Planted the bananas and a few others today!

[hardyjim]

Well with the weather finally looking good through the next ten days,I decided to put thr bananas out today,it was not my original idea to plant them but I really did not want to move them around and try to get them used to the sun first,most of the leaves usually break on the first windy day anyway after being in inside all winter.Here are some pics of the yard today and heres the list of what I planted today-B.eriospatha,3 of 6 banana plants,Tetrapanex,Mexican fern tree,9 Canna Picasso,2 Canna Stuttgart,3 S.louisiana,4 strawberry plants,anyway you get the point,here are the pics -

B.eriospatha and 3(overwintered) Washys

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Banana,Stuttgart,Tetrapanex,Mexican fern tree,S.louisiana,etc-

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Front of house

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Little closer,Cactus bed,etc-

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[Knnn]

Looks good, hope they do well this season!

Planted out a contorted filbert yesterday, going to wait another week before the Palms & Yuccas go in.



Steve

[hardyjim]

Thanks Steve,good luck with yours

[lucky1]

That'll be one stunning yard in a month or two!

Is the Mexican tree fern new?

Glad your temps are good...
Bet you were in your glory planting them.

Barb

[DesertZone]

That'll be one stunning yard in a month or two!

Barb

it will be awesome this summer!

[hardyjim]

Right on guys! should be fun in a few months when it all fills in,here are some before and after pics from last year-

April 19 2008

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10-16-08
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12-7-08

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4-11-09

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[hardyjim]

Oh yea Barb,the Mexican tree fern is new

[macario]

hey jim do you have an agave americana out there?

[hardyjim]

Mike,I did have one out there last year that I thought of overwintering but i dug it up last fall,I did replant it this weekend,so,it's back in buisness.
I had 2 A.americana in the cactus bed that were supposed to have been Parryi,they were damaged this winter so I removed them and planted a real Parryi and a A.havardiana

[macario]

I was just asking because I have one and it has so many offsets its driving me crazy I am putting it in a bigger pot maybe a 30 gallon

[Okanagan desert-palms]

Jim those bananas should be at least as tall as your second floor by the end of Oct.What type of naners you planting it`s hard to tell from the pics? I would like to see how the B. eriospatha and S. louisiana fair this winter as well as your other palms under protection.


John

[hardyjim]

Thanks John,the bananas I planted are from right to left,Orinoco and 2 basjoo,I also planted 3 Rowe Red,they are the red and green ones palnted in front of the Basjoos in the second picture.