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Nolina nelsonii
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local nursery offering, Southern California
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This was on the road to La Pena in southern Tamaulipas. Picture was taken in May 2014.
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Austin, Texas
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Andy Martin’s Nolina Nelsonii. Showing pretty good blue for the U.K. climate
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Huge multihead Nolina Nelsonii in Austin. Probably 9 feet wide
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Nolina Nelsonii flowering in Austin
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Anyone know the cold hardiness on Nolina Nelsonii? I’ve read in some places it’s sub 0 F, other places say 0 F, and I’ve read 10F. Also heard some died in the Austin freeze of 2021 and those temps got down to 0.

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BigLeonard wrote: Thu Jun 02, 2022 2:49 pm Anyone know the cold hardiness on Nolina Nelsonii? I’ve read in some places it’s sub 0 F, other places say 0 F, and I’ve read 10F. Also heard some died in the Austin freeze of 2021 and those temps got down to 0.

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I don’t know of any that died, although the shaded one at Barton Springs Nursery slowly started dying about 6 months later. I had a friend with a Nolina matapensis that died.
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In habitat somehwere near Miquihuana, Tamaulipas.
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That is an awesome spot, I love traveling through there!
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agavegreg wrote: Fri Mar 31, 2023 11:04 am That is an awesome spot, I love traveling through there!
It is indeed! So many of my favourite plants are from just a few square miles around there - Agave montana, Agave gentryi, Nolina nelsonii, Nolina hibernica, Dasylirion quadrangulatum. You can see them all in one day!

I'm not sure it is safe any more. Last time I was there by La Joya at the top of the mountain we encountered some paramilitary police in an amoured truck, wearing kevlar armour and carrying automatic weapons. I don't think they were looking at agaves :(
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Paul S wrote: Fri Mar 31, 2023 12:02 pm
agavegreg wrote: Fri Mar 31, 2023 11:04 am That is an awesome spot, I love traveling through there!
It is indeed! So many of my favourite plants are from just a few square miles around there - Agave montana, Agave gentryi, Nolina nelsonii, Nolina hibernica, Dasylirion quadrangulatum. You can see them all in one day!

I'm not sure it is safe any more. Last time I was there by La Joya at the top of the mountain we encountered some paramilitary police in an amoured truck, wearing kevlar armour and carrying automatic weapons. I don't think they were looking at agaves :(
Either that or the agaves have gotten a lot tougher.
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