stbenge <UN### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> Ah, it would be so nice to grow all kinds of cacti! We live at 5200',
> and it gets too cold :( Our Opuntias barely hang on, our Trichocereus
> (or were they Pilosocereus?) have all died out, but we do have some
> Agave which is doing OK, I suppose. The severe, sharp type is doing much
> better than the softer type.
>
> It's even a little difficult to grow lawn grass. The grass native to
> this area has a purple/lavender color to it. Interestingly enough, there
> are at least two other lavender-colored plants around here, one of them
> being a sort of hardy Miner's Lettuce. It's almost as if having that
> color makes the plants more suited for this climate.

I'll bet you have lots of beautiful pine trees though!

By the way, I borrowed a section of code from your "Height fields with
overhangs" posting. That's a very helpful posting!

Regards,
Dave Blandston

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