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bgodwin1987

Hi Bryce. I love Southern Illinois. I came back that way from Florida about a month ago. I actually got the yucca Gloriosa from Carbondale. I was really surprised to see it and I had no idea what it was. I've never been to Jonesboro but I work for the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum and I notice...

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Aaron Looks like a Crape Myrtle to me and Cuju I am located in IL as well except im farther south in Jonesboro, IL thats about 45 minutes south west of Carbondale, if you know where that is. I actually have some cousins that live in Springfield, nice plants. Some of my sedum's have died too or are n...

bgodwin1987

Aaron Looks like a Crape Myrtle to me and Cuju I am located in IL as well except im farther south in Jonesboro, IL thats about 45 minutes south west of Carbondale, if you know where that is. I actually have some cousins that live in Springfield, nice plants. Some of my sedum's have died too or are n...

bgodwin1987

nice garden, I like all those palms.

bgodwin1987

Yeah I got some in a blue pot but I had to go to a Lowes in Missouri to get them, they had the palms in the blue pots too. I got 2 Sabal Minors and 2 needle palms. I think they were all like 14.95 each

bgodwin1987

I have overwintered tree seedlings outdoors in pots for several years. I have a box made out of boards that has not bottom to it and i just put the pots in there and cover the pots with mulch and put leaves and straw on top of that. I have overwintered Japanese Maples, White Pine, Holly, Nandina, Bu...

bgodwin1987

Crows are pretty smart iv heard of people keeping them as pets and teaching them to talk, apparently they are good at mimicking sounds. Barb I have seen more rabbits this year than I have in a while I dunno what the deal is. At my aunts house, she lives a few miles away her house is crawling with ra...

bgodwin1987

They are a Pioneer species im constantly pulling seedlings out of my flower beds, they seem to grow pretty fast too.

bgodwin1987

Jim what kind of cacti are those with the Purple flowers?

bgodwin1987

I will keep everyone updated over the winter. I got another fig today, yay :D. Barb thanks and not that im not aware of them stealing stones or marbles we have crows here and iv seen them out front sometimes a group of 5 or 6, but I haven't noticed any missing yet, but they may find them. I already ...

bgodwin1987

I like these trees there are some here growing along the creek on our property. I appreciate the unique shape of the leaves and the flowers. I have read that they are related to both poplars and Magnolias. I have noticed though theres some kind of scale or something on some of them and its like leak...

bgodwin1987

Nice pond Igor I like the grasses around it, makes it look very natural.

bgodwin1987

I love it Tim thats a very pretty shade of Blue, nice shape too.

bgodwin1987

Took some photos over the weekend of my "Impala" Castor Beans, "Chicago Hardy Fig" (Starting to get fruit I had my first fresh fig on Saturday), Cacti Garden Various Cacti, Yucca Rostrata, and Agaves, and Musa Basjoo which are getting huge the tallest is over 7 feet tall. Also ha...

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Jim here are some pics of my Agaves I have 2 Parryi and 2 Harvardias in the ground in my raised cacti bed. I Also have potted 2 Americas and 2 America Varigata( one is small and is sharing a pot with a small Harvardia), and a Agave Cornelius. I am deff bringing the Americanas and Cornelius inside I ...

bgodwin1987

So winter will be here in a few months and I was wondering what are some ways to protect Hardy Agave's from moisture? I thought id better start preparing and getting the materials ready. I have Agave Parryi and Harvardia.

bgodwin1987

I love plant delights there catalog covers are pretty funny. As a gay man the Westboro Baptist Church people crack me up Fred Phelps with the sign "God Hates figs" "Self-polination is an abomination" and "Un-natural Unions are not the Anther" and the one guy flashing th...

bgodwin1987

Wow that view is amazing Barb your so lucky.

bgodwin1987

I love your garden its very nice.

bgodwin1987

Nice Garden, I love the way you mixed the tropicals in with the perennials very nice. Congrats on the blood banana blooming iv had one for like 10 years and can never get the stalks to live long enough to get a bloom. Its been super dry here too parts of my yard are dead and some of my shrubs I cant...

bgodwin1987

Jim I got the Giant Reed grass from Hirts Gardens on ebay. They have a pretty good selection of plants, they are small though but the reed grass has grown pretty fast.

bgodwin1987

Thanks Barb, and Tim yeah those Glaucas started out as a pretty sad looking root that was like halfway dried up and it got dug up once by a squirrel or a rabbit or something, but now its starting to look better. It's been so dry here animals seem to be tearing stuff up more trying to get water.

bgodwin1987

I am not really sure how tall it is id have to measure it but its taller than me and im 5 ft 6 in tall so id say its at least 6 ft tall.

bgodwin1987

Update on my Garden since I haven't posted anything in a while, I hope you like it. Thanks

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bgodwin1987

I agree with Barb you should plant a few oaks they are a very important source of food for many animal species and mature trees provide lots of nesting places for birds and squirrels.

bgodwin1987

Nice, I like northern lights azaleas. Also I like tree peonies but I don't have one they are usually really expensive. I have a holly fern, the hardy species Iv seen a few at nurseries this year, first time I had seen one for sale around here, so I had to get one for like 3 bucks.

bgodwin1987

Nice Yucca Barb, love the shape of the flowers and the color.

bgodwin1987

I went to the Missouri Botanical Gardens in St. Louis this past weekend. It was so nice it's an amazing place. I thought I would share some pics. I hope you all enjoy.

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bgodwin1987

Probably I bet most the Green Tree Frogs in the pet trade come from Florida. They are neat frogs they look pretty tropical. I know with reptiles and amphibians there are a lot of variation in cold tolerance. Sometimes winters here can be very cold, sometimes like this year can be really mild.

bgodwin1987

Haha Jim. Cameron thats cool, yeah the name Grey treefrog is kina misleading while some are grey others are more green or browinish looking, they look like they are covered in lichen and they blend in well with tree bark. We do have Green Tree Frogs Hyla cinerea here, there range extends up into sou...

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Nice Hosta and Frog Cameron, I love that shade of green, on the hosta the frog looks so tiny. We have Spring peepers here too. Jim nice Hosta seedlings. I have about 20 different kinds of Hosta and some set seed but iv never had them self seed in my garden, pretty sweet.

bgodwin1987

Grey Tree frog Hyla Versicolor. Yeah it is pretty cool. I have these little guys all around my house.

bgodwin1987

Grey Tree frog Hyla Versicolor. Yeah it is pretty cool. I have these little guys all around my house.

bgodwin1987

Found this little guy hiding in the Bamboo

bgodwin1987

Congrats Barb on getting your Trachy to flower, very nice.

bgodwin1987

My Canna "Firebird" bloomed really early this year, its a little strange, but a nice surprise.

bgodwin1987

My Trachy is pushing up a big spear, looks like this year it's gonna get a lot of growth on it.

bgodwin1987

Yeah I have some filementosas I started from seed a few months ago, but those are the only kind of Yuccas iv grown from seed so far. The glauca I ordered came yesterday.

bgodwin1987

Thanks Barb, Yes I am and will be very busy im trying to clear out some of my plants now and get them planted. Tim that is bisetti bamboo on the left side of the yard, supposed to be the dwarf form but its getting tall, the bamboo on the right side is Yellow Fish pole Bamboo, I think not sure really...

bgodwin1987

Mimosa "Summer Chocolate, 2 Southern Magnolias, and an Aucuba japonica "Stardust", jus transplanted all of these guys yesterday, they were in tiny nursery pots.

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Castor Beans, Figs, Cacti Garden, Bananas, and a box turtle

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Missouri Botanical Gardens

Tree Frog in Bamboo

Canna "Firebird" Bloomed really early this year

Trachy Pushing up a big spear