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I decided that being a very mild day to repot the Baccata. My suspicions were correct the plant was grown in pure peat. This plant exemplifies an Iceberg... not a lot up top of trunk but a lot down under http://s15.postimage.org/ey277tlt3/13_11_12_028.jpg These nodules look to make new growth?? I've...

andym

A good collection of hardy Yuccas. I like the Rostrata which has a good mophead

Are all of your Yuccas seed grown or do you buy plants? Lets hope you (and me) don't get another Siberian blast this Winter. Fortunately? my low was only -11C.

andym

TimMAz6 wrote:Those are some beauties! That one hybrid between utahensis and neomexicana is real cool.

This does look a beauty... I haven't seen it my side of the pond. Is it easy to obtain over there?

andym

great Agaves Andy. The A. montana is nice with its dark green leaves. Thanks Tim... anyone grow it over there? BTW here's its Daddy http://s17.postimage.org/ljlyf5mjf/27_8_12_007_t.jpg Actually it was from a seed collection by Nick Macer of Pan Global Plants. Will do a thread on his Nursery some ti...

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http://s13.postimage.org/ci27zbuab/15_10_12_008_t.jpg First season in the ground for this Agave. Love this agave, where did you get it? Looks like a form of parryi. :? Aaron... sorry for late reply... I bought the plant from Nigel Kembrey who is a palm specialist in the UK. Cost me £35 :D I am not ...

andym

My soil is around 7.2. It is in fact a sub soil. Currently I am replacing around 3ft of sub soil with lime free sandy soil which i have already done with my Yucca border. Everything grows well in this soil. It is just a slow progress. Pieris, Camellias, Azaleas grow well. I have found that Cocoa she...

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Looks as though while you freeze the east coast boils :| Hopefully everything works! Thanks, I think it will all work out. :D As much as I dislike the cold I'm glad to see it get back to normal. I don't want to see another year when it stays too warm for too long and gets record cold all in the sam...

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I kinda guessed you were going to get some cold weather after seeing the BBC weather for the North American continent http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/ Looks as though while you freeze the east coast boils :| Hopefully everything works! Cold over here in the evenings around zero to just below but warm (...

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I recently aquired Agave Havardiana... a beautiful Agave. http://s9.postimage.org/7tyb2tmrf/6_8_12_009_t.jpg http://s7.postimage.org/mfet6meef/6_8_12_005_t.jpg This Agave will be planted in the spring and join (if they survive the Winter) Agave Montana and Neomexicana. Gives me the shivers though se...

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Jay that certainly is a nice collection of Yuccas. :thumbleft: Yucca Filifera..... well the Tropical Centre rate this Yucca as tender as tender goes.... -8C/18F probably a few degrees more if dry. The trunks tend to rot over here if wet and cold. Does well on the French Riviera and dry areas of Spai...

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Thanks for your replies :D Tim.... yes there is a very noticable saw tooth seration on the leaves of the Rupicola ... very fine but there.I've had a look at my Yucca Pallida and although small there is a noticeable twist in the blue leaves. Barb.... We have the freedom of movement in the EU which in...

andym

I forgot to mention all these plants are planted in pure peat or a peaty compost. Why do they do this? In their native habitats they don't have Peat bogs :roll: I guess I will have to remove the peat and repot with soil. Planting these plants can cause problems as the peat will act as a water sink a...

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My plants finally arrived from Germany. The courier rang my house..".We have a parcel for you.... they aren't those pointed trees are they? Can't handle them" :roll: After convincing her that the parcel was not a 6ft giant tree they arrived today. http://s8.postimage.org/hp3oxsoox/2_11_12_...

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lucky1 wrote:This guy gets nicer each year: Barb

It certainly does... what's his name

The trunk looks to have frost split?

andym

I have been there a long time ago. So long in fact i still had hair on my head :lol: I tend to steer clear of London these days. Even when I travel abroad I use Birmingham Airport rather than the London Airports. The European Palm Society usually have an annual visit there so I may go on the next me...

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Hi Barb... heres a link from GOTE using street view from your armchair

Hope the link works. http://www.growingontheedge.net/viewtop ... ew+gardens

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four more plants on the way...three yuccas and one Palm Ooooh, can't wait to see the photos, Andy. By the way, WTF means What The Fooey :rabbit: You folks in southern England ALWAYS have tropical weather...compared to the rest of us anyway. We're so jealous. London, for example is at 51 N. I'm at 5...

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In the 80's Bryce? Trade homes? :lol: :lol: Saw a sign today on a tanning shop banner. "Snow before Hallowe'en? WTF" (sorry folks, but I laughed all the way home) Andy, hope your arctic blast is finished. So...where DID you put your tender plants? :lol: Barb Barb... what does WTF mean :tw...

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Yes, Tim, it is a Fatsia. These two plants are entering into the second winter in a row. Igor ... i believe the pic is a Kalopanax Pictus and a nice one too. :D The other red striped plant looks like Phormium Tenax Pink stripe ? Will that survive your Winter Igor? Favourite picture for me has to be...

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Once upon a time before our Narnia Winters arrived we too could grow Basjoo to fruiting stage. My neighbour and friend two doors up from me had massive Basjoo and he would always invite me around and make my life hell by saying one day I'll get to grow Nanas like him (never have) :( Heres a pic of h...

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Barb... just what is your "Cold house" I see row upon row of chairs

I know.... its a school

I see you've brought in your Strelitzia. Mine is still outside currently even in our "Artic Blast"

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Have a guess where these hurricanes end up after they've done their deadly deeds?

Yes we usually get them as storms.

andym

lucky1 wrote:

Still trying to figure out what UKIP means, Andy.

Barb
It stands for United Kingdom Independence Party. This party wants out of the European Union but our main parties Conservatives and Labour don't and will not give the Brits a referendum.

andym

Gone mad ?? nah not really... its just a European disease. Our great leaders from the Union of European Socialist Republics has told Britain it must give prisoners the right to vote. JUST imagine these looney tunes taking control of your Country as it has Britain... and ruined it completely. Vote UK...

andym

We have an artic blast due to arrive this weekend. Our weather lore experts reckon on a colder than normal November. I've been running around like a headless chicken digging up tender plants into pots only to realise there ain't nowhere to put them...I've quite literally run out of storage space :oo...

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Gobsmackingly beautiful Tim.... your Yuccas are simply the bees knees

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igor.glukhovtsev wrote:Ensetes are just great! Nana doesn't look big, does it?

Yes the Nanas are missing that magical component that they use to have... Sunshine

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Hi Igor ... my Agaves are to the left Parryi and to the right Ovatifolia. We were querying what the variegated looking plant was that Barb possessed.

Barb... heres where all my posts are

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Heres my last pic of my Nanas before Winter sets in http://s9.postimage.org/5rlgt5ouj/15_10_12_015_t.jpg To the front Musa Sikkimensis, behind Musa Basjoo, to the rear Ensete Maurelli and Montbeliardi. The musa Sikkimensis will be protected as it was last year, Basjoo left to its own devises and the...

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Looks good but where are the native Indians

We had a ground frost a few days ago and an actual frost in parts of the south coast of England..... the last place you would expect a frost

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Yeah Agave roots grow like mad. When I put the four inch posts in for my Yucca border I had to put one post between two Agaves I had planted three months earlier http://s10.postimage.org/423p0fnsl/29_9_12_004_t.jpg Yup they grow quickly. I dont recognise the Agave? It doesn't look like an Agave :? G...

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I was just about to say Noooooooo don't do that. Brahea Armata does not like any root disturbance at all. When I took my Brahea out of the pot I had to cut the pot to stop any roots from being damaged. Let us know how you get on with the palm Barb BTW mine is dying from my Summer wet even before the...

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Hi Tim... nice to hear from you again :D I am sorry to say that hardy Schefflera seed is difficult to come by.Possibly one reason is that one seed can produce a plant costing £40-£50. More lucrative to sell plants than seeds. Anyhow I'll keep a lookout. I visited Pan Global Plants a few months ago a...

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The plant looks very nice with a good mophead. The root/stump however looks very wet as if rot had set in at some point. Keeping it dry will certainly help it but roots will not grow in cold soil. I planted a Rostrata this year but it was in the spring time. It had roots but not much. it is now well...

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Thats a beautiful Yucca Aaron and not a plant you would want to lose. :thumbright: Interestingly it is also a plant that you do not see a lot of this side of the Atlantic. Yes you can buy seedlings but rarely if ever trunked or mature plants. Apparently.. and correct me if i am wrong this species do...

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Some very nice Yuccas you have there Adam. Yucca Elephantipes won't survive in my area . Just don't like winter wet and cold.
I too have a small Pallida and is blueing up nicely. I hope they all come through your Winter ok.

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Thanks Barb. Most of the rain was up North and they had up to 4" of rain. This time last year we were enjoying a prolonged Indian Summer :? Thats the one thing about living in a maritime climate ... you never know what weather you are going to get. Slightly off topic but where is Tim? Has he do...

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Just thought you would like to know that the Supplier and their sub contracted Shipper finally admitted responsibility for the damage to the plant and awarded €200 in damages which just about paid for the shipping in the first place :roll: How expensive is it to ship plants in the US/Canada? Blutty ...

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I have finally finished roofing my small yucca border. To be honest its been a nightmare and at nigh on 60 years of age not to be repeated :lol: I guess that its about 200 sq ft I've covered and not before time as although the soil is raised it is still saturated after all the rain we have had recen...

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During the great global warming debate many years ago key figures in the warmist lobby made stupid statements like "future generations of Children growing up will not see snow again like their predecessors." Our last warm Summer here was 2006. Summers since then have been mediocre to say t...

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