightful succulent
is the rare desert plant that does not bite! User friendly clumps
of 12 to 24” high gray-green stems resembling joint grass spread easily
from a single planting. Very tolerant of heat and drought, it is
sensitive to prolonged cold. With no thorns or sharp points this
is a wonderful, easily established accent plant for desert xeriscapes.
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here for a closer look at the Candelillia. |
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Dasylierion
Leiophyllum – “Texas Green Sotol”
USDA Zone 7a (0°F)
Medium sized, grass like
clumps of long arching leaves that drape to the ground make this plant
a visually interesting addition to a desert garden. Thin green
leaves armed along the edge with small curved teeth emerge from a short
central trunk. It is smaller and less dense than its Arizona cousin.
Heat loving, drought resistant and easily maintained, it grows to
3ft high and can send up a bloom stalk each year.
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here for a closer look at the Green Sotol. |
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WHOLESALE ONLY!
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Containerized plants fully rooted out and ready to sell are available in
a variety of pot sizes. Plant tags are included with all retailer
purchases.
Bare root plants are available any time of year and pulled to order 7 to
10 days prior to delivery.
We maintain our own fleet of trucks to ensure product quality during the
delivery process; most plants are shipped in refrigerated trucks. |
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RECOMMENDED READING
To learn more about the nature and
care of desert plants, read
"Agaves, Yuccas, and Related Plants"
by Mary and Gary Irish
Published by Timber Press
133 S.W. 2nd Ave., Ste. 450
Portland, Oregon 97204
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Visit on the web
www.coldhardycactus.com
for more important information on cold
hardy plants in cold places.
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