Do any of you grow dyckias in large pots and leave them out for winter? I live in 8B, 25 miles north of Lake Pontchatrain in Louisiana.
Johanna
winter dyckias
I keep my dyckia out all year long but I am in zone 9. It might be a bit to cold where you are. How many day do you have of 32 and below do you have? If not to many you could just cover them up when temps go below 32.
We do have a few days below 32. Seldom are these consecutive for more than 3 days. I will try this with D. leptostachya and platyphylla since I have several of those. Also I will try aloe saponaria in a pot outside for winter, too. I have one in the ground that did well last winter.
Dyckias are not well known around here so I have no one to ask. A pity. They are lovely interesting plants.
Do you have hechtias?
One more thing do not use plastic to cover the plants use a old blanket.
The hechtia's I have:
Hechtia marnier-lapostollei
Hechtia lundelliorum
Hechtia guatemalensis
Hechtia rosea
Hechtia texensis - the same as Hechtia scariosa
Hechtia tillandsioides
Hechtia epigyna
Hechtia ventura - not a good name
Hechtia KM 144
Hechtia KM 85
Hechtia macdougallii x Hechtia guatemalensis Hechtia 'Carter'
Hechtia glomerata
Hechtia argentea
Hechtia gayi
Hechtia meziana
Hechtia rosea
Hechtia macdougallii
Hechtia tillandsioides in the photo.
