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Looks great Barrie! It is suprising how many flowers are still blooming in my yard also. Mild November so far. I just noticed today that my large calla lilies are still blooming, as are my cannas, roses, poppies, geraniums, impatients, carnations, fatsias, lemons, and probably some others I can't th...

Wes North Van

Very ingenious!
I like the design.
I should try that design on some washies or even a bizzie here in Vancouver.

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Nice looking yard.
Looks fantastic.
Hope all your palms make it through the winter.

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Laaz,
your yard looks great. It would be awesome to be able to grow a bismarkia.
I will have to settle for a brahea armata for that blue colour.

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I am sure those trachies are geeting quite tall now.
I remember Jan 2004 and I wish we had got the snow for insulation.
We went down to -9C and just a cold cold night.

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Interesting palm.
Not very hardy though.

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Barrie, What do you think about this yucca as far as being a long term one here?

I now have quite a few differnet yuccas but non e of these. I just felt it was a gamble with our wet winters.

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You will have to keep us posted on how they do this winter and if they protect them or not.

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I have one about the same size however I have not planted it outside yet. I need to find a spot. It is very slow growing for me. Another reason I haven't planted it outside. I was hoping by keeping it inside , it would grow faster. No such luck.

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Barrie,
What if anything do you use for winter protection for your cacti?
I have some that I am not sure what to do to protect them from our winter rains.
I have them planted against the house under a soffit but I am not sure this will be enough.

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this palm species does not like to be transplanted. They are very sensitive to root damage. I have one in my yard and it is now going on to it's 4th winter in the ground. Very hardy species but it does not like the winter rains so I put a rain cover over mine during our wet season.

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I too would like to see the palms once you have them transplanted. Nice find!!!!!

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Aaron,
that yucca looks very tropical and deserty like with it trimmed up.
I prefer that look over it's natural look.

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I live in a zone 8b/9a climate but a wet one in winter. I have overwintered Cycas panzhihuaensis here so you should have no problem in your area.

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Barrie,
the palms look great. What protection have you used on your CIDP and washy?
Your washie looks like it is in the shade, perhaps that is why you didn't get many fronds?

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Good to see they have survived. By the end of summer they will look a lot better with more fronds.
Y. recurvs are easily the fasted and best suited trunking yucca for this climate. Mine has grown incredible fast in two years having branched out already.

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I don't know if it is global warming or not but I haven't had a zone 8a winter in a long time, (at least 8 years and counting).
Half my years are zone 8b and the other 9a. I believe we are having global warming when I finally see a zone 9b.
Now that would be nice.

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We have many nude areas in Vancouver and now women are seen topless all around town.
No need to run from police here.
And yes wreck beach is famous for nudists.

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A lot of those species can handle the kind of heat you get. You just have to be slowly climatize the palms.
They look great though. Many species you have I have never seen unless it was in a picture.

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Mine will bloom all year round here but it needs protection during the colder nights.

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That is surprising to me. I was told they are very root sensitive and almost impossible to transplant and yet you did it twice with this one.
That is encouraging because I may have to move mine one day.

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One of my favourite palms.
Looking good.

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I was told they are hardier than CIDP. I actually heard they are the hardiest of all the Pheonix apecies.

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Very impressive.

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Very wierd looking seeds

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Vancouver got the wind storm also.
Other than my musa basjoos eveything looks ok. Most of my banana leaves are pretty schredded up.

Heard of a few trees falling down around the city.

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Barrie,
Are the roots on an edulis as sensitive as armata?
When I planted my armata I was very careful not to disturb the roots. It made out fine but I have heard you can kill an armata during transplanting or even removing it from a pot.

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Lookin' good Jay. None of my cacti have bloomed yet but man are my succulents blooming this year.

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I can vouch for this yucca. I live in a rain forest or at least close to one and it does fine in our climate however I think recurvifolia is even better. It is faster growing and trunks better. it is easy to come by here and is never effected by our weather. This is the trunking yucca for our climat...

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Barrie,
Nice looking palm. Did you get it from Tropi-Cole?
Are you planning any winter protection?
You will have to keep us informed on how it does at your place.
I have been too scared to buy one however my brahea armata seems to be able to handle our weather without any problems.

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I believe they have grown a fair amount but let's face it these are a slow growing species.
They will nice for our great great grandchildren.

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Man, I want to come visit. Those gh of yours are fantastic. I could just sit in there and enjoy the surroundings.

Great job!!!

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Paul, You are right, two weeks ago it was cool here. We thought summer was never coming but it did warm up and get above 30C. It has been nice and warm for about a week and a half now. I hear it is suppose to stay like that right through the summer. That would be nice. Cowtown, nowhere in the lower ...

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I'll third that. Happy B-Day USA

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Like Barrie I do not live near the airport. The Vancouver airport is at the end of the fraser river and the fraser canyon is where the cold air from the north east comes from. My low was -6.7C and my high was +1.8C on the coldest day. Also if you get your info from the weather network or should I sa...

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I have to go out and get one.
I am just running out of room.
Looks great Barrie

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Has that thing ever grown since the last picture I saw.

Very different from a fortunei.

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We haven't had a day in a long time that did not go above freezing and I am sure the same goes for Nanaimo.
My low last winter was only -4C and I think Barrie's was the same.
A trachycarpus fortunei breezing by in temps like that, potted or not.

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I have found them growing in my grass and in areas where they don't get any water and no protection in the winter. Like you said Barrie, amazing palms.

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Still clear skies and hot again today.
Rain is perdicted for Thursday though.
Too bad, I love this heat.

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