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Thanksgiving Day in S. Ontario
Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 8:10 am
by ScottyON
Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 8:35 am
by TerdalFarm
Nice yard!
I hope mine looks like that by U.S. Thanksgiving in six weeks....
Question: why are you going to trim crape myrtles? I like the colorful fall foliage, and the lower stems may be hardy through winter if you mulch well. --Erik
Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 9:52 am
by lucky1
Great weather you have Scotty.
Everything seems to have doubled in size this summer.
Cute Bamboo comment "Another one coming up here...and here...and here"...your neighbours will be chainsawing it out of their yards in 5 years
The yucca's 4 inch trunk is fabulous!
Thanks for the new video! Happy Turkey day.
Barb
Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 12:59 pm
by coltrane
Scotty, those palms are lookin good. Hope the magnolias take off for you.
I also agree with Erik, I would try and save the crape without chopping it down. It may surprise you.
Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 3:57 pm
by ScottyON
Thanks Barb.. Hope you had a good Walking Bird Day too.. Yeah, it's spreading a lot!!
I am cutting the myrtles back because they wont fit in the palm hut.. I'll have to cut them back a bit to fit..
Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 4:57 pm
by lucky1
Nah, just build a bigger hut...one that'll "fit" for 5 years.
Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 12:32 pm
by canadianplant
Lookin good dude. Hopefully next year my yard will be reminicent of the tropics. I jsut need some palms, more Musa/ensete and im good.
Both my Fargesia are going crazy right now too.
You ever try eucalyptus or fig as a dieback perrenial??
Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 2:46 pm
by ScottyON
No I haven't tried either.. I know of a few people who do grow figs around here though.. Good luck next year with the yard!
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 4:22 am
by Paul Ont
Canadian- I've tried fig as a die-back. It died back alright! It never came back... I think the lack of snow was the complicating factor, so it is worth a try. Just don't expect a 10' tree at the end of summer or anything!
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 4:25 am
by TerdalFarm
I'm trying Ficus carica and Punica against my west wall. I was planning to build an "outhouse" to protect them but supposedly they are hardy down here.
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 5:05 am
by canadianplant
Those are hardy to zone 7. You can get then to grow back, by bending down the branches, and burying them in the soil ( like some rose bushes). I was going to try to to rotect it like a basjoo by wrapping the trunk. Im expecting the fig to be a decent sized shrub here, with die back in the fall most years here. "Brown turkey" is said to be hardy to -23C same with "chicago hardy".