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- Wed Dec 04, 2013 10:24 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Northern Oregon coast palms
- Replies: 23
- Views: 6995
Strangely enough I have just been reading a thread about the Nikau Palm on the European palm society forum. The New Zealand members have advised that the Palm can get damaged at -3C and can be killed at -5C. Everything else should survive comfortably. Juania's are sometimes sold in the UK but are sn...
- Wed Dec 04, 2013 9:27 am
- Forum: Weather & Climate
- Topic: BRRRR! deep freeze
- Replies: 94
- Views: 61342
- Wed Dec 04, 2013 8:32 am
- Forum: Weather & Climate
- Topic: BRRRR! deep freeze
- Replies: 94
- Views: 61342
Sheesh... -24C :shock: I hope it don't get that cold Barb. That's still pretty early in the season for that. I'd hate to think what temps would be experienced at higher altitudes. Andy, our lowest in November is minus 34.8C by the way. Jay, Barb, Aaron sorry for this cold. Jim, take care, yours in ...
- Tue Dec 03, 2013 3:20 pm
- Forum: Weather & Climate
- Topic: BRRRR! deep freeze
- Replies: 94
- Views: 61342
only got a dusting of snow at my place. Jay, did you throw a cover on your y.rostratas? I'm worried about mine with the lows forecast Thursday and Friday http://www.accuweather.com/en/ca/vernon/v1t/daily-weather-forecast/52852 Your 4th already Jim? :shock: Barb Sheesh... -24C :shock: I hope it don'...
- Mon Dec 02, 2013 10:00 am
- Forum: Cold Hardy - General
- Topic: Last winter 31 loquats unprotected all winter experiment
- Replies: 13
- Views: 10160
My loquat has grown very well this year. I get bugs disfiguring the leaves during the summer months but spring and autumn growth is usually bug free. Main problem in Winter is snow weight on the stems. Not had a Narnia Winter to contend with yet as its only been in the ground for two years. I'm look...
- Fri Nov 29, 2013 1:51 pm
- Forum: Weather & Climate
- Topic: Post your first snow pics...ugh
- Replies: 98
- Views: 57054
Hey Igor... what crazy weather you are having...freezing recently and now 9C/48F at 3 am... positively tropical :lol: No snow for me yet either. Lowest temp so far is -3.5C. Abutilons still flowering as are the Hebes. Musas browned off and Tetrapanax leaves sulking. No seriously cold weather expecte...
- Fri Nov 29, 2013 1:01 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Desert Area
- Topic: google srteet views after the "big freeze"
- Replies: 219
- Views: 136818
- Sat Nov 16, 2013 5:31 pm
- Forum: Weather & Climate
- Topic: Post your first snow pics...ugh
- Replies: 98
- Views: 57054
Jim.... this will be a first proper intro to Winter they are expecting Snow showers in some parts of the UK... mainly on high ground and hills. Hopefully I won't see any snow in my area. Barb... I had to roof the Rostrata because a few leaves were starting to rot.... we have been inundated with rain...
- Fri Nov 15, 2013 5:12 pm
- Forum: Weather & Climate
- Topic: Post your first snow pics...ugh
- Replies: 98
- Views: 57054
- Fri Nov 15, 2013 5:00 pm
- Forum: Anything Yucca
- Topic: Yucca Decipiens and Filifera
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6389
Yucca Decipiens and Filifera
I'd love to own a trunked Filifera but with a hardiness of only -8C I'm loath to buy one even though they are as common as muck over here. Yucca decipiens on the other hand is considerably hardier and looks similar in appearance. So i'm somewhat bemused by the fact that they are as rare as hens teet...
- Fri Nov 15, 2013 4:43 pm
- Forum: Greenhouse & Outside Protection
- Topic: Smurf Village completed
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6271
- Fri Nov 15, 2013 4:36 pm
- Forum: Other Plants of Interest
- Topic: Metapanax delavayi
- Replies: 14
- Views: 10442
- Sun Nov 10, 2013 4:50 pm
- Forum: Other Plants of Interest
- Topic: Metapanax delavayi
- Replies: 14
- Views: 10442
- Sun Nov 10, 2013 4:38 pm
- Forum: Anything Yucca
- Topic: What yuccas are these, Tim or anyone else that knows.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3958
- Sun Nov 10, 2013 4:17 pm
- Forum: Weather & Climate
- Topic: No killer freeze in Boston, Massachusetts yet.....
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6141
- Tue Oct 08, 2013 4:42 pm
- Forum: Anything Yucca
- Topic: My best yucca rostrata
- Replies: 85
- Views: 66688
- Mon Sep 30, 2013 4:49 pm
- Forum: Anything Yucca
- Topic: Yucca torreyi
- Replies: 20
- Views: 12338
- Mon Sep 30, 2013 3:39 pm
- Forum: Anything Yucca
- Topic: Yucca Rupicola
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4658
Adam.... Your Rupicola looks to me like Pallida.?? Heres mine for comparison http://s21.postimg.org/edpu8444j/IMG_1589.jpg I could be wrong though, these two species seem to be interactive. Benny... the plant was bought after it had flowered sadly. There is a fine toothed serration on leaf edges Loo...
- Sun Sep 29, 2013 12:05 pm
- Forum: Anything Yucca
- Topic: Yucca Rupicola
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4658
Yucca Rupicola
I thought I might update you on that strange Yucca that was sold to me as Rupicola and now growing a a much smaller one it certainly does not look like Rupicola. Well I repotted that plant getting rid of the peaty soil and replacing with a more loamy type. Not sure what happened but despite being ou...
- Sun Sep 29, 2013 10:56 am
- Forum: Anything Yucca
- Topic: Yucca videos!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5641
- Thu Sep 05, 2013 5:24 pm
- Forum: Anything Yucca
- Topic: My favorite Yuccas
- Replies: 40
- Views: 42045
Well this yucca is the bees knees for me which I have shown before and resides in the garden of Nick Macer's Pan Global Plants. I'm sure this Yucca is a hybrid but has some Linearifolia genes in it. http://s24.postimg.org/a12es2dsx/27_8_12_014_t.jpg http://s15.postimg.org/a8p6f1zuv/27_8_12_017_t.jpg...
- Wed Sep 04, 2013 4:30 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Early September Pictures
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4556
- Tue Sep 03, 2013 5:47 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Newly planted Sabal's
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5716
- Tue Sep 03, 2013 3:03 pm
- Forum: Anything Yucca
- Topic: Our most successful Yucca aloifolias
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7701
- Fri Aug 30, 2013 5:10 pm
- Forum: Other Plants of Interest
- Topic: papaya and other plant pics
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5538
Jeff... those Papayas look great. I really like the deep lobbing of the leaves. And you got fruit 8) I have two Papaya's both are in flower but will not fruit because of the cool nights we have here. I overwinter my plants along with other tender plants in a glass fronted shed which is attached to m...
- Fri Aug 30, 2013 4:21 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Newly planted Sabal's
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5716
Scott.... there's a guy over here in the UK who uses heated cables in the ground. This warms up the soil a lot and he has better than average growth with his Minor .... they aren't that quick over here and you are lucky to get more than two leaves in a season. Never heard of the Cape Hatteras form b...
- Fri Aug 30, 2013 3:25 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Palms
- Topic: Brahea armata
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5510
- Fri Aug 30, 2013 2:04 pm
- Forum: Anything Yucca
- Topic: A Few yucca 2 year seedlings
- Replies: 21
- Views: 11648
- Fri Aug 30, 2013 1:10 pm
- Forum: Member Introduction
- Topic: Hello From Denmark
- Replies: 16
- Views: 10701
- Thu Aug 15, 2013 7:01 pm
- Forum: Other Plants of Interest
- Topic: Albizia julibrissin anyone?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6153
I grew one for over ten years ... plain Albizzia Julibrissin. It grew well during our warmer sunnier summers but never flowering well. Eventually rotted at the base They do better in a Continental climate with heat to ripen the wood. I currently have the Ombrella clone with superb big deep red feath...
- Wed Aug 14, 2013 6:29 pm
- Forum: Anything Yucca
- Topic: Yuccas... next generation and more
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3659
Hi Tim.... regarding the seeds... well I had a problem after my cat started a ruckass with the next door neighbours cat. Some of the labels were knocked out of their pots. I put them back in but maybe not in the right order. Hopefully when they get bigger you can help with id's. Most are correct jus...
- Tue Aug 13, 2013 11:32 am
- Forum: Anything Yucca
- Topic: Yuccas... next generation and more
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3659
Thanks for your comments :D Igor.. I have since potted up tim's hybrids. I'll see how they get on but planting straight into the ground is a no no here. The slugs and snails would soon devour them. My wooded Aloe Striatula still gets shredded by these beasts :roll: Adam.... thanks for your comments....
- Sun Aug 11, 2013 2:16 pm
- Forum: Anything Yucca
- Topic: Yuccas... next generation and more
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3659
Yuccas... next generation and more
I keep showing you all some large Yuccas but I have some smaller ones too http://s13.postimg.org/jokrk1ldv/IMG_1478.jpg The front two Yucca Rigida and the curiously coloured Thompsonia need urgent repotting. Very pleased to get hold of Yucca Rostrata sapphire skies which is the plant with a price ta...
- Thu Aug 08, 2013 1:48 pm
- Forum: Other Plants of Interest
- Topic: Dodgy Pollination
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1976
- Tue Aug 06, 2013 5:54 pm
- Forum: Other Plants of Interest
- Topic: Gunnera mannicata root growth
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9990
Adam .... that's one heck of a growth :shock: I just do not have the space or water supply for that Gunnera. I do however have another species ...Gunnera Perpensa Its leaves are much smaller and kidney shaped. It also originates from Africa and has survived three cold Winters http://s10.postimg.org/...
- Tue Aug 06, 2013 5:41 pm
- Forum: Other Plants of Interest
- Topic: Dodgy Pollination
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1976
- Thu Jul 25, 2013 2:13 pm
- Forum: Cold Hardy Desert Area
- Topic: agave in my garden
- Replies: 57
- Views: 35447
Aaron ... that hybrid is really beginning to take off :D I wonder whether it will produce offshoots (pups)? New agaves I've planted in the ground are Agave Amricana X Scabra hybrid, Agave Salmiana, and Agave Deserti Agave Americana x Scabra http://s11.postimg.org/j00m1chtb/IMG_1212.jpg Agave Salmian...
- Thu Jul 25, 2013 1:02 pm
- Forum: Anything Yucca
- Topic: Yucca elata
- Replies: 39
- Views: 44678
Aaron.... that's a lovely flower spike... mine has turned out a damp squid and I'm not sure that it will actually flower, which is a shame as a Linearifolia near it is about to flower Close up of flower spike on Elata http://s18.postimg.org/5361y2n9x/IMG_1322.jpg Yucca Linearifolia about to flower h...
- Tue Jul 16, 2013 5:41 pm
- Forum: Anything Yucca
- Topic: Yucca elata
- Replies: 39
- Views: 44678
- Tue Jul 16, 2013 5:32 pm
- Forum: Anything Yucca
- Topic: Yucca brevifolia
- Replies: 269
- Views: 1002980