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- Fri May 07, 2010 3:56 am
- Forum: Photo Gallery
- Topic: Palms welcome in the spring and summer in New Jersey.
- Replies: 11
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- Thu May 06, 2010 4:20 pm
- Forum: Anything Yucca
- Topic: Variegated yucca has not bloomed in four years?????
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8170
Variegated yucca has not bloomed in four years?????
I have a yellow and green variegated (Adam's Needle) yucca that has not bloomed in four years? It has however made five other large plants. Can anyone give me advice to help make iot bloom. The babies i cut off and gave to all my neightbors have all bloomed! Damnit!!!! I want them back!!! LOL
mike
mike
- Thu May 06, 2010 4:14 pm
- Forum: Photo Gallery
- Topic: Palms welcome in the spring and summer in New Jersey.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5180
- Thu May 06, 2010 3:51 pm
- Forum: Photo Gallery
- Topic: Palms welcome in the spring and summer in New Jersey.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5180
Palms welcome in the spring and summer in New Jersey.
Hello All, mike Trautenr here from Audubon, NJ...So glad to be out of winter and into the safety of spring. it has been really mild to hot here since march. Great spring with even a few days intot he 90s already. My two outdoor trachys are doing well after a long snowy winter. I just wanted to post ...
- Tue Apr 27, 2010 3:04 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Pics from the weekend
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8001
- Mon Apr 26, 2010 3:36 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Time to get tropical
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6950
- Sat Jan 09, 2010 6:14 am
- Forum: Member Introduction
- Topic: Hello from Virginia
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10249
Re: Hello from Virginia
Hello, I just joined and am making the perfunctory "Introduction" post. I've always loved palm trees since I was tiny traveling to South Carolian on vacation every year. I always wished to grow them but figured it was impossible. Over the years, however, I've discovered that it is not imp...
- Wed Dec 30, 2009 11:47 am
- Forum: Member Introduction
- Topic: A gardener from Belgium
- Replies: 11
- Views: 14855
Re: A gardener from Belgium
Hello I am living in a very humid climate 6b in center of Belgium. I am a lover about any exotics, but especially palms, banana plants and cycads. In the garden actually i have Chamaerops Humilis, Jubaea Chilensis, Sabal Minor var louisiana, Sabal Minor var blue, Butia Capitata, Brahea Armata, Musa...
- Wed Dec 30, 2009 7:26 am
- Forum: Member Introduction
- Topic: Hello From Audubon, NJ
- Replies: 26
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- Wed Dec 30, 2009 7:15 am
- Forum: Member Introduction
- Topic: Hello From Audubon, NJ
- Replies: 26
- Views: 20732
Mike, That's great that there growing hardy palms in Central Park. I know the Brooklyn Botanical Garden has a huge trachy that's been out for many years. I'm planning on going there this summer, it's only about a 3 hour drive from here. Have you been there? Bill No, never been there yet, but will h...
- Wed Dec 30, 2009 5:16 am
- Forum: Member Introduction
- Topic: Hello From Audubon, NJ
- Replies: 26
- Views: 20732
welcome Mike. your collection of plants is impressive. looks like we could all learn a little from you. Keep postng pictures. we love them. thanks ...Hope the cold Plains winter is not too harsh!!! It is even pretty cold here now. I was in NYC yesterday with 23 degree high temps and 50 65 mph wind ...
- Tue Dec 29, 2009 4:05 pm
- Forum: Member Introduction
- Topic: Hello From Audubon, NJ
- Replies: 26
- Views: 20732
- Tue Dec 29, 2009 4:03 am
- Forum: Photo Gallery
- Topic: Milwaukee virtual tour tropical conservatory
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3408
Re: Milwaukee virtual tour tropical conservatory
Very cool: Love the Araucaria araucana in the one view.lucky1 wrote:Oh, to have a plant conservatory like this!
Clicking on arrow at bottom left will turn camera 360-degrees.
Takes 5 seconds for focus to clear.
http://media.virtualrabbit.com/viewer/e ... &tour=1151
Barb
- Tue Dec 29, 2009 4:01 am
- Forum: Photo Gallery
- Topic: November Check
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6953
Re: November Check
What an amazing day in S Ontario! Thought I would take a stroll in the garden to see how things are growing.. Chinese Fan palm looks great. Haven't done a thing to it! http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af66/ScottyON81/November%20Pics/P1020533.jpg http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/af66/ScottyON81/...
- Tue Dec 29, 2009 3:55 am
- Forum: Photo Gallery
- Topic: Some Niagara Pics!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6673
Re: Some Niagara Pics!
I visited a friend in Niagara this past weekend. The climate there is phenominal for the non-current warmed East... Magnolia grandiflora 'Edith Bogue': <img src="http://inlinethumb29.webshots.com/42908/2762765860072511707S600x600Q85.jpg" alt="DSC00211"> Frost burnt M. basjoo wit...
- Tue Dec 29, 2009 3:42 am
- Forum: Member Introduction
- Topic: Hello From Audubon, NJ
- Replies: 26
- Views: 20732
- Mon Dec 28, 2009 1:36 pm
- Forum: Member Introduction
- Topic: Hello From Audubon, NJ
- Replies: 26
- Views: 20732
- Mon Dec 28, 2009 1:19 pm
- Forum: Member Introduction
- Topic: Hello From Audubon, NJ
- Replies: 26
- Views: 20732
- Mon Dec 28, 2009 1:17 pm
- Forum: Member Introduction
- Topic: Hello From Audubon, NJ
- Replies: 26
- Views: 20732
Welcome aboard, Mike! Great pics of great plants. Your passion is evident...you've still got a few square feet left for new palms :lol: Love the blue wall color. How old is that Strelitzia on the stairs, any pics of it in blossom? Mine is 5 years old, haven't seen a bloom yet. Barb Thanks Barb, yea...
- Mon Dec 28, 2009 6:48 am
- Forum: Member Introduction
- Topic: Hello From Audubon, NJ
- Replies: 26
- Views: 20732
Re: Nice collection
Might I ask where you keep such a large collection? Lot of keep house plants and have greenhouses,and even some of us keep them in our garage thru the winter months. Always looking for good tips on overwintering palms inside thru the winter months. You have any summer pics of your palms? Hey Tropic...
- Sun Dec 27, 2009 4:10 pm
- Forum: Member Introduction
- Topic: Hello From Audubon, NJ
- Replies: 26
- Views: 20732
Re: welcome
Great photos! How many lights do you have on that Trachycarpus fortunei? Did you wrap it or anything before you put that cover over it? (I'm trying to over-winter one myself, so I'm asking for advice, not giving it.) --Erik Hello I put two strings of lights around the base...it looks like a lot mor...
- Sun Dec 27, 2009 4:07 pm
- Forum: Member Introduction
- Topic: Hello From Audubon, NJ
- Replies: 26
- Views: 20732
Re: Advertise for it!!!LOL
After all I do see a sign saying let it snow!!!!LOL Welcome aboard. What other palms to you grow,including the ones inside during the winter? Don I have four really large majesty palms with at least ten clumps of shoots in each pot. I have two large Chinese fan palms. I have two really big Pygmy da...
- Sun Dec 27, 2009 12:52 pm
- Forum: Member Introduction
- Topic: Hello From Audubon, NJ
- Replies: 26
- Views: 20732
Some pics of my Trachy, Audubon NJ, South of Philadelphia
The last picture has that Trachy under an umbrella greenhouse...came in handy with the 24 inches of snow we just got....
- Sun Dec 27, 2009 9:40 am
- Forum: Member Introduction
- Topic: Hello From Audubon, NJ
- Replies: 26
- Views: 20732
Hello From Audubon, NJ
Mike Trautner here from Audubon NJ. I have many varieties of palms, mostly indoors in winter, but I do have a trachycarpus fortunei outside (2 yrs old) in the ground in front of our house. Hopefully it'll survive the winter and the 24 inches of snow we just got here...
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