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TimMAz6 wrote:how cold are you going to get Andy??

Worst I've seen forecast is -4C which is a joke when temps are just a few degrees above zero during the day. After today no more rain is forecast for the foreseeable future just lots of sunshine

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Nice plants that should grow well in your region. There is considered opinion that Trachycarpus Manipur (Ukhurlensis) is reasonably hardy.I have two and will plant one out next year confident that it will survive :D Andy do you have a picture of yours to post? Although mine has started to trunk, it...

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Nice plants that should grow well in your region. There is considered opinion that Trachycarpus Manipur (Ukhurlensis) is reasonably hardy.I have two and will plant one out next year confident that it will survive

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Cold is coming back here this week

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Tim... I would love some seeds if you can harvest any

Sorry no tips on propogation but they are related to Magnolia I believe so not easy.

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Tim heres the Nova back in March '09 http://s9.postimage.org/g4vabvtez/002_t.jpg Three years on and two Cold winters later http://s7.postimage.org/t5x2y47zr/4_9_12_018.jpg The leaves droop like spiders legs http://s14.postimage.org/6fbkqngp9/4_9_12_019.jpg Did notice more leaf damage as the plant gr...

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Nice and mild here at 52oN. But for the lack of sun I have opted not to put the suntan lotion on but a rainmac instead. Its -7C lowest temp in early December.

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Thanks everyone. Garden is looking green at the moment. The mild weather remains..... 10-12C daytime temps unfortunately accompanied by lots of rain. A few more pics. Grevillea Victoriae http://s1.postimage.org/fsweuysx7/IMG_0365.jpg Myrtus Luma... a self seeder. Survives in zone8 but happier in Cor...

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Really good looking shrubs Tim

...you certainly have green fingers. The red one looks like Illicium Floridata.
Aucuba are hardy here but in cold temps the leaves go limp like Tim's Illicium.

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Here's Daphniphyllum Pentantrum which enjoyed a mini freeze back in early December. Crug Farm plants in the UK have around six different species. :shock: http://s7.postimage.org/nwit2784n/15_12_12_056.jpg BTW the species you will need is Daphniphyllum Himalayense v macropodum which is usually hardy ...

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Tim..... that looks a fairly large shrub. What species is it? I was under the impression that Illiciums are a bit on the tender side min Zone8 plants

They are great plants and I have Illicium Henryi. Can't say that mine has drooped like that but the Daphniphyllums I have do.

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Interesting comments about this plant. Kev Spence from GOTE did a thread on this plant. He has even managed to get cones on his plant. Also some interesting comments from American members.
http://www.growingontheedge.net/viewtop ... f=2&t=7362

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Andy, the Agaves are probably not that happy going into winter in your area due to your lack of sun and excess moisture. I can only imagine they will be less hardy in your area. What's the best performing Agave in your area (outside)? I may want to try one here! Aaron, it's nice to hear lophantha a...

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Thanks Barb... A happy new year to you and all Palms North members worldwide. What a great forum

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Tim.. that a good way to keep the wet off your plants

I have a green Rostrata out unprotected and it flowered this summer three months after planting. Looking a bit tatty now

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had a wander around the garden yesterday. All the plants not protected are thoroughly soggy Here are some pics http://s2.postimage.org/pyl98ua45/IMG_0322.jpg http://s1.postimage.org/s7xr4onjv/IMG_0324.jpg Yucca border nice and dry http://s7.postimage.org/nn89suo1z/IMG_0331.jpg My unprotected Yucca L...

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Dasys don't like the wet for sure. Dasylirion Serrulatum perished in my garden being left out unprotected. All my dasylirions are now kept dry for Winter.

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Tim... Ive left all my Agaves in. All look ok except Agave Gentryi which has taken in water and damage. The weather here has been shocking. just non stop rain http://s8.postimage.org/ntjuyuxkx/IMG_0355.jpg I will not even contemplate Agave Lophantha after mine nearly perished in my greenhouse. I did...

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We've had more than that here. The only difference is that ours is a much more wetter variety

Luckily we don't get anything like that often. Back in 1963 we had 10ft snowdrifts which was compacted by an ice storm, great for sledging on when your young but not now

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Andym, That's a nice looking plant .. never seen it before. I don't think these are hardy in my area? What's the coldest your Hebe withstood so far? They are native to New Zealand. That one in the picture is of the more succulent variety but is amazingly hardy surviving our month long December '10 ...

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I do love Hebes and I have two summer flowering species flowering in Winter. Here is Hebe "fragrant blue" not the bit bothered by my recent mini freeze

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Hi Barb, yes those leaves sure do moderate the temperature........when dry. If they get too wet then there are other issues. :cry: Hi Andy, your colder than me so far this 'winter'. Our daytime highs have always hit at least 32F so far. This winter so far is like last year.....very warm. December i...

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Nice one Barb

This one was from a member of the EPS
Christmas spirit and good will to your neighbour

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A very nice Nanital there Tim. How long can the palm be covered up like that without natural light? I've recently planted a Nanital with a small trunk and too have put Oak leaves around the trunk but the leaves will remain free and open pending relatively mild weather. My lowest temp so far has been...

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Barb.... don't eat Blueberries... they are very acidic in reaction in your body. :wink: I eat pummets of them and i'm well inflamed :roll: I have to confess that I never read Al Gores "An inconvenient truth" but i just wonder what America would have been like under his Presidency?? Strong ...

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So it looks like fracking isn't 100% safe :shock: It looks like another battle between the greens and the fracking movement over here. There is certainly a public revolt gaining ground regarding the imposition of Wind Turbines here. There appears to be a blinding belief by our brain washed politicia...

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Aha! it looks like the beast from the east will be in retreat this weekend

It will be replaced by heavy rain and high winds

52F mind you

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You may or may not know that the green lobby that were 30 years ago considered crackpots in my Country are now actually mainstream and include our Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron. We will be paying silly money for energy that is carbon free produced. As a result of this many Industrial Com...

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Quite the news for the UK. The rain and sleet will move southwards over the country while other parts will stay dry following clear spells. A cold wind is expected to sweep the entire country as temperatures struggle to rise above 4C or 5C. forecaster at MeteoGroup, the weather division of the Pres...

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Enjoy your mild winters while they last. We've enjoyed around 20 years of "mild Winters" testament to the fact that we could grow Cordyline Australis in inland areas of the UK. Not anymore. We are now in a cooling cycle and maybe in another 10-15 years or more we will start to get warmer a...

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Igor.... where's your tropicals?

Love that picture of your greenhouse. I hope not to see that white stuff before January thankyou.

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My "baby" i grew from 3ft tall. It now has a 12ft trunk and is growing an extra foot a year. Fortunately I don't have to protect it (yet). Trachies really start to motor once they have settled in after a few years. Wxmans trachy looks very healthy and it will not be long before you can str...

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Jim they should be fine. Continuous deep freezes as we had in 2010 Winter will kill them.
We are having our own Zombie zone at the moment. Half of the Country is under water The rain has now stopped and we have dry days ahead with frosty nights

Ideal climate for growing Yuccas

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The fruit looks a match for Euonymus Europaeous

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72F

No problem for me also

.... in seven months time

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Erik... I would presume they are root hardy? I bought one in January this year believing it to be ultra hardy. We had a two week Siberian freeze in February and the plant was left out in its pot. It certainly suffered but not fatally. Some dead leaves, a spear pull and a flower spike which grew just...

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Hmmmm... after a series of mathematical equations I can conclude that I still don't have the foggiest idea who that shady person is in the right hand corner :lol: Jim.... surely you are not going to leave that lovely agave in the ground much longer? It will probably perish before the graptopetalum a...

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Thats a who's who of palms there Jim.

Its just a shame that for all that heat and looooong summer you've had they get trashed by your hard winter.

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Luckily I don't have to cover my Trachycarpus Fortunei

But I do have cover my Butias

and they still get trashed !
Wheelman... is that your own personal lake in the background or is it used for land irrigation ?

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I had a good germination rate for Yucca Schottii and Schidigera but not a lot on on other yucca and hesperaloe seeds. which I would put down to viability. Personally I would not consider sowing seeds at this time of year as you are approaching minimal natural night levels which is not ideal for seed...

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