Interesting read,about a lost Jungle.

tropicman · Post by **tropicman** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 8:51 pm

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstop ... state.html

patrick620 · Post by **patrick620** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 4:01 am

Hey, Don. Ya know, I found something like that in Wichita one time, oh wait........that was your place

Seriously, very cool article. I'm gonna try and swing by sometime soon. I'll get ahold of you before I do. Take care.

Patrick

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 9:36 am

WOW...that is cool.

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 11:13 am

Thanks for sharing,it will be interesting to see what else turns up in there

Knnn · Post by **Knnn** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 4:16 pm

Don,
Thanks for the link

Steve

oppalm · Post by **oppalm** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 5:18 pm

great link Don. Wonder if someday they will find find my little piece of the tropics in kansas and write a story about it?

tropicman · Post by **tropicman** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 9:17 am

One day years in the future,people will come to Kansas and just find that jungle if all our palms in the ground stay alive.
As more hardy varieties of palms and yuccas discovered or hybridized this may just happen.
I keep looking for more hardy looking tropicals to add to my yard,cast iron plant has surprised me,didn't grow much all summer,come fall it started putting on new leaves.
If you haven't added hardy bamboo,you should really look into it now,heck anything that stays green thru the winter is a plus!

oppalm · Post by **oppalm** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 11:58 am

I am into bamboo, just don't know what to plant around here. Any suggestions? What works well for you?

I bought a cast iron plant earlier this year, got it home, discovered it had some kind of funky goo on it (looked like a powdery with fungus) so I took it back to KMart and they had none left.