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Thanks for the kind comments. My zone is 8a and our climate is a lot like Seattle's.

Thanks Barb. Those waggies are the pride and joy of my collection. The potted one sits in full sun on my deck while the planted one gets just a few hours of direct light. Not sure which I prefer, but they both seem happy which makes me happy :D

I fixed the link so it should work now.

I last posted on the progress of this trachy in April when I planted it in the garden. I had bought it in sorry shape with yellow fronds in January. It was reduced by 75% fro its original price of $130.00 so I decided to try to rehabilitate it. Ten months later it looks like its getting healthier ...

Here is a link to a video featuring 2 waggies in my garden.

http://youtube.com/watch?feature=plcp&v=apoZ2x12AtE

This is a link to my video updating the progress of my small desert garden in Southwestern British Columbia Canada. I posted a similar video back in January but there has been a real explosion of growth since then. All of the opuntia fragillis cacti are native to our province. http://youtube.com ...

Awsome garden pics Jim. It sucks to be that bee though. :(

I posted about this trachy in early January. Its looking better a bit and growing so I took it out of its root bound container and put it the ground yesterday. This is a video update.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo0uSQQ3jHE

Wow what a transformation! One of the great joys of gardening.

James nice pics of a rare snow day in Vancouver. Are those Trachy`s a hybrid T. fortunei x T.wagnerianus? The fronds look very rigid and smaller than a regular form of T. fortunei. John Good eye John but neither is a hybrid. The one in the first pick is a waggie, the one in the second is a fortunei ...

Well done Godfryd! Quite a bargain.

Got a bit of snow in the garden this morning. Made for some good pics of these palms.

Cameron_z6a_N.S. wrote:Nice video, James! Have you thought about trying Maihuenia poeppigii?

Thanks for the suggestion. Frankly, i has never heard of this plant but based on what I read on wikipedia it seems perfectly suited for my garden. The problem will be finding some.

Thanks for your comments Barb and Desert Zone. Yes it is blue fescue...I had a brain freeze.....part of being in your late 40s I guess. :|

This is a quick video of my new desert garden in the Vancouver Area during its first winter. I know this is a temperate rainforest but who says I can't have a little bit of the southwest USA in my backyard. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hAOiIljmJo&feature=plcp&context=C3821667UDOEgsToPDskIYeaipZ0 ...

Got a good deal today on a trachy that needs a bit care. Ill have it looking great in a few months.

Check out the video on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06V_sXuH ... ata_player