Pictures from 8-22-10
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Pictures from 8-22-10
4' pot for reference-
Erik
Either the heat or fertilizer burned the Gunnera but it should make a comeback with the lovely fall weather to come-
Here are the Brugs I cut to the ground 3 weeks ago-they were 6' and shading my beloved Siam Ruby
Beautiful leaf of Rowe red Banana approaching 7' overall height..
Itinerans approaching 10-11' and picking up speed now!
Sequoia
In May(15th)
Sequoia(foreground) has more than doubled in size!
Rajapuri from Bill has grown about 12 leaves since I got it
Lasiocarpa-also from Bill
Blue A.parryi
Y.gloriosa flowering in Iowa!
Bloom on Thai giant Colocasia
Borneo giant- Alocasia starting to pick up speed-leaves are a little over 2' now
New leaf(little over 3') on Thai giant Colocasia-going into a serious blooming faze-
E.Princeps putting out a nice flush of at least 3 leaves-must like the hot summer weather we have been having-
Another Rowe red in a shadier spot
The palms-
2 of the 3 Waggies I have planted 1st is the slow one
Sabals
Brazoria putting out it's first divided leaf.
Louisiana's 5 of 6
3 Trunk cut Trachys have recovered nicely!
Beautiful Wagxfort
Fortunei withstood -2 to -4f!
Oldest Fortunei-should return + to it's former glory by next year
2 C.cerifera
Planted Princeps
Naini Tal has gone crazy this year!
March 5th
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Now 8-22-10
T.campestris has somehow recovered even at it's small size!
Hopefully one more leaf this year!
Nanus,2-Latisectus-Martianus
Giant reed grass approaching 11' in year 2
Butia didn't do much because of root damage(I assume)but is moving now-3 new leaves
Tree fern bed-1st year
Smaller C.cooperi-bigger ones wingspan approaching 6'+
I will add some more pics later
Erik
Either the heat or fertilizer burned the Gunnera but it should make a comeback with the lovely fall weather to come-
Here are the Brugs I cut to the ground 3 weeks ago-they were 6' and shading my beloved Siam Ruby
Beautiful leaf of Rowe red Banana approaching 7' overall height..
Itinerans approaching 10-11' and picking up speed now!
Sequoia
In May(15th)
Sequoia(foreground) has more than doubled in size!
Rajapuri from Bill has grown about 12 leaves since I got it
Lasiocarpa-also from Bill
Blue A.parryi
Y.gloriosa flowering in Iowa!
Bloom on Thai giant Colocasia
Borneo giant- Alocasia starting to pick up speed-leaves are a little over 2' now
New leaf(little over 3') on Thai giant Colocasia-going into a serious blooming faze-
E.Princeps putting out a nice flush of at least 3 leaves-must like the hot summer weather we have been having-
Another Rowe red in a shadier spot
The palms-
2 of the 3 Waggies I have planted 1st is the slow one
Sabals
Brazoria putting out it's first divided leaf.
Louisiana's 5 of 6
3 Trunk cut Trachys have recovered nicely!
Beautiful Wagxfort
Fortunei withstood -2 to -4f!
Oldest Fortunei-should return + to it's former glory by next year
2 C.cerifera
Planted Princeps
Naini Tal has gone crazy this year!
March 5th
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Now 8-22-10
T.campestris has somehow recovered even at it's small size!
Hopefully one more leaf this year!
Nanus,2-Latisectus-Martianus
Giant reed grass approaching 11' in year 2
Butia didn't do much because of root damage(I assume)but is moving now-3 new leaves
Tree fern bed-1st year
Smaller C.cooperi-bigger ones wingspan approaching 6'+
I will add some more pics later
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Jim -
Outstanding pics and yard. I love how big all your bananas got. And I love that Thai Giant. I'm getting one next year!! It sucks though that someone cut off its biggest leaf. I would want to cut their arm off and see how they like it!! LOL. Question for you... My siam rubies didn't do well in my yard this year, so I dug them up and they both died to the ground. When I dug them I noticed their roots were mushy and brown. It's been a warm summer as you know, so I don't know if my climate isn't warm enough for them? I know you were in the 90s a lot more than me. I had mostly mid to upper 80s during the day and upper 60s at night. One resprouted a pup and I'm still waiting to see if the other will do anything. Now on to the question, do you think musa red rowe is less touchy than the siam ruby? I love how that banana looks and if its as simple to grow as a basjoo, maurelii or orinoco, I'm gonna get me some next spring. I might also try musa thai black as that looks like it will do well in our type of summers.
I will try to post pics this weekend - I'm waiting for a couple leaves to open on my bananas since I had storm damage a few weeks back and they looked pretty pathetic for a bit...had to cut some totally damaged leaves off as they broke at the stem.
Outstanding pics and yard. I love how big all your bananas got. And I love that Thai Giant. I'm getting one next year!! It sucks though that someone cut off its biggest leaf. I would want to cut their arm off and see how they like it!! LOL. Question for you... My siam rubies didn't do well in my yard this year, so I dug them up and they both died to the ground. When I dug them I noticed their roots were mushy and brown. It's been a warm summer as you know, so I don't know if my climate isn't warm enough for them? I know you were in the 90s a lot more than me. I had mostly mid to upper 80s during the day and upper 60s at night. One resprouted a pup and I'm still waiting to see if the other will do anything. Now on to the question, do you think musa red rowe is less touchy than the siam ruby? I love how that banana looks and if its as simple to grow as a basjoo, maurelii or orinoco, I'm gonna get me some next spring. I might also try musa thai black as that looks like it will do well in our type of summers.
I will try to post pics this weekend - I'm waiting for a couple leaves to open on my bananas since I had storm damage a few weeks back and they looked pretty pathetic for a bit...had to cut some totally damaged leaves off as they broke at the stem.
Jim,
Looking Great as usual! Your yard has filled in really nicely this year with all your favorable weather (for tropical plants at least) It's nice to see your trachy making a nice recovery to, it will have plenty of carbs to go through winter this year.
I think my favorite picture is the one from the right side of your front yard looking left right before the pictures of the ferns. (which look great too) That give a good perspective on the size of most of the bananas and others.
Maybe I like the genera the best I had to write that after Erik has been so patiently waiting for a picture of it
Keep up the good work!
Bill
Looking Great as usual! Your yard has filled in really nicely this year with all your favorable weather (for tropical plants at least) It's nice to see your trachy making a nice recovery to, it will have plenty of carbs to go through winter this year.
I think my favorite picture is the one from the right side of your front yard looking left right before the pictures of the ferns. (which look great too) That give a good perspective on the size of most of the bananas and others.
Maybe I like the genera the best I had to write that after Erik has been so patiently waiting for a picture of it
Keep up the good work!
Bill
Wx-
Sorry to hear your Siam's are pooching it,all the variegated Bananas can be finicky(IMO) and seem to need heat/humidity to
thrive.
They can be tough inside too because of this and I had no luck overwintering in the basement -so,
I guess that beast is coming inside!
I would try again with the Siam but that's just because they are my favorite after Ae Ae!
Willy
I cut off some pups that I will bring in,the big ones get mulched,they are supposed to be
(possibly)as hardy as Basjoo,to-0!!!!!
However these are probably not Itinerans as they are said to pup very far away from the mother plant
and these pup right off the stalk,so much so they are VERY difficult to split away with any roots!
I guess I will find out,doing the same with the Thai blacks!
Bill
It's to bad it drops off so much to that part of the yard (by a couple feet),you wouldn't
know it from the pics but that is the tallest banana-to the right of the Rowe red!
I think I have a more straight on shot of the yard and some more cactus bed shots.
I highly recommend doing a cactus bed,they are way less fuss and extremely rewarding!
Sorry to hear your Siam's are pooching it,all the variegated Bananas can be finicky(IMO) and seem to need heat/humidity to
thrive.
They can be tough inside too because of this and I had no luck overwintering in the basement -so,
I guess that beast is coming inside!
I would try again with the Siam but that's just because they are my favorite after Ae Ae!
Willy
I cut off some pups that I will bring in,the big ones get mulched,they are supposed to be
(possibly)as hardy as Basjoo,to-0!!!!!
However these are probably not Itinerans as they are said to pup very far away from the mother plant
and these pup right off the stalk,so much so they are VERY difficult to split away with any roots!
I guess I will find out,doing the same with the Thai blacks!
Bill
It's to bad it drops off so much to that part of the yard (by a couple feet),you wouldn't
know it from the pics but that is the tallest banana-to the right of the Rowe red!
I think I have a more straight on shot of the yard and some more cactus bed shots.
I highly recommend doing a cactus bed,they are way less fuss and extremely rewarding!
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Some more pics-
Fern frond-from 3 weeks ago
Cactus bed-
Castor bean forest
Thai black banana
Fern frond-from 3 weeks ago
Cactus bed-
Castor bean forest
Thai black banana
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Holy crap dude........ Everything looks like it exploded:D
Did you guys cool off like we did? IT was 19C here for 2 days, then back up to 30C, still no rain since a week n a half ago.
Whats the hardiness on that Y Gloriosa??
Looks right good dude GJ:D
Did you guys cool off like we did? IT was 19C here for 2 days, then back up to 30C, still no rain since a week n a half ago.
Whats the hardiness on that Y Gloriosa??
Looks right good dude GJ:D
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Very pretty. Great gardens.
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Thanks Guys
Yea it cooled off here for about 4 days(mostly the humidity was buch lower with dewpoints in the 50s)
a welcome relief!
The desert bed has still been in the 100s though which is great!
Gloriosa is said to be hardy to 0 F and has showed no ill effects-that I have seen-
from mid single digits,I hope it keeps growing after flowering.
I will have to get a new pic of the flower stalk soon.
Growth really has 'exploded' this season with 3+ months avg low 70s to 90 and above-
and over 35" of rain,very fortunate not to have to water at all this summer-although I did.......
3 times.
Yea it cooled off here for about 4 days(mostly the humidity was buch lower with dewpoints in the 50s)
a welcome relief!
The desert bed has still been in the 100s though which is great!
Gloriosa is said to be hardy to 0 F and has showed no ill effects-that I have seen-
from mid single digits,I hope it keeps growing after flowering.
I will have to get a new pic of the flower stalk soon.
Growth really has 'exploded' this season with 3+ months avg low 70s to 90 and above-
and over 35" of rain,very fortunate not to have to water at all this summer-although I did.......
3 times.
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That is Pachypodium Lamerei -a.k.a.
Madagascar palm
Madagascar palm
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I sunk it in the pot to give some height in that area since the Yucca fell over last spring.
M/palm is fairly tender and begins to suffer from temps lower than 40F
It's(Yucca) filling in well now!
M/palm is fairly tender and begins to suffer from temps lower than 40F
It's(Yucca) filling in well now!
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Is that a pachypodium? ANd does it stay outside in the winter??
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Pachypodium Lamarei is pot-planted and removed in fall
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Thanks E!
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These are so amazingly beautiful. I was in teh Peace Corps in Comoros E Africa off the coast of Madagascar in Indian Ocean, they were all over the place like the Baobab trees...Co odd looking, I always felt like Barney and Betty Rubble would stop by and visit at any minute over there...
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One of my favorite places on earth(Madagascar)would love to go there sometime-
absolutely unbelievable plants and animals !
I used to be really into Pachycaul and other plant oddities,I was starting a collection up again
but that was derailed by cold hardy palms and Cactus
absolutely unbelievable plants and animals !
I used to be really into Pachycaul and other plant oddities,I was starting a collection up again
but that was derailed by cold hardy palms and Cactus
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I'll do that then. It really was an amazing place and very odd stuff there you don;t see in most tropical places....I'll have to starta thread soon.....
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