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- Tue Jan 10, 2012 5:50 pm
- Forum: Cycads
- Topic: Encephalartos in Canada?
- Replies: 1
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Encephalartos in Canada?
Does anybody know of any botanical gardens or people who have cycads in the genus Encephalartos or anybody who have imported seeds or plants?
- Tue Dec 20, 2011 9:07 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy - General
- Topic: How do you rate Jubaea's?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2247
How do you rate Jubaea's?
I am thinking about growing and maybe importing some different sized Jubaea into British Columbia. Would there be a large demand for them if pricing was from say $50 to $300 depending on trunk size?
- Sun Oct 09, 2011 7:30 pm
- Forum: Wanted
- Topic: Palm Seeds
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6731
Palm Seeds
Does anybody have some trachycarpus seeds that they would be willing to send me when they ripen?
Thank You
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- Fri Sep 23, 2011 11:58 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Zone 9/10 Palms in Zone 8?
- Replies: 10
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- Fri Sep 23, 2011 11:43 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Zone 9/10 Palms in Zone 8?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4544
TerdalFarm- Were I live in victoria it gets usuallly around 24C in the summer and we do occasionally get 28C-30C every so often. You probably would get more rain than me though beacuse your cabin is on the coast. I live in the southeast part of vancouver island (we get rain just not the same amount ...
- Thu Sep 22, 2011 7:42 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Zone 9/10 Palms in Zone 8?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4544
Zone 9/10 Palms in Zone 8?
Will zone 9 and maybe zone 10 palms be able to survive if I protected them like people do with there trachys in colder climates?
- Mon Aug 29, 2011 2:38 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Late August Yard Update
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4191
- Fri Aug 19, 2011 5:43 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Removing 10 foot Trachy?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3876
- Sun Aug 14, 2011 10:39 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Removing 10 foot Trachy?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3876
- Sun Aug 14, 2011 12:30 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Rooting Trachycarpus Trunks?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1733
Rooting Trachycarpus Trunks?
When a trachycarpus fortunei is cut at ground level and planted at another location will the trunk form roots?
- Sat Aug 13, 2011 9:22 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Removing 10 foot Trachy?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3876
Removing 10 foot Trachy?
I might be digging up a 10 foot trachy soon. Can the rootball be small (18"x18") and can I cut off most of the leaves?
- Fri Aug 12, 2011 7:35 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Whats you Trachys age?
- Replies: 0
- Views: 14577
Whats you Trachys age?
How old are your trachys and how tall are they?
- Fri Aug 12, 2011 7:31 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Time to Gather Seeds?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1966
Time to Gather Seeds?
What month do trachycarpus fortunei seeds start ripening?
- Fri Aug 12, 2011 7:24 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Old Trachy shooting skyward
- Replies: 30
- Views: 14120
- Thu Jul 14, 2011 7:37 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Trachycarpus latisectus
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2666
- Wed Jul 13, 2011 5:02 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Trachycarpus latisectus
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2666
Trachycarpus latisectus
Does anybody have experience with trachycarpus latisectus specifically hardiness and growth?
- Sun Jun 12, 2011 3:25 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy - General
- Topic: Wollemi Growth Pics
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5877
- Wed Jun 01, 2011 11:27 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Trachy Death
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5274
- Mon May 30, 2011 7:22 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Hardy Species?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3506
Hardy Species?
I am thinking about growing some hardy palms. Are all of these palms hardy in Zone 8? Arenga micrantha Brahea aculeata Brahea brandegeei Brahea decumbens Brahea pimo Brahea sarukhanii Brahea sp. (Nuri) Brahea sp. (Super Silver) Caryota maxima Himalaya Parajubaea cocoides Phoenix theophrastii Sabal ...
- Mon May 30, 2011 1:38 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy - General
- Topic: Wollemi Growth Pics
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5877
Wollemi Growth Pics
Here are my four wollemi pines starting to break out from the polar caps. No cones this year maybe next time.
- Tue May 24, 2011 5:58 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy - General
- Topic: Red Basjoo?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3602
- Tue May 24, 2011 5:48 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy - General
- Topic: Red Basjoo?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3602
Red Basjoo?
I recently bought a musa basjoo and a few weeks later its starting to get a red hue. Is it possible that it will turn red permanetly or is this possibly just something in the soil? Pics later.
- Wed May 18, 2011 11:29 pm
- Forum: Anything Cacti
- Topic: Training Opuntia?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6890
Training Opuntia?
Can you train an opuntia to grow up instead of sideways?
- Wed May 18, 2011 11:13 pm
- Forum: Wanted
- Topic: San Pedro Cactus (Trichocereus pachanoi)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7737
- Mon May 16, 2011 1:32 pm
- Forum: Anything Cacti
- Topic: Cacti in my bed
- Replies: 36
- Views: 44111
- Thu May 05, 2011 9:17 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Mule Palm hardiness
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3933
- Sun May 01, 2011 11:45 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Mule Palm hardiness
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3933
Mule Palm hardiness
Has anybody tried growing a mule palm in a zone 8/9 climate?
- Sun May 01, 2011 11:35 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy - General
- Topic: Variegated Wollemi?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4258
- Sat Apr 30, 2011 10:25 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy - General
- Topic: Variegated Wollemi?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4258
Variegated Wollemi?
I have a 5.5' wollemi that has needles that are have yellow and have green but this only occurs on one branch. It is possible for a plant that is normally green to become variegated?
- Sat Apr 30, 2011 8:56 pm
- Forum: Cycads
- Topic: Hardy Encephalartos
- Replies: 2
- Views: 8043
Hardy Encephalartos
Which top 5 species in the Encephalartos genus are the most hardiest?
- Mon Apr 11, 2011 10:00 pm
- Forum: Cycads
- Topic: Cycads outside?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6833
Cycads outside?
Has anybody attempted to grow cold hardy cycads outside?
- Mon Apr 11, 2011 9:01 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: The beauty of Trachycarpus princeps shifting colors
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9984
- Sun Apr 10, 2011 8:26 pm
- Forum: Wanted
- Topic: Chilean Wine Palm
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7902
Chilean Wine Palm
Does anybody have or knows where to get chilean wine palm plants or seeds in canada?
- Wed Apr 06, 2011 10:36 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy - General
- Topic: Early Spring Pics, partI
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9888
- Tue Apr 05, 2011 9:59 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy - General
- Topic: Early Spring Pics, partI
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9888
Re: Early Spring Pics, partI
Part of the cactus bed: <a href="http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2140644840072511707lzkbPT"><img src="http://inlinethumb07.webshots.com/47110/2140644840072511707S600x600Q85.jpg" alt="DSCN0972"></a> What species of small cacti are you growing is this pic?
- Tue Apr 05, 2011 9:58 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy - General
- Topic: Early Spring Pics, partI
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9888
- Thu Mar 24, 2011 11:49 am
- Forum: Photo Gallery
- Topic: Exotics from Vancouver Island
- Replies: 16
- Views: 9761
- Thu Mar 24, 2011 11:15 am
- Forum: Photo Gallery
- Topic: Exotics from Vancouver Island
- Replies: 16
- Views: 9761
- Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:41 am
- Forum: Greenhouse & Outside Protection
- Topic: New greenhouse
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7206
- Tue Feb 15, 2011 8:29 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Desert Area
- Topic: Saguaro Hardiness?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5604
Saguaro Hardiness?
Do you think an adult Sugauro will be able to survive 10° to 14° F. http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/Cactaceae/Carnegiea_gigantea.html http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/60113/ I live were it usually usually get 22° to 25° F for the most of winter and only gets is below 22° F rarely.It snows s ...