In order to better use hashtags to organize our #ColdHardy #avocado project posts, here's a directory of all the cultivars represented in our collection to date as grafts, seedlings, or both:
#Aravaipa
#Bacon
#BrazosBelle
#Brissago
#Choquette
#Duke
#DelRio
#Fantastic
#Frank
#Fuerte
#Ganter
#Hass
#Jade
#JanBoyce
#Joey
#Linh
#LongSouthGate
#Lula
#Magdalena
#Mayo
#McCartyMexicola
#Mexicola
#MexicolaGrande
#NotMexicola
#Northrop (#Northrup)
#Opal
#Pancho (#Poncho)
#Puebla
#PurpleNebula
#RinconValley
#RoyalWright
#Stewart
#Teague
#WalterHole
#Wilma
#Zutano
#coldhardy #avocado #aravaipa #bacon #brazosbelle #brissago #choquette #duke #delrio #fantastic #frank #fuerte #ganter #hass #jade #janboyce #joey #linh #longsouthgate #lula #magdalena #mayo #mccartymexicola #mexicola #mexicolagrande #notmexicola #northrop #northrup #opal #pancho #poncho #puebla #purplenebula #rinconvalley #royalwright #stewart #teague #walterhole #wilma #zutano
Dianthus is surprisingly hardy. But I probably should bring it inside for the dreadfully forecasted -24°C night, right?
#Dianthus #plant #coldHardy
Out of ~80 new #ColdHardy #avocado seeds germinating in the greenhouse this winter, today we have the first emergence of a top sprout! This is #No255, a seedling of #Aravaipa:
#coldhardy #avocado #no255 #aravaipa
@jblue I somehow missed this post before! I only dabble in most types of #gardening but I've been interested in zone pushing #ColdHardy #subtropical #FruitTrees for awhile, and that led me to organize the #avocado breeding project this account is focused on. It's a long shot, but I'm hoping we can find or produce avocado trees able to survive and maybe even flourish here in the #pnw #cascadia
#gardening #coldhardy #subtropical #fruittrees #avocado #pnw #cascadia
With the forecast showing once-in-a-decade levels of #cold over the next few days, we've covered up a few of the most promising #ColdHardy #avocado trees planted outside. Here's one that's protected and one that's not so lucky just behind it: