Palms and Subtropicals Update From Kingston, Ontario

ScottyON · Post by **ScottyON** » Wed Aug 15, 2012 8:08 am

Hey everyone,

It's been along time since I posted on the Palms North Board. I miss chatting with all the people here who are not connected to the North East Board or the Hardy Palms and Subtropical Board. Here is an update video on my yard in Kingston Ontario, zone 5b/6a.

Enjoy!

Thanks!!

Scott

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igor.glukhovtsev · Post by **igor.glukhovtsev** » Wed Aug 15, 2012 9:01 am

Hey Scotty! Nice to hearing from you again! Pretty detailed update! Everything looks nice and healthy! Good job, good job!

ScottyON · Post by **ScottyON** » Wed Aug 15, 2012 9:09 am

Thanks igor! It's good to be back. Hope you're well!

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Wed Aug 15, 2012 12:46 pm

Scotty, great to see you back!!!!

Holy crow, has stuff ever grown in your garden!
You'll be protecting those trachies off your roofline soon.

Everything looks good.

I think I saw some of your bamboo come up IN MY YARD....

Don't be a stranger!

Barb

ScottyON · Post by **ScottyON** » Wed Aug 15, 2012 4:38 pm

Great to chat with you Barb! Your old trachy must be gettin pretty tall now eh? How tall is it!? If you were my neighbour I woul gladly share!

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Wed Aug 15, 2012 5:31 pm

the video doesn't work in my firefox........I'll check you out later!

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Thu Aug 16, 2012 12:21 pm

Yup, it's getting up there, Scotty.
Thanks for asking.

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Have you considered sinking metal "walls" into the ground to prevent bamboo creep?

Barb

ScottyON · Post by **ScottyON** » Thu Aug 16, 2012 6:29 pm

Holy smokes that palm has grown! How many feet tall is it now? I think the bamboo has gone to wild to try and contain it. Should have done that at the start.

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Fri Aug 17, 2012 8:11 am

Nice vid Scotty

Looking good there -those Trachys are nice and green!

ScottyON · Post by **ScottyON** » Fri Aug 17, 2012 9:32 am

Thanks Jim! Finally cooling off now there?

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Fri Aug 17, 2012 1:20 pm

How many feet tall is it now

Can't find the tape measure

+ too hot to be out now

Just hope it fits into the palm hut this Fall.

Running bamboo will make your neighbour mad...

But it sure looks nice in your yard...such a nice backdrop to the other plants.

Barb

Cameron_z6a_N.S. · Post by **Cameron_z6a_N.S.** » Mon Aug 20, 2012 9:29 am

Great video, Scotty! I have not been posting much on ANY board this summer; NS has actually been having a warm summer this year, and I am trying to take full advantage of it!

ScottyON · Post by **ScottyON** » Mon Aug 20, 2012 9:42 am

Good for you Cameron!

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Mon Aug 20, 2012 10:09 am

ScottyON wrote:Thanks Jim! Finally cooling off now there?

Very much so,the last few nights in the pleasant 50s,highs around 80F

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon Aug 20, 2012 11:06 am

How many feet tall is it now

8.5 feet, thanks for asking.

Yeah, a cooldown will be appreciated by everyone.
Enjoy it.

Barb

ScottyON · Post by **ScottyON** » Mon Aug 20, 2012 11:15 am

Wow. 8.5! Bigger than mine! Hope it still fits in the palm hut!

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon Aug 20, 2012 11:17 am

Hope it still fits in the palm hut

Yeah me too, Scotty.

I don't like the idea of the growing point being so close to the roof--and the cold/ice/snow.
Will see when I get the thing up again.

You'll be protecting yours from the roof/second floor

Barb

wxman · Post by **wxman** » Mon Aug 20, 2012 3:20 pm

Looks good! You, Barb and I should have a race for the tallest trachy this far north!

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Tue Aug 21, 2012 8:03 am

Bill's already smoked you/us all x 20

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Aug 21, 2012 1:15 pm

Bill's already smoked you/us all x 20

Yeah, but then he'll have sold all the big ones and be back to having little ones again

Barb

andym · Post by **andym** » Wed Aug 22, 2012 4:37 am

wxman wrote:Looks good! You, Barb and I should have a race for the tallest trachy this far north!

Well heres mine at 52 degrees North

About 10ft of trunk and is growing 1ft a year even in my cool climate. Yeah once established these Trachies get really BIG

Hi Scotty, I am really impressed with your garden considering your zone. Like you I have a few Magnolias including Macrophylla ssp Ashei

Regarding your Trachy I had a similar problem with Wagnerianus which was dug up and replaced in the same spot but in a more elevated position. When the plant produced new leaves there were hardly any stems. Happily that is no longer a problem.

ScottyON · Post by **ScottyON** » Wed Aug 22, 2012 5:54 am

Hey Andy. Beautiful trachy you have there! It's amazing what will grow in the UK. Very similar to the wet coast of Canada. I follow a few English gardiners on YouTube and love seeing he palms you grow with ease. Thanks for the comment regarding the fronds. I hope the problem corrects its self next year a grows longer petioles.

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Wed Aug 22, 2012 7:52 am

lucky1 wrote:
Bill's already smoked you/us all x 20
Yeah, but then he'll have sold all the big ones and be back to having little ones again

Barb

I think he could sell 100 palms and still smoke us x 20,with what he has in the ground Barb

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Wed Aug 22, 2012 12:41 pm

I'd give my eye teeth to see his place again...