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Hi there, I was just wondering because I live in the relative mildness of the UK, this Yucca tends to grow a trunk and grows fairly tall too, much like Yucca guatamalensis. The question I was going to ask was in the colder states of the U.S what sort of habit do these take, are they mostly ground ...

Bizarre weather patterns at the moment hitting places you'd least expect. A warm up here on the way.. actually in these current conditions I would suggest whatever eastern USA gets, the UK usually does get after - so we're getting the milder weather now, how long will it last though, we'll I guess ...

Amazing what a night and continued cold can do.. thing aren't looking so rosy now! I just examined my Musa basjoo pseudostem (well I didn't really have to examine it too hard), and it's frozen solid and the ice has split it right open through the centre, having very little experience of these I'm ...

Well for snow my plant collection is ok, CIDP is fine for now, there are some largeish specimens in our peninsula though so theyve seen off some of the lesser cold weve seen in the past. Trachy well no point in talking about that - if I lost a Trachy I think I'd pack this in. Musa basjoo is actually ...

This is really really tiring right now! The UK is having perhaps it's 3rd or 4th most severe winter in past 100 years at least, unbelivable that the El Nino along with the -NAO/-AO and the solar minimum has conspired against large areas of the northern hemisphere to give a frigid winter! I recorded ...

I imagine the Cordyline will start showing signs of damage later on.

Usually plants look fine and the damage creeps up later especially next summer when it warms up, because the cells in the leaves just turn to mush.

It might be ok, I'd definitely go all out to protect the Cordyline though!

I cant really memorise the sub zero ones but...

28F = -2C
30F = -1C
32F = 0C
33F = 1C
36F = 2C
37F = 3C
39F = 4C
41F = 5C
43F = 6C
45F = 7C
46F = 8C
48F = 9C
50F = 10C
52F = 11C

I dont know the large minus figures but as far as I know.. 20F = -6C and of course 0F = -18C brrr

-1.8C

Don't worry it'll be lower than that by winters end that's for sure!

Hope it doesn't fall to far for you guys!

Believe it or not I've seen thundersnow once, in 1995/1996 - it's the most amazing thing and I'd love to see it again, unfortunately I havent seen another one for 13 years and unlikely to see one in my lifetime.. bad hey?

Its looking unlikely there'll be snow over the 'pond' until January here at least. Some parts have seen snow in the UK already but only the higher parts (I know I know it's a flat country :lol: ) Ive seen one frost so far with a temperature of -1.8C (approx 30F?) Usually we do see frost in November ...

I saw a mud dauber about 3 weeks ago, very unusual to see around these parts, but not totally unheard of. If it does make it through to winter, winter will almost definitely kill it off, unless it finds a house.

Thanks guys, looking forward to some serious growth next summer (hopefully :lol: ) They don't recieve any protection Barb, I have two palm in that picture, the Phoenix canariensis, and The Trachy F (the large palm 7 years old), The Phoenix will probably be a bit sick next Spring as it gets no sun at ...

Hi Barb, I've got these picture, they're not brand new, but I took them early November and the second one is from the summer as my shaded bed looks best at the moment (for colour) http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2641/3944615490_ea68d74d50.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2592/3784940861_f7d6589c1d ...

Nice palm specimens, especially the Washies, will you be planting them next year? (I see you have the beds prepared) Across the 'pond', it's mighty cold now, pretty much everything has stopped growing and 0C (32F), is a possibility tonight with only a daytime high of 8-9C. The El Nino usually gives ...

eek that looks scary, I salute you for gardening in such a wild unpredictable climate! Lucky for us in UK we are going into a mild spell with southerly winds from Africa so temperatures this week should be around 63F maybe as high as 68F in lucky spots. Night temperatures 55-59F... well pay im sure ...

Impressive haul there, that must have cost you loads! Very nice layout and nice selection of plants/palms Are those Washingtonia robusta in the photo above? I try to get hold of Robusta because they so easy to maintain in a wet climate, but all they sell here is filifera which are not hardy by a ...

Echiums are funny plants, quite tender, but like bamboo they just send up shoots all over the place, so it's very unlikely even in a cold climate you will lose an Echium. Being from the Canary Islands, off Africa, they love dry ground and full sun (most of central USA qualifies for that!) and heat ...

Just some plants that I grow near Liverpool in UK.. some in flower now but lots to come! The most recent ones and flowers (sorry about the quality of the first lot of photos) http://www.postimage.org/gx16YzMi.jpg http://www.postimage.org/aVeaXe0.jpg http://www.postimage.org/gx16YCgr.jpg http://www ...

Thanks everyone :) Barb, My garden is actually very small I just cram everthing in as at the moment everything is quite young/small but it just gets shoved in, in every available space, but much of the stuff isn't completely hardy so some has to be protected in winter but I find if I protected all ...

It is not Asplenium nidus, but it's a Japanese variant. Asplenium nidus has a black stem down it, so it unmistakable, and hopelessly tender! On the right of the photo below is the nidus

Hi I'm Stephen and I live in western England by Liverpool in equivalent zone 9a. The average absolute minimum temperature in winter is usually around -2C, although this year we had a particularly harsh winter and got -5C. UK is famous for its cool and wet summers, and here it's no different although ...