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Thank you barb. I have been conditioning it every winter but not to take -30 or worse! This palm deserves my attention this winter.

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Oh and I got it from www.tropic.ca This guy grows them on the west coast.

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Canadian Plant: When you see that Edmonton is below -40c, that is the International Airport readings, 20km outside of the city in a sinkhole. Its always on average 10 degrees colder than the city centre and my backyard seems to mimic city centre. It was -35C this year as a low (-46 airport) and that...

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Thank you everyone for the support. Cheers to all palm lovers!! This palm will not give up. If I can give it a little love the next couple winters, perhaps I can get some seeds if I get the opposite sex windmill palm. This one is Canadian grown in a field near Vancouver. No wonder its tough as bulle...

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Here are pictures of the palm fan coming out of the crown. I counted 3 new fans coming out!!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23840945@N05/4737520522/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23840945@N05/4736883843/

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Most likely!!! Its still growing, when it hits about 6 inches I'll post a picture. Should only be a couple days with how fast its coming back.

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Everyone, the new palm is slowly rising out of the crown!!! It is a little burnt on the top but its all green underneath that and its probably gained an inch the past couple days with the near 80's weather. Give me a week and I'll post a picture, I want it to be a little bit bigger and we have mid 8...

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I was very impressed at the desert garden in Calgary thats been started up and shown in these forums. I'm going to be creating a whole second garden in my front yard that will be all desert plants. This Yucca filamentosa is the first of many but its in my non-desert garden. It looks too tropical wit...

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I will post them if the fan comes out any further. Right now its very small and I want to make sure its 100% alive, but it isn't pulling out so I'm assuming its still good. It was covered by about 1-6 inches of snow from December to March.

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27 to 29 degrees here in Edmonton!! Which I believe is between 81F and 84F. The rest of the week is high 70's. I can't complain and all of my plants are growing real fast!

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Hey everyone: I had planted a windmill in Edmonton in my backyard last year and left it with no protection all winter. All of the leaves browned off as you would expect them to, but as I checked the inside of the crown today, it seems like a new fan is pushing out. I may be crazy but its green color...

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Duncan,

Where did you get all your different yuccas? It looks good!

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Allen, I'm looking to plant a bunch of yuccas this year. Many of the same type that you have. I would love to try the elata, it looks like a possible winner for trunked yuccas in our area. Did you start yours from seed? I'm guessing my best bet is to go back to Kelowna. I shall be doing that soon! I...

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Interesting data. I've been following the same type of thing with Edmonton's city centre data. The international airport is 30km from city centre, so its a horrible measure. Out of every 10 winters, we probably see 4 that are 5a now, 4 that are 4a or 4b, and two at max that are 3b. Our warmest winte...

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Allen: A yucca color gaurd filamentosa I planted in a clients yard came through 100% with flying colors and flowered last year. Its big though so maybe thats the key. Calplants are offering huge trunked yuccas for a great price on their ebay sttore. We both need to get some of those. 60 bucks for a ...

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Here in Edmonton we've seen 27, 26, and 28 so far today but many areas of the city are over 30 today and were the last two days. Supposed to be a low of 20c tonight so it should be a very very nice patio temperature. Dropping to low teens beginning of week and rain for 3 days though. Gotta love Edmo...

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Hey Allen: I might have a solution to this problem. Cannor nurseries off hwy 60 has become my new supplier for trees. They are smaller than the normal millcreek i go to but also seem to listen a little more. The owners daughter lives in California and had no clue about yuccas living here and are har...

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Oh Yes! I get to wake up to -4c and 3mm of snow this morning. I take the CTV weather advice much more so than the weather network and they say its going to be +4 today and +8 tomorrow with no temps going below -5c in the long range. Lets hope it can hit those temps so we can have clear roads again. ...

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Rolling 12 months precipitation

293mm = 11.5 inches

That is ridiculous if you ask me. We're gonna need more than that to keep everything alive. Only thing thats going to benefit is the yuccas and agaves haha.

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This site looks really good for delivery of Yuccas upto 4 feet tall and large agaves.

http://www.cabrillonets.com/calplants/p ... ?cat_id=23

They are already setup to deal with international customers and the prices aren't half bad for larger ones. Check it out if you're from Canada.

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Hey Paul: What does your Phyllostachys nuda look like. Are the leaves brown or a yellowish color? I planted one of these in an exposed windy site that took -35c this winter and the leaves are a yellowish color but not brown and it for some reason still looks alive. Either way I think they grow back ...

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Allen:

I found you a mazari palm.

http://www.bambooworld.com/hardy%20palm%20trees.htm

These guys will sell you a seedling. Thats as good as I could find unless you want to drive to broadway.

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The weather network reports city centre, but our newspapers report international airport for past weather yet their predictions for the week are city centre ones....doesn't make too much sense if you ask me. I think the international airport is colder because of all the planes landing and pulling re...

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I don't know why this bugs me so much, but seeing the international airport ticker for Edmonton above the site here is a bad representation of the temperatures in Edmonton. They can be up to 10 degrees different at any point in time. How about putting up the municipal airport ticker? :D http://www.w...

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The trachy is doing fine but i think its recovering a little from when I lived in my condo and it didn't get much sun or rain. Its now at my folks place. The tips on most of the fans browned but its not too bad and a new fan is on its way. I think its anxious to get out of its pot which wont happen ...

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Business has stopped for the year. I hope I can get off to a quick start next year. I can't wait for the ambitious landscape project on my folks yard next year. Early April would be a great time to start landscaping again if we get a good mild winter. How are your palms doing? Lets toast to a good y...

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Barrie, oh I would just love to see 7 inches of rain/snow in 2 Edmonton months of winter which equals about 177mm rain or 177cm of snow. Fairly impossible considering we didn't even get that in June, July, August combined and winter is our dry months. We'll probably see about 15mm more if we're luck...

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Year to date we have had 9 inches of rain. Average is around 16 inches. Phoenix, AR is classified as an arid climate and has an average of 12 inches of rain a year. I'm predicting these drying effects of global warming are beginning especially here in the great plains. I guess trunked Yucca's may be...

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We're gonna have a nice quick 33c day tomorrow....ande Im goin to Calgary for tomorrow and friday where its gonna be 32 and 31. I wonder how my trachy is gonna like that. At least its in part shade.

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Forecast for next 5 days: 28, 29, 29, 30, 29. Its gonna be a steamy one here this weekend.

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I started a couple Musa Ensete from seed a few weeks ago. One of them is already 8 inches tall and the other is about 3 inches tall. These things grow really fast. When the first leaf comes out I will post a picture.

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Allen,

I got absolutely no help from the staff when I phoned Greengate but thats pretty typical for an Albertan greenhouse. They had no clue what a yucca was and tried to describe over the phone what they had. Oh well...maybe you'll have better luck then me.

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Allen:

That chinese fan palm is said to be good as a die-back perennial for zones as cold as zone 5 if well mulched. Is that what you are hoping to do with it? And I was reading the magazine Alberta Gardener yesterday. Apparantly Greengate Greenhouses in Calgary carry Yucca Rostrata's now.

Nate

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Sorry I forgot to say that those are very impressive looking palms! Where did you get them?

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Ah comon, no need to gang up on the young guys in the crowd. I'm pretty sure he's still got a year or two on me! Im 21 right now, does anyone challenge that?

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Phil, I'm planting my palms this summer when I landscape. I have a 7 gallon trachy, 2 gallon butia cap, and small sabal minor but I'm buying 2 7 gallon washingtonia's and try to get a hold of one of the 5 foot butia's or trachies that they have in kelowna now. I really wanted to get a 15 gallon brah...

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Right now I think I hold the record for largest palm in Edmonton thats not from home depot and largest trachy in Edmonton. That could easily be beat if we went down to vancouver and picked up some 15 footers! I think they may have a better survival chance then the smaller ones we have.

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Allen, Sorry I can't go down with you to Kelowna and Vancouver. I'm actually going to Vancouver may long weekend, but I'm flying. The problem is I'm landscaping and need to work all the days I can to make up for all the rain days we get. I was hoping to get those 15 gallon butia's from Vancouver but...

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Trachy, sabal, butia updated. Hope you enjoy! Them seemed to do well inside this winter with fairly no sun. Sabals are so slow its unbelievable, but nothing has phased it yet.

http://community.webshots.com/album/558625231CWMlXQ

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So as global warming is arriving, Edmonton gets colder and colder. Its almost mid-April and its snowing over 5cm today. I don't know if we've had any days close to average yet which is a far cry from almost everyday over the average last year in April. Allen, we need some divine intervention, otherw...

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