Could it be Y. gloriosa variegate by any chance?
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- Sat Oct 19, 2013 10:16 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Desert Area
- Topic: Whatchamacallit's red thorns
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6566
- Sat Oct 19, 2013 10:12 pm
- Forum: Photo Gallery
- Topic: Palm pics from my trip to Mexico
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9591
- Wed Jul 04, 2012 6:46 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Sabal minor (Not Growing?)
- Replies: 28
- Views: 14899
- Wed Jul 04, 2012 6:04 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Sabal minor (Not Growing?)
- Replies: 28
- Views: 14899
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 leave...
- Sat Jun 16, 2012 5:09 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Niagara Region (s. Ontario) Subtropical Lovers meeting (2012
- Replies: 21
- Views: 9792
- Tue Mar 13, 2012 5:49 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: My Trachy
- Replies: 24
- Views: 8015
- Tue Jan 03, 2012 8:12 pm
- Forum: Photo Gallery
- Topic: Visited John today
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6917
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 ...
- Mon Jan 02, 2012 7:20 pm
- Forum: Photo Gallery
- Topic: Visited John today
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6917
- Sat Jun 18, 2011 5:32 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Giving up
- Replies: 45
- Views: 21058
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...
- Mon Jun 13, 2011 6:32 pm
- Forum: Other Plants of Interest
- Topic: A few photos from today........
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4842
- Thu Jun 09, 2011 4:19 pm
- Forum: Photo Gallery
- Topic: Some Local Yuccas
- Replies: 22
- Views: 9827
- Sun May 01, 2011 11:39 am
- Forum: Germination
- Topic: Beginning the germination process!
- Replies: 623
- Views: 877937
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 ...
- Sat Mar 26, 2011 1:34 pm
- Forum: Member Introduction
- Topic: New to the forums
- Replies: 23
- Views: 20809
- Sat Mar 19, 2011 3:36 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy - General
- Topic: Southern Magnolia after winter.......
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6126
- Mon Feb 21, 2011 4:42 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Tulsa Zoo Sabal minor
- Replies: 26
- Views: 13558
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 h...
- Mon Jan 10, 2011 10:13 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: WHat are your big plans for spring 11??
- Replies: 67
- Views: 21472
- Sat Jan 08, 2011 8:35 pm
- Forum: Other Plants of Interest
- Topic: zone 3 magnolia??
- Replies: 12
- Views: 13114
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..... B...
- Wed Dec 29, 2010 5:15 pm
- Forum: Greenhouse & Outside Protection
- Topic: Magnolia Update
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6859
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 th...
- Tue Dec 28, 2010 5:27 pm
- Forum: Greenhouse & Outside Protection
- Topic: Just some updates
- Replies: 18
- Views: 10478
- Mon Dec 27, 2010 11:06 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Early Winter Pics
- Replies: 23
- Views: 8330
- Fri Dec 24, 2010 8:01 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Uninsulated palm enclosures
- Replies: 42
- Views: 19088
- Thu Dec 16, 2010 6:25 pm
- Forum: Other Plants of Interest
- Topic: Overwintering Plumeria
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4338
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 wi...
- Thu Dec 16, 2010 6:19 pm
- Forum: Greenhouse & Outside Protection
- Topic: A possible aid in moisture reduction?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3295
- Thu Dec 16, 2010 6:11 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: spear pull
- Replies: 25
- Views: 13929
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 w...
- Thu Nov 25, 2010 4:17 am
- Forum: Other Plants of Interest
- Topic: Scale on Desert Rose
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4230
- Sun Nov 21, 2010 5:32 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy - General
- Topic: Some pics from today!
- Replies: 24
- Views: 10148
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 ...
- Sat Nov 13, 2010 5:36 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: New Palms!
- Replies: 22
- Views: 9072
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 o...
- Mon Nov 08, 2010 5:11 pm
- Forum: Other Plants of Interest
- Topic: Please ID this ginger
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2943
- Mon Nov 08, 2010 5:08 pm
- Forum: Other Plants of Interest
- Topic: Camellia japonica, sasanqua, oleifera and sinensis
- Replies: 55
- Views: 30011
- Sun Nov 07, 2010 12:31 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Has anyone tried araucaria angustifolia outdoor?
- Replies: 63
- Views: 27102
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 Bo...
- Thu Nov 04, 2010 6:27 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Seeds vs plants
- Replies: 59
- Views: 20074
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 th...
- Wed Nov 03, 2010 5:24 pm
- Forum: Photo Gallery
- Topic: Pictures from Almaty, KZ
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5945
- Tue Oct 19, 2010 7:24 pm
- Forum: Photo Gallery
- Topic: Photos of Vernon BC (North Okanagan) Canada
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5988
- Sun Sep 12, 2010 7:21 am
- Forum: Other Plants of Interest
- Topic: russian olive propagation
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4428
- Thu Sep 09, 2010 6:25 pm
- Forum: Other Plants of Interest
- Topic: russian olive propagation
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4428
- Sun Aug 15, 2010 8:30 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy - General
- Topic: Pushing the limits of cold hardiness..
- Replies: 173
- Views: 68460
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 bel...
- Sat Jul 10, 2010 6:53 pm
- Forum: Anything Yucca
- Topic: Yucca brevifolia
- Replies: 269
- Views: 1020539
- Thu Jul 08, 2010 8:16 pm
- Forum: Photo Gallery
- Topic: My gardens at home in Audubon, NJ
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8037
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 wo...
- Sun Jul 04, 2010 5:55 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Huge Trachy Growth & More
- Replies: 27
- Views: 10746
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. ...
- Thu Jul 01, 2010 7:19 pm
- Forum: Photo Gallery
- Topic: few pics from my cactus and yuccas garden
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6141