Buds/new growth,damage and some other stuff

[hardyjim]

Lots of Cactus flowers coming............just a couple of them


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Nanus recovering nicely(green in center)surprised me a little.

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Ensete is off to an early start!


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Bamboo is increasing it's range-


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Iris,ready to bloom-month ahead.



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Washys are moving nicely for so early in the year-
about-600 GDD in March is responsible-


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Hard to tell but that leaf is over 3' wide.
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Satillite view of new Saba leaf.

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I think this Saba will be the biggest Banana plant I have ever grown by fall(-:


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Now the damage from the 5F(airport)12-15F 2-3" snow event in early March...........


Partial pull(half leaf) of largest Waggie-over all it is healthy and pushing the damage out.

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Minor damage to Nainital-just some discoloration.

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Very minor damage to Fortunei-more of a discoloring than damage.

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Samaller Fortunei-similar damage to Waggie-

I think this illustrates the various hardiness levels in regard to palm size.


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Little Larrick(S.McCurtain) doing well!

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My B.Eriospatha has very deep spear-pull but feels like the spear is coming back.


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New stuff-


E.Ventiricosum
the one from last year tried to bloom over the winter!
)-:


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E.Glaucum


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Big leaved castor bean plants!


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Alocasia plant "Nigra" elephant ear
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Calla (Hercules)giant Calla.

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Alocasia "Frydek"

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Alocasia "Amazonica" elephant ear

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71 Takil seeds and another 55 in a baggie.

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Alocasia reginula plant "black velvet" elephant ear


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My little Tesan is putting out it's second leaf since
being planted in late Feb!


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Butterfly bushes


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Pampas grass usually not growing this time of year-knee high already(-:
I am scaling it back in case your wondering....


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Lush growth on Sequoia........ usually starts a month from now.


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Growth point of Yucca had some rot from being in contact with the hoophouse plastic-so what did I do-trunk cut of course(-:


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Whats left of the Cooperi-what?
Of course it's trunk cut-LOL


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Dicksonia Antarctica

Only one growing and maybe only one alive-


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M.Lasiocarpa leaf after a low of(30F airport)33F my yard.

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Row of seedlings....Manipur,Takil,Tesan,Nova,Winsan,Princeps.

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3 of Garry's Princeps


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[igor.glukhovtsev]

Wow, Jim! Nice to see so many health plants in details of their growth. Thanks a lot for this update!

[lucky1]

Jim, wow.

You decided not to cut the B.eriospatha?

That bamboo will be coming up in your basement soon

I've got Garry's T.princeps too, about the same age as yours, sure grow slowly.

The Washies and Waggies are spectacular!

I've got the same kind of "discoloration" on my W.filifera, what caused that? cold or moisture? or both?

Your Trachy looks ready to shoot inflorescences soon.

Great you've got so many Takil seeds going!

Love the Sequoia closeup.

[sashaeffer]

Jim, you were able to over winter an Eneste banana?? and Mexican Fan Palm?

Scott/Omaha

[canadianplant]

Wow Jim youre WAY ahead of me! Everything looks good. Especially the P Nigra! That thing is going to upsize like MAD next year!

[TimMAz6]

Great update Jim. It's nice to see all your plants. Your bamboo is really taking off!

[hardyjim]

I would hate to be the plant the Bamboo comes up under,like having your butt peppered in a helicopter!!



The Washys were over wintered not the Ensete-it just should not be out there yet and is probably getting a cover the next few nights!


Barb


There is no reason to trunk cut a palm with healthy leaves.
It is lifting a spear out so,the chances of further rot should be over but man,what a recovery....
It had about 4-5" of core you could see into and pulled pretty bad(socket pull)just a few weeks ago!


Kinda to bad-it was really taking off last year-so that didn't/doesn't hurt!

[Paul Ont]

Man. Everything looks so good!

Does your Gymnocalycium get protection? I've had 0 luck with those.

Hope the T-ferns come back, I love that you are (were?) growing those in Iowa!

[hardyjim]

Man. Everything looks so good!

Does your Gymnocalycium get protection? I've had 0 luck with those.

Hope the T-ferns come back, I love that you are (were?) growing those in Iowa!

I don't know what Gymnocalycium is.

[sashaeffer]

Jim, did you use any form of heat to over winter your Washy's? (christmas lights or heat tape?)

[Paul Ont]

It's one of your ball type cacti, it's a South American genus. Probably around pic # 8.

[hardyjim]

Scott

Just the X-mas lights and a structure with 1 layer of 1" bubble wrap,1" foam and another layer of b-wrap.


Paul


They are all covered in the cactus shelter.

[Cameron_z6a_N.S.]

Nice pics, Jim! Those T. princeps are starting to gain some size!

[hardyjim]

Yea,I can't wait until the biggest one recovers....it really had a nice shape/size to it before it pulled!


Very cool that the newly planted one has taken off since it was planted in late Feb(I think).

These will sometime s-pull if planted in to cold/wet of soil.




Paul
Gymnocalycium bruchii

The chin cactus...got it!