More plants after winter...

Paul Ont · Post by **Paul Ont** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 5:48 pm

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 7:48 pm

Great pics happy spring!!!

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 8:02 pm

Very nice!
My needles and minors down here at 35 oN don't look nearly so good.
Phylostachyes aureosulcata is dead and being cut down all over the region (presumably will come back from roots).
The Magnolia success doesn't surprise me--they are hardier than I once thought.
Yucca? I guess I take it for granted.

--Erik

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 5:42 am

Hi Paul,

overall the plants look pretty good. It will be interesting to see how the Sabal birmingham and brazoria perform. It appears the leaves above the snow line got fried on the Y. recurvifolia 'Tenn.' x filata. Your BBB looks pretty good.....it should take off this season. What's your source of the Y. arkansana? Perhaps you'll get a bloom this season.

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 9:16 am

Those palms look good dude. Same with the bamboo. Mine dont look nearly that good ( my fault, S--t happens, learned my lesson), but theyll all shoot like mad this year.

Im suprised at how good the yucca do there ( mabey not suprised, cant think of a better word). Definetly makes me want to try a few more types if i can find them here. Same with palms.... LOL.

Grats on the success!

Paul Ont · Post by **Paul Ont** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 9:34 am

Thanks guys.

Tim- The larger hybrid looks worse. This is the other one, doesn't seem to have any damage:
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Jesse- Here are some other Bamboo:
P. aureosulcata and a second planting of 'spectibilis':
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And, on the far left is F. nitida; then Phy. vivax 'Huangwhenzhu', then P. rubromarginata, then Phy. 'spectibilis' (yes, another spectibilis):
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Thanks!

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canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 11:32 am

Those huge leaved Rhodie and Mags are awsome looking.

Im thinkin my boos ar ein recovery mode this year. Not expecting to much hight to be put on, as much as I am expecting a high amount of culms.

wxman · Post by **wxman** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 12:13 pm

Looks good. Let's get this growing season going!

JackLord · Post by **JackLord** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 2:05 pm

TerdalFarm wrote:Very nice!
My needles and minors down here at 35 oN don't look nearly so good.
Phylostachyes aureosulcata is dead and being cut down all over the region (presumably will come back from roots).
The Magnolia success doesn't surprise me--they are hardier than I once thought.
Yucca? I guess I take it for granted.
--Erik

Same here! I guess I should protect them like he does.

Looking really good, Paul. It will look even better a month from now.

F1aReD · Post by **F1aReD** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 5:26 pm

Paul, did you amend the soil at all?

Paul Ont · Post by **Paul Ont** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 6:05 pm

F1aReD wrote:Paul, did you amend the soil at all?

Wherever I've planted ANYTHING I've had to amend the soil! The Rhodies are especially troublesome here, the pH of the soil is just too high (and there is too much calcium) to support their growth!

Oh, and the cacti/Yucca are grown on a sand face amended with coarse sand, and topped with pea gravel.

Okanagan desert-palms · Sun Apr 10, 2011 8:19 pm

Thanks for the pics. The more I see trunking yuccas the more I`m going to plant them here zone 6b. They all look good Paul thanks for sharing.

John

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 8:03 am

Looks good Paul-

Your palms held up especially well!

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 9:02 am

Hey Jim

Were you near that Tornado? There were a few there the other day, in mapleton and early....

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 3:03 pm

Good to see those pics, Paul.

Looks like you're off to a good start.
Really impressed with the y.elata.

Barb