Winter protection etc 2014
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2014 9:11 am
Finally had time to get the plants wrapped and the palm houses in place this past weekend. I've also realized that I keep having less and less wrapping to do as I select for hardier and hardier plants, that still have that 'exotic' feel, at least here (Kingston On, USDA 4b/5a)!
The ONLY survivor from a planting of ~20+ American Hollies perhaps 7 years ago. Ilex opaca:
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Rhododendron 'Sandra hinton':
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How you overwinter half-hardy bamboo (P. aureosulcata 'spectibilis') in cold high snowfall areas!
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Yucca in their winter "protection"... Only from the weight of the snow, which seems to be their primary enemy here!
Seed grown Yucca gloriosa foreground, various hybrids and Y. glauca in back:
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Seed grown Yucca 'elata' (probably a hybrid of some sort):
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Another seed grown Yucca gloriosa (left), Yucca filata hybrid (back middle), and probably another hybrid middle front:
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Opunita Dark Knight in its winter colour:
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The ONLY survivor from a planting of ~20+ American Hollies perhaps 7 years ago. Ilex opaca:
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/93526030@N02/15675259500" title="DSCF0716 by p_ont5a, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8662/156 ... 85b9_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="DSCF0716"></a>
Rhododendron 'Sandra hinton':
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/93526030@N02/15862048502" title="DSCF0709 by p_ont5a, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8614/158 ... af2d_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="DSCF0709"></a>
How you overwinter half-hardy bamboo (P. aureosulcata 'spectibilis') in cold high snowfall areas!
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/93526030@N02/15676718529" title="DSCF0706 by p_ont5a, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7580/156 ... 0cea_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="DSCF0706"></a>
Yucca in their winter "protection"... Only from the weight of the snow, which seems to be their primary enemy here!
Seed grown Yucca gloriosa foreground, various hybrids and Y. glauca in back:
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/93526030@N02/15860787501" title="DSCF0703 by p_ont5a, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7502/158 ... 5ae3_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="DSCF0703"></a>
Seed grown Yucca 'elata' (probably a hybrid of some sort):
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/93526030@N02/15675415830" title="DSCF0705 by p_ont5a, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7544/156 ... 96d0_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="DSCF0705"></a>
Another seed grown Yucca gloriosa (left), Yucca filata hybrid (back middle), and probably another hybrid middle front:
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/93526030@N02/15675288508" title="DSCF0701 by p_ont5a, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7572/156 ... 947d_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="DSCF0701"></a>
Opunita Dark Knight in its winter colour:
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