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wxman
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Post by wxman » Wed Aug 01, 2012 8:51 pm

Time for a picture update as we enter August. The yard is easily starting to look very alien for Wisconsin, lol.

Ensete maurelii, other bananas and cannas.

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Ensete maurelii and musa thai black.

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Musa orinoco -- pups that were cut off mom plant in spring.

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Yucca filamentosa 'color guard' and magnolia '24 below'.

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Christmas palm.

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Ficus sylvie really growing.

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Cactus garden has put on size.

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My windmill palms -- wow.

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bgodwin1987
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Post by bgodwin1987 » Wed Aug 01, 2012 9:22 pm

I love your garden its very nice.
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Godfryd
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Post by Godfryd » Thu Aug 02, 2012 12:13 am

Wow! Very nice view!
Keep exoting!
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Post by canadianplant » Thu Aug 02, 2012 5:45 am

You should set up a video cam facing the street, so you can see peoples reaction to your yard!
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Post by TimMAz6 » Thu Aug 02, 2012 6:44 am

your garden looks LUSH Tim! Good luck with the -24 Mag........keep us updated on its progress this winter.
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Post by lucky1 » Thu Aug 02, 2012 11:50 am

set up a video cam facing the street, so you can see peoples reaction
Cool idea Jesse!

Beautiful garden, Tim.
Tropical Wisconsin...now can be used in the same sentence. :D

Good to see the lanky Trachy really filling out too.
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CTPalm
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Post by CTPalm » Thu Aug 02, 2012 12:16 pm

Wow your yard looks awesome! You are running out of grass areas hahaha. Your trachy is getting huge. I can just imagine the lookers of your front lawn. I only have one Banana (Musa Orinoco) in my front yard and I have people stopping all the time to ask me what kind of palm tree it is and how do I get it to grow.
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Post by DesertZone » Thu Aug 02, 2012 4:25 pm

Those won't grow there. j/k

What an amazing yard. 8)
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