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Could it be Y. gloriosa variegate by any chance?
Rob

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Hi Teebee,

Greetings from Oakville.
I think the plant that you asked about is a Pandanus sp. Not a real palm but can look like one. It may grow many trunks. Its fruit is used as 'kewra' water in the Indian cooking, it is quite fragrant.
It is a great house plant.
Take care,
Rob

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Thanks Barb. And an excellent idea! It is like in the tropics, just wonderful... procided you can breath

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Hi all, I have a couple of Sabals and a number of (dying) Rhapies. I do not protect them other than applying Freezeproof. Now, most of the needles have rotted away (except for the babies that sprouted from the bases and therefore lean to a certain extent) whereas the Sabals have lost all their ...

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Count me in!

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Hi all,

Sorry to jump in uninvited

Could it be that this is a Trachy that was grown under low light conditions and therefore grew longer than ususal petioles?

Rob (who killed his Trachy in Oakville, ON)

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Thanks, Mike. It is just beautiful. Also, its leaves are quite large and look more oval than the regular variaties. Actually, your bush seems more exotic with that look. I have seen a couple of sturdy Pyracantha varieties in Oakville, South Ontario. If not trained, they tend to become leggy. I have ...

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HAPPY NEW YEAR, everyone!!!!
Mike, can I ask you what that bush is behind the baby bananas? Pyracantha maybe?
Thanks,
Rob

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Hi Erik, I am with you and I wish you all the best!!!! It must be challenging for you now, but I am sure that this extreme sturdiness of the US folks will just fly you through these tough weeks and you re-emerge as a new, happy and brave guy! I think wherever you go, your basic interests will follow ...

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I really love your yuccas, Tim!
Rob

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I would tend to agree with Igor in that it looks like Y. recurvifolia. Will make a nice group.
Rob

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Hey Cameron, I waited until April to start with the euc seeds, thinking that they would grow too fast to be kept inside for long.... I used the simplest way: bought a cheap sprouting tray at Home Depot and have sown the seeds directly into the soaked peat bricks. I have kept the seeds in the fridge ...

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Hey Andy,

Welcome, my friend! Any pictures on your garden in its current state?
Rob (Oakville, ON)

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Very beautiful! And nice size, too.
My Little Gem got brown all over, but first winter, pretty tough weather, etc...
I still have hope, because the shoots are flexible...

Rob

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Hi Erik, The obsession is mine! I just love its large, blueish leaves and wish that they survive my Oakville winter. I confirm that the snow cover makes wonders; I can see exactly how high it was, the leaves over that line turned brown whereas under it, they are so beautiful... The snow definitely ...

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Way to go , Jacklord!!!! I hardly wait to see the pics. Palms and Camellias, oh man.... I guess Sabal would be fine in shade, eh?
Rob

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Good pictures, nice plant. The same page had a reference to zone 4, too, so I am not sure. But I tell you what. There was one famous botanist in Russia (Michurin) and tried to unheard of i.e. to grow apples trees in Siberia.... Winter can be very long and biting cold there, like -40 and below ...

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Hey Scotty, Very beautiful plants, congrats! So, you had -15 C, eh? It was already kind of a good indication of what can be expected and they just sailed through it! A have a question: Did I see it right that you had clear plastic wrapped around the Magnolias? If yes, how are you going to prevent ...

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Hi Erik,
Very impressie, good luck!
Rob

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I keep my fingers crossed, Paul!!!!
Rob

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Wow, very cool Wxman! Way to go.
Rob

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Hi Mike, I once had a Plumeria; its fragrance is heavenly.... So, it grows in the wet tropics; knowing this helps a bit. Problem is, we do not have that much light in winter. It is natural for it to drop its leaves, but the shoots need to be fat/juicy. It will not shed all its levaes, though, but ...

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Yup, and this was one of the ideas of Dr Franko of the book "Palms won't grow here....." He suggested that we should try to fill the trunk top of a Trachy with some material and apply water repellents generously...
Rob

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Hi all, This is my two cents: an older tree is more cold hardy i.e. it has thicker, sturdier cell walls. Also, its body is thicker with more protection material wrapped around its growth area. Comes frost and as it is with less winter hardy plants, the cold will try to destroy cell walls. If those ...

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It sure is a beauty, Barb!
Those suckers... I hope the neem oil will take away the oxigen...
Rob

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Yes, interesting pictures! I think the purple flower is a kind of mallow (Malvaceae family) The small evergreen shrub next to teh rosemary sure looks like one laurel; I would love to see how it will fight winter. The evergreen Viburnum - could it be the V. Rhytidophyllum or are the leaves too small ...

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Good job, Paul! I myself drove there in June and was overwhelmed by the selection.... SO, I bought a Brazoria (very blue in the middle, if you check a couple of websites, you'll be amazed by its eventual size; a leaf can easily be 1.5 M in diameter....), 3 large lagerstroemias Tonto and a deep red ...

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Hi Canadianplant,

I might be mistaken, but it looks more like a Marantha....
I guess the ginger leaf would be a bit more elongated, but I might be mistaken....

Rob

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Hi Mike,

Now that is a beautiful Camellia!!!! Can I ask you if you had changed the soil around it or is your original soil that airy? I have lots of clay and will need to make a complete soil change for my tea garden

Rob

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Hi all, Good luck with the Araucaria. as far as I remember, the most cold tolerant member of this family might be the A. araucana that lives in Chile and Argentina. There is a beautiful specimen in Niagara on the lake, which might be about zone 6b... As for the Wollemia, the one that the National ...

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Erik, About 25 years ago, I made my thesis on the cold/winter hardiness. At that time, there was a research centre in North Japan, on Hokkaido that performed extensive studies in cold hardiness and in the related plant physiology. What they did was that they gradually decreased the temperature in ...

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Hey Igor, Nice pictures, Spasibo.
Is your Hedera by any chance Hedera canariensis?

Rob

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Yes, BC.... The land of my dreams, Barb!
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Hi Barb,

That's a great reference site, thanks!!!
Rob

Good luck , Candianplant!
Rob

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Hi Canadianplant, I would wait until next June. (right now the shoots are already ready to be sleeping and are very woody, which makes the rooting slow or not possible at all) Then in June, I would make semiwood cuttings from its shoots (not fully hardened parts, but already showing sings of ...

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Hi Canadian Plant! I myself am experimenting with fig in Oakville, ON, basically GTA. It grew like crazy in the summer. I am originally from Hungary, where we have only one growing period, say, until end of July and then all plants are simply getting ready for the winter. Here in Canada, I can't ...

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Hi Aron,

Your plants, your house and your environment is so cool! I love the adobe wall, the animal painting on the wall, the lights and of course, the Johua tree that looks extremely healthy and happy.
Rob

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Hey Mike, What can I say? NJ = garden state, eh? Extra lush, beautiful garden, amazingly green thanks to your watering... The crape myrtle, is it the 'Hopi' variety? I have a 'Tonto' and three 'Red Spirits', all in buds, but no flower yet, good for you!!! I guess you just don't feel like going to ...

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Hey Bill, This is lovely, so beautiful, so exotic! My favourites are still the ones around your house, like the Natchez, the bull needle, the Gardenias.... Man, I am turning green!!! However, one leaf is coming out on my S.minor after 3 months in the ground, which I account for as a success, ha-ha ...

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Very beautiful arrangement, artistic even!!!
Rob

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