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Is your rostrata trunking yet?

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Also, I had a hard time getting them to grow this winter, maybe because they didn't have enough sun. If you grow them I'd make sure the room is warm and they are in a sunny window. They grew fine this summer.

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My only concern would be is if they are seeds from a hardy mimosa. I could be wrong. Maybe global warming has blessed us with a warmer climate than before but I still think there is 5b hardy and the non 5b hardy. If you get seeds I'd get them from a specimen from the coldest place you can find them ...

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Hi, I have 2 here in my yard that survive -10 F as seedlings, every year I see them more and more here in Springfield. We were rated as a zone 5b, now we've been move up to 6a. unless you are north of interstate 72 (more or less) then you are 5b. half of springfield is 6a and the other is 5b. at any...

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Ok thanks guys

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I like rose mallows too. Easy tropical look!

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Does anyone know if claret cup cacti need to be fertilized. Mine are in about 66% gravel and 33% sand. They don't seem to grow much. One seems to be making offshoots but then they don't get any bigger. I thought it was because I keep transplanting it but I'm not sure. Here's a pic <a href="http...

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My crape myrtles are blooming. If I lived about 200 miles south of here these would be everywhere, but here it's like finding palm trees in Tennessee. Here's my favorite. It's a Crape myrtle dynamite. I don't know if it will ever be this tall again. We had 2 winters in a row that never got below 0. ...

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Are you planning on leaving it in the ground over winter Tim?

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Wish my neighbors yards would look like that.

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Does anyone know if the Mccurtain in the Kansas City Botanical garden is protected in winter?

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That's awesome! I'm tempted to get one. Is yours evergreen?

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Nice pics! Thanks Jim!

I heard that a single Mccurtain will produce viable seed. No male and female needed. Does anyone know if that's true?

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"Small?

No,not really.

That thing will be a monster...should start producing divided leaves real soon. "

Great! I can't wait to have it a little more palmy looking!

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"Nice long leaves already, Jeff. Good that you watered it, looks a little wilted." Thanks Barb. I was wandering if it was wilted or not. It still looks that way. I wonder if that's because it had been sitting out in the sun in a FedEx box for a few hours before I got home? Should it be per...

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Here's my new Sabal Minor. Pretty small but I'm still excited about it. <a href="http://s1250.photobucket.com/user/Springpatch77/media/ee669447-84d3-4fe7-8889-b5d5edb2e2b4_zps11d50975.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1250.photobucket.com/albums/hh531/Springpatch77...

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I'll probably leave mine outside next year, I'd like it to get some size on it first.

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I got this one from Michigan Bulb Company <a href="http://s1250.photobucket.com/user/Springpatch77/media/PinkChinaEE1_zpsc8de0476.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1250.photobucket.com/albums/hh531/Springpatch77/PinkChinaEE1_zpsc8de0476.jpg" border="0&quo...

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Could be marceli. Do you protect yours?

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Anyone ever tried to grow a pink china elephant ear in zone 5? I've heard that with mulch they are just as hardy as musa basjoo.

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Nice! They didn't seem to mind all the harsh weather you had last winter.

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Does anyone know how moist they like their soil? I'm assuming they are drought tolerant once established but I'm guessing they'll like it moist as a small palm with only strap leaves. Mine just arrived I'll try to get pics soon.

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Jim, looks like a pretty young plant, I guess size isn't too much of a factor in the hardiness of the McCurtains? Eric, thanks for the pic. It's neat to see a full size one like that. Amazing those grow wild in OK.

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Jim, looks like a pretty young plant, I guess size isn't too much of a factor in the hardiness of the McCurtains? Eris, thanks for the pic. It's neat to see a full size one like that. Amazing those grow wild in OK.

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How big was it went you left it outside over winter Jim? Do you think I should wait a few years?

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I ordered a Sabal Minor McCurtain that's supposed to be shipped soon. It's only going to have strap leaves so I plan to keep it potted and indoors for awhile. I was just wandering if anyone else has had experience with them.

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Thanks Tim and Aaron, hopefully one day I'll see it trunk.

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Thanks Barb!

I was surprised to see that Monrovia carries them.

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Great yard! Our spring was sucky too! At least it wasn't winter I guess.

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But of course Tim! O.k. it doesn't have a trunk but its still way bigger than the y. rostrata I got from High Country Gardens. <a href="http://s1250.photobucket.com/user/Springpatch77/media/YardPics2013010_zps45c093d2.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1250.photobuc...

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But of course Tim! O.k. it doesn't have a trunk but its still way bigger than the y. rostrata I got from High Country Gardens. <a href="http://s1250.photobucket.com/user/Springpatch77/media/YardPics2013010_zps45c093d2.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1250.photobuc...

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After unsuccessfully trying to grow y. elata from seed, I looked on the internet and found that Monrovia sells Y. Elata, but they don't sell them directly. So I found a nursery that sells monrovia plants and they were able to order it for me. It cost about $50 for a 5 gallon y. elata. So if anyone i...

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Mike, everything in the cactus garden will stay out all winter. The one hitch is that I doubt the large prickly pear has much chance of survival. It's an opuntia from santa fe. I looked it up and it is supposedly hardy only to zone 7a. I'm still going to leave it out and see what happens. As far as ...

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Thanks Igor, the mimosa has seen -23 C when it was less than a foot tall. Other ones around here have probably seen worse. I'd say they are good for at least a zone 5b if not colder. We got some from Tennessee about 15 years ago and it acted like a die back perennial. I think it was a less hardy str...

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Thanks Mike! I wish I had that problem with crepe myrtles here. Usually they are die back perennials here. Fortunately the last 2 winters have been warm here. I'm thinking this year is the biggest it will ever get, unless we get blessed with another warm winter. But given the cool trend we've experi...

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I tried cutting the trunk back to see if I could cut past the rotted parts. I ended up cutting almost to the bottom. At the center is just a small open hole. Looks like the main trunk is done for. It's weird I thought it was a good sized needle palm. Do you think it may just be a needle palm that's ...

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Looks like I was wrong. The needle did have spear pull, I just didn't pull hard enough.

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Have you tried pediocactus Jim? I got one from coldhardycactus.com. It's really small but the picture of a full grown one looks cool.

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Those claret cups are awesome! I keep waiting for mine to get some size but this is the 3rd year I've moved them. Maybe they don't take kindly to that. I love the E. caespetosus also.

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Thanks all!

Jim, do you think the spear is lost. It hasn't pulled and it seems to be pushing itself out slowly. I thought maybe I just covered it too long and it turned brown from lack of sunlight. Any thoughts?

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