January 2013 Outlook

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Wed Dec 26, 2012 6:27 pm

Not bad if this is accurate:

http://www.accuweather.com/en/ca/vernon ... =1/01/2013

But the days are already getting longer!!!!!

Barb

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 10:44 pm

We'll see how accurate Accuweather is.......a low of 5F sounds good for your area. Accuweather has a low of 14F for me!

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 11:49 pm

Wow.....I should have not commented on our 30 day low forecast of 14F......30 min later they changed it to 7F. Still warm........watch it drop again.

marceli · Post by **marceli** » Sat Dec 29, 2012 2:04 am

I'll show you mine

http://www.accuweather.com/en/pl/plock/ ... =1/01/2013

Low of 16F sounds too good but fingers crossed!

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Jan 01, 2013 9:21 am

The "threatened" December arctic blast didn't happen...yet.
Yippeeeee.

Thermocube in leaf-bag protection for 2 Washies hasn't kicked on at all
(since I pulled the flimsy plastic-only protection apart and added the leaf-filled bags).

Now they're threatening real cold mid-January.
So far, better than last year!

Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Tue Jan 01, 2013 11:00 am

Barb,
You should try more yuccas. Your winter weather seems better than mine down here.

Looking at your weather sticker -3C and mine at -12C

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Jan 01, 2013 11:36 am

These 3 y.rostrata out front are plenty.

H is determined to cover the entire property with landscape cloth and gravel so I can't plant anything else anywhere.
But have 2 Big Mommas to plant in a year or two.

try more yuccas

That'd trigger a new Ice Age.

Yeah, I noticed your temp too

Come north and warm up.

Barb

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Tue Jan 01, 2013 6:42 pm

Barb,

do you have a Yucca elata? These grow tall like palms and are the hardiest of all southwest trunked Yuccas. I don't protect mine....here it is the other day after a snow.

<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... B96442.jpg>

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Jan 01, 2013 8:27 pm

do you have a Yucca elata? These grow tall like palms and are the hardiest of all southwest trunked Yuccas. I don't protect mine....here it is the other day after a snow.

I thought my funny-looking one with the strange trunk (in a pot) was an elata.
Nobody was firm on an ID.

I absolutely LOVE that yucca/snow pic!

...and since it looks like a palm

just might try one

Barb

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Wed Jan 02, 2013 7:33 am

Hi Barb,

your unknown Yucca may be an elata.........plant it outside and if it gets huge it's an elata.......if it stays small it's probably a form of glauca or angustissima. If your's ever blooms we'll know if it's an elata since elata blooms are different from glauca/angustissima.

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Wed Jan 02, 2013 8:23 am

Hey Barb, hope you dont mind me posting this here. Its env. canadas 3 month outlook. Not to bad

Jan feb march temp

Precipitation

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Wed Jan 02, 2013 9:15 am

your unknown Yucca may be an elata.........plant it outside and if it gets huge it's an elata.......if it stays small it's probably a form of glauca or angustissima. If your's ever blooms we'll know if it's an elata since elata blooms are different from glauca/angustissima.

Hey, Tim, discovered some internet photos that may help.
Will post a new yucca topic.

Jesse, thanks for getting us back to weather topic

so it's more or less normal cold.

Barb

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Wed Jan 02, 2013 11:15 am

For your area it seems relatively normal. According to the map, Im on the cusp of warmer then average, which is pretty much what ive seen.

I could use more snow though, I barely have 2 inches...

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Wed Jan 02, 2013 2:05 pm

Careful what you wish for, Jesse.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Wed Jan 02, 2013 4:16 pm

TimMAz6 wrote:
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... B96442.jpg>

Love that pic! Looks like Santa.

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Wed Jan 02, 2013 6:49 pm

The Monkey Puzzle tree in snow was cool too:

<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 264919.jpg>

Too bad I had to trunk cut my Butterfly bush tree. The snow load snapped the trunk.
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 2EA034.jpg>

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 7:11 am

You're not worried about heavy snow breaking monkey puzzle's branches, Tim?

Re the butterfly bush, nice that you had it trained to a standard.
I have several old ones that each March I hack off right to the ground because they bloom only on new wood.
So you oughta get a fabulous flower show this summer!

Barb

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 7:22 am

Man,you B-bush must have been huge!

Mine made it through winter intact but the drought kept it the same size!

Y.Elata is beautiful,MP too!

Love the snow pics.

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 7:37 am

Tim - Just to let you know, you have triple the amount of snow I do....

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 7:52 am

canadianplant wrote:Tim - Just to let you know, you have triple the amount of snow I do....

His will be gone in a few days though

Cameron_z6a_N.S. · Post by **Cameron_z6a_N.S.** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 8:47 pm

January 2013 has been an unexpected hell in my area

Temps have hit -12 C (10 F) several times, and this current cold snap will likely be 100+ hours below freezing. It was -15 C (5 F) last night. Some plants in my yard are still barely protected! Normally Halifax receives this kind of weather for a week or two at the end of Jan/beginning of Feb, and that is the coldest time of the year. I'm hoping that we get all of the cold temps out of the way now instead!

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Fri Jan 04, 2013 8:15 am

In regard to the longer days,we have been gaining time(later sunsets) for a while
but tomorrow marks the first morning that the sun actually comes up earlier(1 min),the
day-length will slowly but surely start to increase now-in about 6weeks the sun
here actually gets strong enough to melt snow quickly even when it is below 32F.

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Fri Jan 04, 2013 8:37 am

Same here jim. Im about 60 days away from that (end of feb usually). im already planning for the.spring

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Sat Jan 05, 2013 9:32 am

not much of a winter..........this is the coldest period in the 30 day.....not bad.

<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... BE47ED.jpg>

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Jan 05, 2013 12:14 pm

That's not winter, Tim.
Called "Fall"

You lucky duck.

Barb

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Sat Jan 05, 2013 5:14 pm

looks like 2 mild winters in a row for us!

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sat Jan 05, 2013 8:31 pm

TimMAz6 wrote:The Monkey Puzzle tree in snow was cool too:

<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 264919.jpg>

Looks Alien.

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Sun Jan 06, 2013 11:27 am

The MP does look like there is an alien under that snow!

marceli · Post by **marceli** » Thu Jan 17, 2013 11:59 pm

Another cold week or more with subzero temps ahead. It supposed to be warmer