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5-3-12 pics + some/ 5-4-12 pics(-:

Post by hardyjim » Fri May 04, 2012 9:03 am

Lots of rain and warmth lately,probably almost as much rain this past week + as in the last year or so....



Castor beans
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Even the seedling leaves are huge on these VERY large leaved Castors-one a few years back had a 42" leaf...


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Tetrapanex

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Tomentum on Fortunei


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Waking the sleeping(Thai) giant-


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winding down........


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D.A. has grown about 4-5 leaves,maybe the only one that survived but.....


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Here is one of the Cooperi,still green but no visible growth...
I have a feeling it is getting close to breaking out with over 3" of rain the last week and temps
65/83F


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Black Bamboo is really taking off....


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I ate the first strawberry April 30-it was like
liquid sugar sunshine!


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Look how much the new leaf split off in one day-

5-2-12

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Another cactus was blooming when I returned home in the evening-never even saw it had buds!

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The Cordyline Australis that returns every year from the roots stayed alive up top this time...


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Post by Okanagan desert-palms » Fri May 04, 2012 4:26 pm

Great pics Jim. I`m thinking of planting one of my Ensete Maurelli. How much of a rootball do you dig up with it in the fall? Does it get repotted it or does it go into cold storage roots exposed? Thanks.


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Post by sidpook » Fri May 04, 2012 4:29 pm

everything is beautiful. Great pics, great great garden. Does that pachypodium lamerei overwinter really that well? :o
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Post by Cameron_z6a_N.S. » Fri May 04, 2012 4:36 pm

Great pics, Jim! You must have had quite a mild winter for that above-ground portion of the Cordyline to survive!
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Post by TimMAz6 » Fri May 04, 2012 7:05 pm

your plants are bust'n loose now.......that Y. aloifolia is really cool looking how it's growing back.
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Post by canadianplant » Sat May 05, 2012 3:40 am

We got 2 inches of rain in 2 days... Glad we shared with you guys, you apparently needed it. Keep that bamboo well watered and youll be amazed at how much it grows...
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Post by hardyjim » Sat May 05, 2012 7:15 am

Thanks/

John

No comparison in growth with those in pots/ground.

They are so easy to dig up it will almost make you sick and I recommend staking these
as I learned from Bill's( that was caught by the wind/someone untied it....)they just don't
put down very strong roots and would easily blow down in 40+mph winds.
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Post by hardyjim » Sat May 05, 2012 7:41 am

Some new flowers opened today(5-4)


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I really love these flowers!

Thats why I put the rain cover back up-we had
over an inch of rain the other night and these flowers
will rot in a day if they stay wet-otherwise you get several(at least) days of beauty!



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Enough of those ugly cactus pics....


Waggie recovery

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Still a good month ahead of last year-


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If only this one was 6' plus(-:
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T.nanus is slow but making a come back from fall spear-pull...welcome back!

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M.maculosa getting ready to flower.


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Last one-Protoamericana from someone on this board 2 years ago?????


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Post by TimMAz6 » Sat May 05, 2012 9:09 am

nice plants Jim. Your yellow/blue iris is real cool.
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Post by DesertZone » Sat May 05, 2012 12:12 pm

TimMAz6 wrote:nice plants Jim. Your yellow/blue iris is real cool.
Very cool. :wink:
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