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nice, looks good

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You're 100% right about being cautious. I plan to water them in mid with warm water in February regardless outside temps. Because soil will be frozen too deep to get some water to leaves on sunny days. The low temps is the test nr 1. Nr 2 is the length of the freezing temps. Nr 3 will be taking the ...

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Corrosion wrote:Hey, I believe that low hedge is ligustrum vulgare, pretty tough and robust plant to create thick hedges. Needs constant pruning to maintain its thickness and shape

Thx, indeed it must be ligustrum.
It is semi evergreen in Riga

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So far this winter in Riga temps were down as low as -23 Celsius (-9.4 F). For the last 3 weeks Riga hasn't seen a day with temperatures above freezing. Mostly it stays around -5 up to -10 during the day and drops to -10 or -15C during the night. A proper winter. First Eucalyptus gunnii. I planted 4...

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For Montreal?
Amazing!!!

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I love evergreens. I'd like to landscape a whole yard with nothing but evergreens some day. Then I'd just add some herbaceous plants for color in the spring. I have become evergreen addict. I spend too much time and money on evergreen pants continuously for 2.5 years now. I even got a 25 x 25 plot ...

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No idea what that last one is, it's neat for sure. Cherry laurel won't survive in my zone, never had one make it more than 2 winters. In Niagara (6b/7a) they can grow to 1.5 meters but will take leaf damage quite often... Are there any hollies growing there? Thx for your questions. Regarding Cherry...

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DesertZone wrote:The blue green ground cover, second from the bottom looks like spurge. Maybe Euphorbia myrsinites.

nice, thx

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This is Latvian University Botanical Garden in Riga - Zone 5b/6a. It's important to note that Riga is officially listed in Zone 6a. However over the years I've woken up in the morning to -26 Celsius (=15 Fahrenheit) too many times. Also, winters are super long and dark, because Riga is much much fur...

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Cool! I'd say that the bamboo is probably dwarf whitestripe bamboo, Pleioblastus fortunei, which is a solid zone 5 type plant! Very cool to see a similar zone on a different continent. I know, that's why I'm closely following your posts. Kalmia Latifolia was one super hardy evergreen I never came a...

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About 500m from my apartment there is this evergreen. I have no idea what it is. But I want one, because it's been there for years. https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5689/23387932550_aa3f5e7858_b.jpg https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5724/23387932470_67a87d5bb5_b.jpg Then in Riga LU botanical garden we have...

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Have any of you tried Aucuba japonica borealis? I always thought it was worth a try in zone 5, but haven't seen it tried! There are plenty of evergreen Baltic Ivy - Hedera Helix var Baltica climbing up to 6-7m high in Riga in even further East. Riga is interesting because isotherm -5 is crossing Ri...

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Very nice

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igor.glukhovtsev wrote:Please find a few pictures of the BLE I have being growing for a while in my garden.

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Wow. Fatsia as well?
How do you protect the larger ones?
Plastic? Mulch? Roots only? Or the whole plant?
Have you thought about Edith Bogue Magnolia?

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Lastly, I am also looking in to winter-flowering plants. It can be pretty boring in the garden up here in the winter, and one of the goals of exotic gardening should be to have garden interest 12 months of the year. The BLEs help, as do the plants with exfoliating bark, however, having plants capab...

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Very impressive indeed. Do you cover it with something or just mulch it? A little bit of a wheat straw and some polyethylene above the straw. A snow makes an insulation completed :lol: OK, thank's for a tip. I'm a relative beginner. Started 3 years ago. The first year it was the safe bet - Baltic I...

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What kind of protection that would be form Aucuba? Heavy mulching? Or full cover? Did you loose it because of sun burns (frozen soil+sun), drying wind or just frost? I have the aucuba which has been growing for 25 years at my place. It is a successfully growing plant which gets a very light protect...

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TerdalFarm wrote:They look great!
At my Oregon place, all easy. In Oklahoma, most of those do fine. I have lost Aucuba before when not protected.

What kind of protection that would be form Aucuba?
Heavy mulching?
Or full cover?
Did you loose it because of sun burns (frozen soil+sun), drying wind or just frost?

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Auracaria still alive?

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Cool! What's about Mahonia eurybracteata 'Soft Caress'? How many winters outside? First winter. I hesitated buying it. It had autumn sales price at EUR 1.50. I don't expect it to take our winters. And I have no intentions to provide any other protection than mulch and a shade from a spring sun. The...

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Nice.
Your winters are harsh. Any other exotic winter green species you've got?

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Any updates on Citrumelo?

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Paul Ont wrote:Cold Finland is very similar to my climate (Zone 4), but I imagine that you lack summer heat?

Southern Finland is similar to Riga.
Cold winters and cool summers with t really rarely over 30C.

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This will be the first year for Acuba Japonica. I read good reviews/reports about its hardiness and ordered three from Netherlands. Cherry laurel Otto Luyken - it's a proven success. Mostly around 1m high in Riga (Latvia) and around 50 cm high in my garden (3 years old). I've seen one higher specime...

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Hi, in total I have a little over 20 broadleaf species going into winter totally green. We had around a week when temps barely stayed above freezing during the day. Some of the species will have second or third winter. Some will be having their first year in Riga and Zone 5 winter. Fingers crossed. ...

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thx, guys, I'll try to order some seeds online, there is limited supply of bamboo varieties around here.

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wxman wrote:I planted P. nuda last summer. Gave it no mulch this winter or any other protection. It came back just fine here in zone 5b . Winter low was -16F.

Hi, thx, I looked up on e-bay, can't find any international deliveries

Would love to try it.

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I've found out in Dave's Garden:
Viburnum davidii
It is says Zone 8a

, I'm in 5b, sometimes 5a or can be down to 4b very rarely.
Still, this Vibrunum is doing just fine here.
It's a zone pusher.

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Paul Ont wrote:First time I tred P. bissetti it died completely after -24C... Stupid thing was supposed to be among the hardiest of the Phyllostachys.

How old is this thread anyway? I should do an update on growing bamboo in zone 4/5!

Please do update on growing bamboo in Zone 5

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What's going on in your garden now? Can you post some pics?

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Anyone had any experience with this plant? I put it next to my house on a side that is protected from the north and west winds. The problem I found out is that it likes semi-arid conditions. I dug it up yesterday and it was sitting in soupy mud. So I did what I do with my cacti which is mix about 6...

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True it's Viburnum, thx guys

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This about 50cm high and never gets any burns in Riga, even after several days bellow -5F https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-R2qACDFXiQc/VWv6kpZ_b4I/AAAAAAAAF0A/3fdOWRk8-Os/w665-h886-no/2015%2B-%2B1 https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8CCTF_rATcE/VWv6kq9hh2I/AAAAAAAAF0I/yfu5vbXD2m0/w665-h886-no/2015%...

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Thx, guys, I'll follow your advice and see what happens.

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I've made a picture of this in London, however, I've seen only one shrub in Riga. It's fully hardy for more than 6 years. We had winters down to -15 some years ago. Little to no damage. https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-GN1cKumHiaU/VWolAmfn9iI/AAAAAAAAAjY/3tDRvseE9Qo/w583-h777-no/IMG_20150510_15123...

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chadec wrote:I am in North Carolina, US. I am rated zone 7b, but the last 2 yrs we have had temps at 0 or below.

Ok, thx, I may have a chance with wisteria then

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Nice, where are you from? What hardiness zone? Here is a photo of wisteria I took a Biltmore Estate. <a href="http://s1209.photobucket.com/user/chadec7a/media/2012-04-08144625.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc390/chadec7a/2012-04-0814...

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Wheather your agave is americana or salimaina I can't tell from the photo, but either way it will not hardy beyond 20 degrees F. Good luck with your garden. Don't give up because something dies. I can't name how many plants I have killed before I actually suceeded. In 3 years I've killed so far one...

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hardyjim wrote:Looks great-welcome to PalmsNorth.

I think your Agave is A.Americana var 'Marginata'

Thank you.
Ok, so, it's not worth trying to leave it outside.
Nevermind 20$ wasted

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Hi, guys. I love cold hardy broad leaf evergreens and other exotic plants. I'm trying to make a nice collection in my allotment for a third year. This is what I bought yesterday - some sort of Agave (no label), Leucothoe, Pachysandra and Ceanothus americanus - concha https://lh3.googleusercontent.co...

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Re: My bamboo plants, zone 6

BLE zone 5b/6a update in snow

BLE in Zone 5b/6a up to 10 m high - green oasis amidst snow.

Photos of 21 broadleaf evergreens for 5a/b garden

Re: cherry laurel "otto luyken"

Another very cold hardy evergreen - please help ID

Mislabeled very cold hardy plant, help identify

I'm new. N Europe (Riga) Zone ~5b, 3rd year experimenting