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ronbruce

Very nice.

Thanks, Barb.

ronbruce

That's sad to hear about the old Trachy. Too bad they can't save it somehow.

ronbruce

Some plants seem to shed their 'outside' leaves and grow 'inside' leaves as the humidity and light levels are so different when they are in for the winter.

If the new leaves look good it sounds like it's just doing it's thing.

ronbruce

Such an amazing fern.

I had the opportunity to buy one this year but thought, as I'd be keeping inside, that I'd probably kill it.

Maybe I'll have to try one next year and try to give it lots of humidity.

ronbruce

Looks like palm heaven. Very nice.

Thanks for sharing.

ronbruce

Rhapidophyllum hystrix(z.7): One will be in palm house with heat. The other will get mulch and frost cloth again. Trachycarpus fortunei (z. 8): Frost cloth, mulch, then leaves around the frost cloth. Looking to see if the frost cloth can lessen/eliminate leaf death from sitting in a pile of wet lea...

ronbruce

What an amazing plant. Good luck.

I overwintered one in my cool basement but it was a wee small plant compared to yours.

ronbruce

John, you have a great micro-climate. The airport registered -8C/18F here Saturday night and -9C/16F last night. Of course my yard might not have been that bad. My yard thermometer said only -4C/25F the one night. Perhaps I need to go digital. I'd love to have a remote sensor in one of my palm areas...

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Dr. Francko wrote that Sabals fry under heavy wet leaf mulch, mine sure did, but the Trachies seem to be okay and mine were. Still I think I may mix leaves and straw together or leaves and woodchips to get a bit of loft to the mix (and avoid collapse). The air pockets can only help with insulation I...

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Barb, I keep throwing a garbage can over it but that won't be enough protection I'm sure. I may get wood mulch to stuff into the garbage can as well and maybe that will help. I planted it so late that I can't expect much. I'll keep the seedlings mulched with leaves. I put a bottomless pot over the S...

ronbruce

They sure look sturdy. Nice work.

ronbruce

Thanks John.

I'm hoping to not have to heat my palms but we'll see.

Maybe if I could make a flower bed closer to my house foundation too
but the gas meter man might get mad at me.

Yes, I'll be watching to see how your palms do this winter.

ronbruce

Oh great, it went to -8C/18F instead and the sun is just rising.

ronbruce

I brought in a lot of plants for our overnight low tonight of -5C/23F. Here we go.

ronbruce

Ron I have a couple left for sale 5 gal. 6 to 7 year old "Alligator Alley Oklahoma form" Sabal louisiana for sale next spring. Let me know if your interested in wanting one or two of these. http://okanaganpalms.multiply.com/photos/album/10/Palms_Bananas_Yuccas_Summer_2009#photo=49 John Jo...

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Argh, I'm obviously not very patient but my fingers are crossed my seeds will get here one of these days.

ronbruce

Ah, I see Wilt is an antitranspirant while Freeze is more....

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Ron I would wait till we get temps near freezing during the daytime. We should have a some more weeks yet before that happens. Nice to see they changed the forecast to lows above freezing. Most of the cold is east of the Rockies. John Thanks, John. I have begun to rake leaves into the bed but thoug...

ronbruce

Excellent, I'll get the leaves flying toward that bed when I rake today. :) I'm still not sure if I should put more elaborate protection over my Trachy seedlings or not. I'm tempted to just only do the leaf mulch again but maybe I'll try something different on one of the clumps. And maybe even a bit...

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Generally when should I add winter protection for my Trachycarpus fortunei palms? Before the nights hit freezing?

Supposedly we'll drop to -5C/23F later this week.

Is the answer 'yesterday'?

ronbruce

Wow, everyone's protection schemes look great.

It's supposed to get cold later this week and I've yet to figure something out. Go, go, brain!!!

ronbruce

Thanks. I was wondering about leaving it there but I'll have to research more into the wall o water, etc. I'd prefer to avoid heating but will have to figure out something here soon. Maybe I could double rose cone it along with mulch. And the water is for the freezing and thawing thing? I'll have to...

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Thanks, John. The trachies look good and some have begun to fan. There are so many of them they should really be separated. I was thinking about lifting them but will follow Paul's advice and leave them till next spring. Another winter may prove which are the hardiest ones for me... under leaves of ...

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Or is it my imagination? Here is the photo from Aug 20 http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad333/ronbrucescott/2009Aug20/Sabalminor.jpg And here is a photo I took today. I may be wrong but is that not growth? :shock: http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad333/ronbrucescott/SabalmOct109.jpg I almost fee...

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Here is one of my Trachies finally developing a fan leaf. These were from Joe on Saltsprings seed and are about three years old. I protect them with leaves raked into the bed in winter. My hand is covering all strap leaves from numerous other seedlings. A few look like they may be fans soon too.... ...

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Yeah, love the house and you'll make it a tropical paradise with your palms.

Nice.

ronbruce

It's a beautiful palm. Good job.

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Bill, no pictures yet. I bought two one gallons and one so called three gallon but it looks more like a two gallon pot to me. I gave one of the smaller gallons to a friend in Vancouver for his balcony. The one gallon plant has much longer petioles than the three gallon and the three gallon is maybe ...

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"It's great to see Calgary landscapers using hardier palms as annuals. It beats the same old fragile zone 10+ plants they traditionally use."

Awesome. A great start, isn't it?

ronbruce

It's very frustrating. By the way today I saw a beautful rostrata with a good five feet of trunk at Cedar Rim Nursery in Langley. Very nice. They had an amazing Yucca aloifolia variegated that I wondered about surviving in Penticton. I saw many small rostratas at Southlands in Vancouver but they wer...

ronbruce

Thanks everyone. I was on the coast, Vancouver, for the last few days for a seminar, and did get to a few places. Southlands had some Trachies and a few Washingtonia robustas, Cedar Rim had Trachies and also Chamaerops and some 10 g Jubaea for $500, Art's Nursery in Surrey had a few Trachies.... I d...

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Yes, I've wondered about Bulgaria, Romania, etc but many seem to still have a lot more GDDs as they are further south perhaps. I'll have to check out Shoshone and I've wondered about Twin Falls, Idaho too. Hmmmm. Interesting anyway. PS I saw some very nice Yucca recurvifolias at Cedar Rim Nursery in...

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Quite right, Barb, and like you said even if it's a similar latitude places are so very different, aren't they?

ronbruce

Yes, we do, Barb. After I posted that message I thought it must be Adam's Needle.... a yucca of course.

ronbruce

The CNLA, lists five growers of Needle palm on the plant finder in BC. I'm really hoping they are talking about Rhapidophyllum and not just Yucca filamentosa . I've never noticed this on the site before. Great site by the way but mainly lists wholesale growers. http://www.canadanursery.com/Page.asp?...

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Okay, you climate/weather buffs where is a city similar to mine that grows palms (and/or trunking yuccas)? Gallup,NM is similar but the GDDs are not the same (among other things) and, of course, Oroville, WA is similar. Sante Fe is similar but... I have a list of places with similar averages and low...

ronbruce

That's so neat. I hope they get along far enough where you can get some good fruit and seed. Is this velutina?

ronbruce

Jay, very nice. Now if only the garden centres would understand they need to expand their plant selections because these plants do grow here.

ronbruce

Nice. Thanks for posting this, John.

ronbruce

I do love it here. Thanks for posting this, John.

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Re: Sabal louisiana

Time yet for winter protecton?

Sabal minor seedling must be alive!!

Re: palms and yuccas calgary, alberta, canada

good news maybe for BC and area folk

Penticton or Okanagan type climates