Pictures from Austin area

[Meangreen94z]

I moved to the Austin area. I know there’s atleast one other member on here from the area but thought I would post pictures of Agave, Yucca, etc. More to come, right now I have limited daylight.

[Bananaguy]

Thanks for the pictures and sure wish around here they planted more cactus, yuccas, palms instead of Crape Myrtles!!

[Stan]

I have relatives there..and they praise the area. Living is low cost,taxes are low. But they move around as one is a pilot to be. Still,a year plus in Austin haven't heard a complaint.
Hayward? Don't get me started with the surviving here. Water,climate,everything a block away. That's it.

[Meangreen94z]

Thanks guys. I’ve always liked the area, hoping to end up with a 1/2 acre or so just West near Lake Travis where the hills are steep. I’ll have more photos coming.

[Meangreen94z]

A few from a business park near my job

[Bananaguy]

That’s some more great landscaping and a bright curb haha. Thanks for posting more.

[Stan]

I have yet to see an A.ovata in any front yard in the bay area. I did see a local news report on TV and the reporter was in front of a building that had a row of them and some ornamental grasses. Must be near city hall in San Jose..I never did see a street sign. I think thats why I went so long never having one. Can't want what you never see.
They do look so exotic "must have".

[Gee.S]

[rant] What is it with Texans and skirtless Y. rostrata? [/rant]

[Meangreen94z]

[rant] What is it with Texans and skirtless Y. rostrata? [/rant]

I’m sure the landscape company looks for any and every service to upsell to the landlord of a business park. I like most Yucca untrimmed but my Filifera and Rigida came that way and I’ve continued. I like the clean look on them.

If the sun would stop setting at 6 I’d have more photos. Hopefully a free weekend will come up.

[Meangreen94z]

A little dreary out, but here’s a full skirt on my way to lunch.

[Gee.S]

^Yay! Much better.

[Meangreen94z]

Saturday update, hopefully more to come tomorrow.

[Meangreen94z]

9C4DCDFF-236B-4652-9508-ACD8C4C52199.jpeg (503.83 KiB) Viewed 10857 times

26362042-8F5C-4186-9294-9D6B543EB9E9.jpeg (551.06 KiB) Viewed 10857 times

FBD42211-C00C-4986-9F67-7759918EDBC1.jpeg (350.65 KiB) Viewed 10857 times

70B9A076-22CA-4696-AE11-20AFF61312BA.jpeg (450.43 KiB) Viewed 10857 times

A8889B78-9E1D-4D75-B8D0-B9311FD6F578.jpeg (296.01 KiB) Viewed 10857 times

B26FBF6F-A8C3-4DDA-AA07-C6F737BEC9BA.jpeg (668.58 KiB) Viewed 10857 times

003ED655-262A-4FF9-9FFD-D7CF15E1707F.jpeg (560.93 KiB) Viewed 10857 times

FF243517-0E70-4222-97C3-E0C388A746F2.jpeg (618.99 KiB) Viewed 10857 times

[Bananaguy]

Bunch of more great picture! Must be neat for you guys to see agaves growing in the wild..

[MikeyDude]

It's important to know that there are no agaves native in habitat to the Austin or the surrounding area. All you will see are agaves planted by landscapers or those who wish to transplant them onto their properties. Occasionally one might see agave lechuguilla, americana or protoamerica which have naturalized in open rocky habitat (since those will grow like weeds almost anywhere).

There are two yuccas which are native to Austin and the surrounding hill country. These are the smaller rupicola and the yucca pallida and these two will also hybridize together, and both are often commercially available and are outstanding beauties, however each type are low to the ground and easily controlled.

Most landscape service providers here, have very little experience with cultivation or manicuring yuccas or agaves so we do occasionally see yucca rostrata or thompsoniana trimmed of their beautiful hula skirts.

[Bananaguy]

Okay thanks for the heads up. I guess I assumed the state in general had them pretty much. But I don’t know anything about Arizona haha.

[Meangreen94z]

They are native in further South(Americana/Asperrima) and of course West Texas(Lechuguilla, Neomexicano, Havardiana, and their natural hybrids Gracilis, Glomerulifora, and the Havardiana/Neomexicano introgression).

Almost every other yard here in Austin has some sort of Americana or Proto-Americana Agave in it. There’s all kinds of variations and sizes. I’ve started to collect offsets from the more interesting(and accessible) specimen.

[Stan]

Any photos of your yard? Are you moved in? I still have pups...just waiting to spring to start my migration of pups and cuttings I want to send various people.

[Bananaguy]

That’s a nice selection to view! That’s awesome and would like to see some of the pups your coming across. Did you dig up everything you planted in your previous yard and bring it with you.

[Meangreen94z]

Yeah, I dug everything up, still renting for now.I’m going to limit what’s going in the ground this time. I’ve also sold some stuff that wouldn’t work well out here.

Stan not really worth taking pictures right now. I’ll probably post a few individual pictures eventually .

[Meangreen94z]

68C79912-CC3B-499B-9124-F591B3763266.jpeg (400.76 KiB) Viewed 10444 times

6BC9D224-FE48-4255-AEF8-793E308A9277.jpeg (508.49 KiB) Viewed 10444 times

BA42E6C2-9297-449C-A10D-CF8B1DFAFD86.jpeg (399.03 KiB) Viewed 10444 times

7CAE2C42-8C8E-4060-8E09-B0523B51D41A.jpeg (427.74 KiB) Viewed 10444 times

7824BDAA-EB2A-4F02-8971-82640BBA9CED.jpeg (386.63 KiB) Viewed 10444 times

BBBE72DF-D39D-4231-8D1B-48A1B9E07AEA.jpeg (399.22 KiB) Viewed 10444 times

C545A5D6-0917-4BF0-A758-808366A94086.jpeg (511.74 KiB) Viewed 10444 times

A7F5DF26-B565-4763-95A5-6EDFF5422B42.jpeg (380.09 KiB) Viewed 10444 times

9F53A7AF-BD0E-4B8F-BF9F-732174D614B8.jpeg (484.49 KiB) Viewed 10444 times

41C01CD7-3369-4BBA-84B1-059A08238F5E.jpeg (549.89 KiB) Viewed 10444 times

[Meangreen94z]

B55F9028-1E0A-4A88-9ACB-D3544D63C373.jpeg (570.1 KiB) Viewed 10444 times

71F70F8E-0FF7-4371-B4C1-D6CD821A201A.jpeg (621.41 KiB) Viewed 10445 times

44F419C9-40B0-46D3-92A8-D2DBF27BD494.jpeg (347.21 KiB) Viewed 10445 times

6D60F2C7-4BC1-446F-BB49-74574421D9F4.jpeg (495.41 KiB) Viewed 10445 times

33B58B27-B6AF-4493-9204-1D15CFA71698.jpeg (408.53 KiB) Viewed 10445 times

[abborean]

second pic down in the new post looks a bit like the blue funkiana or whatever I have. guess the snow didn't stay long.

[Meangreen94z]

Yeah, Blue Funkiana/lopantha. It melted pretty quick, but some of those pictures were 20-30 minutes further South/lower elevation. I don’t think they got quite as much .

[Stan]

Austin in the last days of January averages what we do...in March. 65. By the end of February, Austin is averaging 77f..and we won't get there until the last week of June.