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Bamboo all over the continent is getting hammered this year. If it took -9F and you didnt have full defoliation thats pretty amazing. There are only a few bamboo that can take that as well as yours seems to have taken it. A few Fargesia (Nitidia, Maurielae), some Phyllostachys (maybe areosulcata, vi...

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Hey Mike.... You ever get those bamboo Identified? What were the lows? You might just have defoliation. You can look at the nodes between the branches and see if the buds are viable. Exactly like trees. Best to wait untill it warms up. Its possible you have some tip/top kill. That doesnt mean anythi...

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Lowest temp so far here at the airport was-39. The yard was-30. Coldest Dec in 30 years

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Nice barb. Is the cymbid in the cold room?

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You could ask the guy you got it from. The strawberry looking things could be a "weed" which name escapes me right now. Not sure on the other.

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Large grapes or cherries seems to be the best comparison. Mine had a few small kiwi, but its young so it seemed to abort them. It happens on young plants in general anyways. Seem to be pretty hardy. My issai died down to the snow line though...

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I love those yucca. Cant wait to see how they do there

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I forsee you purchasing many wine barrels in the near future... Everything looks great. Is the second on the left a white bird of paradise or is it the R. Madagascariensis?

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is that a filamentosa or the unnamed one?

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I would try any of the pauciflora. The ssp niphophila is supposed to be the hardest. Any sub alpine or alpne eucalyptus should work because they tend to die back sometimes up there to the snowline.

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If you have reliable snow cover in the winter, then you should see the trunk survive under the snow. It may take a bit to get a seedling that will do such, but its possible. Many eucs can take into the -20s as long as there is enough snow to protect the roots and lower trunk.

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Nanus only gets hardy when it gets larger. It has a large subterranian trunk. IT grows slow as molases though.... It is indeed a gorgeous palm. I think the benefits of trying it over a t fortunei is that they stay small and should be easy to protect ( at least comparing it to a larger palm like t fo...

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How many gallons is that pond?

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I planted my Basjoo this year and within a week or 2 I realized I didnt plant it deep enough in the pot or the soil finally settled. Either way, I had to bury it a bit deeper in soil. What seemed to have happened is that the plant ended up leaning having half the corm buried deep and half of it some...

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Im glad kids dont grow as fast..... Would be nice to live as long though

Wicked tree. I had a few seedlings that killed off on me... oh well... try try again

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Just wondering if anyone on here has grown any of the aristolochia species, namely A macrophyllia and durior. These guys are native to NE North america, yet have families down all the way to mexico, which lots of people in the north grow as an annual. The northern types dont have the large visually ...

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Thats wicked..... How big and how old was it when you planted it?

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Wow thats a great job at a first attempt espallier..... How do the plums taste?

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Wow thats a great job at a first attempt espallier..... How do the plums taste?

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holy shit.......... I guess its safe to say your protection worked?

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oh crap..... mine is outside somewhere..............

Yours looks really good tim!

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Nice plants...

Good idea to protect them as well. Ive wiped out "hardy" plants here because I didnt protect them better the first winter like juniper (yes, I killed juniper).

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Hey barb is the discolouration only on lower leaves? ine do that if i dry them out, or if i forget to water them.

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Just received 2 new bamboo. One is a 2nd gen seedling of Fargesia Nitida, the other is a large rhizome cutting from a relatively rare bamboo Phyllostachys Parvifolia. Touted as a large hardy timber bamboo for "cold climates". Culms are said to take around -20C or more. The roots are as har...

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I have a few set of lights for the winter, and 3 bright south windows. I can usually do quite well during the winter.

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Seeds arent the problem getting into canada as far as I know, its plants, especially in soil. Thanks for the input. I did read over and over about their ability to regenerate from roots. I do have the bonus of usually having a very deep snow pack, and also mulch almost everything I grow, just in cas...

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Well, now I know where all the butterflies are this year.......

You might wanna extra protect that ampho. Looks like its going to flower next year!

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I hope by busy, you mean reforesting the mountainside

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Off and on I find some information about this tree saying they survive reliably in zone 6, but the roots can survive zone 5 or lower with a deep snow pack or good protection of a stump. Has anyone here tried these? They seem to be all over the east coast of the US.

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Thats a good question....

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I need to find me one of those cannas.... sexy..

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Nice Jim

Do those 4 oclocks self seed there? I had them pop up for years before I re did my garden beds. A lady down the street has them pop up all the time.

What are the 2 other trees on the blvd?

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Nice...

Third pic after the pawpaw.is called.podophyllum (spelling is wrong look up mayapple). Haedy here i have some. Last one looks.like.a natice orchis

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Nice...

Third pic after the pawpaw.is called.podophyllum (spelling is wrong look up mayapple). Haedy here i have some. Last one looks.like.a natice orchis

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yeah plz take a pic, im not sure i understand what youre saying....

Also, im sure you would like to know a buddy cannot overwinter these in NC. He has had really bad luck with them. I killed mine a few years ago, when they turned to mush by september. Some people have all the luck

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I didnt know Iowa had such a diversity of species

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Up this far in ontario it hasnt been too bad.... i can say "average". Down south it seems they have had a wet spring but decent temps. June was rather dry, after a wet may, and a super late start to spring. We had some temps at 28 - 30C for a week or 2 at the end of june, most nights haven...

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Amazing tim. I cant get my EEs to get any size when they get in the ground. You know how big the corms are? I remember those papaya in april..... I had no idea that they grow quite that fast. They look to be pushing 3 feet? You grew these from a store bought fruit right? At first ight those magnolia...

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Thats crazy mike...

Im trying to get a friend in NC to grow some basjoo. Ive used yours as an example. I think i have him convinced!..

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Damn taxonomy.... lol. Most of the reliable places ive seen call it cerifera..... Cant be as bad as bamboo taxonomy. I ordered some seeds called "fargesia spathacea" (turned out not to be it). I tried to find information on it but was taken on a month long journey down the road of misnamed...

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