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Few more pics-

Post by hardyjim » Thu Sep 02, 2010 9:23 am

Here are a few new pics


Few of the T-ferns I am trying-

D.squarossa

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D.antarctica

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Cooperi grows incredibly fast!

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Y.gloriosa flowering

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Borneo giant

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Bananas have really taken off-shovel is 4' tall (for scale)

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Rajapuri on the left
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Left to right

Thai black,Rowe red and mystery bananas

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Siam Ruby and Thai black

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New leaf on Thai giant

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Thai giant and Abyssinian-probably pushing 12'

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Bananas pushing 11')to the top of the gutter)
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Grapto

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My little Sequoia has more than doubled in size this year!

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Post by lucky1 » Thu Sep 02, 2010 10:17 am

Hey Jim,
Even you must be surprised at how much everything's grown this summer. :D

Peculiar that the y.gloriosa blossoms emerge end of August, fully a month+ after other yuccas.

When are you getting to planting that trio of potted bananas? :lol: :lol:
Leaves are humongous!

I can look at that "11 foot to the top of the gutter" pic time and time again, always seeing something to impress. 8)

The sequoia's trunk diameter has doubled!
Probably a guarantee it'll breeze through winter.

Thanks for the pics!
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Post by ScottyON » Thu Sep 02, 2010 12:54 pm

What't the name of the yucca flowering?? I have the same and was wondering the name.. I can't get over how big your nanas are!!!

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Post by TerdalFarm » Thu Sep 02, 2010 6:04 pm

Yes, great Sequoia growth. That will have to add to hardiness.
Fantastic banana growth. I'm jealous. Mine are doing fine, but nothing like what you (or everybody around me with Musa :x ) is doing. My one bit of local pride is that the Siam Red at the Tulsa Zoo is a bit taller than yours, but it got severely tattered in the storms this week. I was going to take a photo of it but it looked so ratty I didn't bother.
And of course your Colocasia and Alocasia are fantastic. Well done. :D
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Post by DesertZone » Thu Sep 02, 2010 8:55 pm

Crazy, I'm shooked at all the growth. :shock:
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Post by hardyjim » Fri Sep 03, 2010 7:08 am

Thanks guys/gals

Barb-I would say I am surprised by the growth this year but I think we are
approaching/passed(?) 50" of rain since May1,add to that temps that have averaged +10f
higher than last year(July)roughly 69f-88f and you have a good recipe for explosive growth!

The Yucca's late flowering is probably related to it hitting it's maturity late in summer.

I need to apply one more dose of "fertilizer"(although it's really for winter maintenance)
Potassium/Magnesium(Epsom salts)but things need to dry out first!
After this I don't think my palms need any more water until spring!


Scotty

Yucca gloriosa is flowering.


Side note-

Meteorological fall starts Sept 1 and the weather is definitely shifting with the passage of our first 'true'
cold fronts of the season,the first brought us comfortable humidity and temps for a few days before it shifted back
to warm/hot and sticky and the latest has brought our first fall temps-a welcome break after so much heat/humidity! :D
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Post by anttisepp » Fri Sep 03, 2010 8:22 am

Terrible huge plants,
Jim, how will you keep all this Edem in winter?
:lol:
To tell true I am verry happy to see your success, they really beautiful and pefect.
Hope warm weather will stay more longer at your exotic yard.
We had a first night frost, but plants beside the house didn't suffer from it.
This summer was good for exots.
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Post by hardyjim » Fri Sep 03, 2010 3:16 pm

Yes it was a good one,more than made up for winter,except for the dead and butchered :oops:



Most of the Nanars will go in the basement for the winter.



How is your T,fern doing Antti-any pictures of it?
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Post by garryendson » Fri Sep 03, 2010 4:54 pm

That is amazing ,jim.You got a tropical garden in the cold area which probably many people never imagine.
Good job.
Are you growing Ginkgo there? It is an old and cold hardy plant, regarded as a living fossil with attractive leaves.
May you could add to your collection ? :D

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Post by Corrosion » Sat Sep 04, 2010 2:37 am

Wow, I guess you sure get the attention of people who are passing by your house. I love the different varieties of bananas you have, did you grow them from a seed or bought as a plants? Last year I managed to grow from a seed only green ensete and musa sikkimensis which are quite large now.
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Post by TimMAz6 » Sat Sep 04, 2010 7:11 am

great garden! Love the photos. Your Sequioadendron is looking great! I remember mine growing 3' per year.

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Post by hardyjim » Sat Sep 04, 2010 8:44 am

Garry

I would love to grow Ginkgo,there are plenty nearby and I have no room,otherwise
I would be trying Magnolias and Dawn Redwood(I believe also from China :) )to name a couple.

Good to hear from you!


Corrosion

None were grown from seed but almost everyone of them was very small
when I got it except one,which isn't even the biggest.

I am trying Snow Banana(Ensete Glaucum) and what I hope are the real Itinerans from seed right now.


Tim

I think next year(especially if as wet as this year!)it will grow at least 3'!
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