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Hi Duncan,

Congrats, it is so beautiful!!!!
Rob

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I just bought the book "Beyond the Camellia Belt" by Ackermann (I ordered it from the Camellia Forest Nursery in NC) and I found "Winter Star" Erik, you were right. It is the hybrid of Camellia oleifera ' Lu Shan Snow' and Camellia hiemalis 'Showa-no-sakae'. Blooms from early Oct...

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Hi Jova,

It is really cool that you have incorporated family history in this bed. Good luck with its further development!
Rob

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Paul, great summary on the bamboos, thanks a lot for it!

Steve, good luck for your new "baby"! Do ypou plan to ocntain it or you would rather choose to have a screen or hedge?

Rob

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Hi Scott,

Where nice arrangmeents, looking great!!!!!
My call for the Euonymus's pronounciation would be: U-vo-ny-moos...

Do you know what vareties your crape myrtles are? IF they make it, they will be gorgeous!!!

Thanks again,
Rob

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Hi all, Sorry for the late reply; I am studying for my exam next week. Tavi, I have no idea yet where to get the Trachi wagneri :cry: However, I started to make some connections and extend my search to the US, especially to North Carolina. The tea (Camellia Sinensis var sinensis Small leaf version) ...

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Thanks so much, Erik! I am having my garden soil changed - being pure clay, or concrete I should say - and connecting it to a Stewartia pseudocamellia, I'll start with a real tea (C. sinensis var sinensis) hedge. It can take even full sun! As an accent plant, I am going to use C. oleifera Lu Shan, w...

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Thanks so much, Erik! I am having my garden soil changed - being pure clay, or concrete I should say - and connecting it to a Stewartia pseudocamellia, I'll start with a real tea (C. sinensis var sinensis) hedge. It can take even full sun! As an accent plant, I am going to use C. oleifera Lu Shan, w...

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Hi Jova, How about trying the "Little Gem" variety? It is a dwarf form; growing to a max of 6 m, which is a micro tree in Magnolia terms... I just planted mine, it does not do anything, it likes waiting and measuring up the environment before taking any action. I'll post picks once my came...

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Thanks a lot, Jova! I guess we have similar climates, except for the fact that you might have longer and hotter summers than me in SW Ontario. However, all you successes and less successful experiments are very precious to me; I could learn so much from them! Right now I am planning my Asian garden ...

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Erik, Sorry to come back to the same topic (as my daughter would say: Daddy, it is so last month :-) ), but do you by any chance recall what variety you have? I am still amazed by your picture..... I have started collecting estimates for some soil work in the garden, then comes Camellia Forest in NC...

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I was also lucky to live in Germany - Dusseldorf - for a year, about 10 years ago. THere was no snow whatsoever throughout the whole winter, but a lot of rain. When I went to the local botanical gardens, I almost fainted seeing Eucalytpuses outside!!! They were E. gunnii, about 5 m tall, still with ...

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I was also lucky to live in Germany - Dusseldorf - for a year, about 10 years ago. THere was no snow whatsoever throughout the whole winter, but a lot of rain. When I went to the local botanical gardens, I almost fainted seeing Eucalytpuses outside!!! They were E. gunnii, about 5 m tall, still with ...

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Nice pics, Scotty! Also, you'll have quite a jungle, I love the Trachy and the Magnolias. Good that you went to Cole's.
Rob

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On quick note: azaleas might hate direct sunlight all day... I am wondering if the South exposure would be too much for them. Ideally, they wuld love to be planted under some light shaded evergreen trees (e.g. pines), the leaves of which would continuously add to the acidity of the soil. IF your mai...

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I agree with Hardy Jim. Also, try to keep it wet in order to help it keep the leaves. I think it will recover even after a complete leaf loss. Knowing the variety would be a great advantage, because there are extremely cold hardy ones (Edith Bogue, Brackens Brown Beauty, etc); 0 F would be a "b...

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Thanks Bill. You guys may have some beautiful Magnolia grandifloras, too, in South Mass., am I correct?
Rob

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Hi Guys, Quick questions: 1./ Do you think it is important from which location these Sabals came from? I was told that most of the ones I can get in Ontario, Canada are from Florida breeding sources and as such, have not yet been exposed to any cold yet, which just gives me the willies :-) I love th...

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Hi Paul,

Thanks for your comments, they make a lot of sense! About that Opuntia relative, wow, that IS a story, eh?
Rob

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Wise words, guys! My painful experience was the Araucaria araucana. Coming from Chile/Argentina - almost Patagonia - it really gets a lot of cold, so I was more than brave to place it outside. It rotted away, similar to Paul's Sabals. Next year I saw a large specimen in a botanical garden not far fr...

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Thanks guys for your comments! (I'll try Camellias, moreover, I'll go for the real tea, too. Imagine, sipping away your own brew..)
Rob

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Good words, Hardyjim, we are with you...
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Hey, Jova, I agree with Barrie. This is called Y. elephantipes in Europe and it is a greenhouse plant even in zone 7. It can get oversized quite easily, which you can solve by simply cutting off the top (you can have it rooted) and also, the remaining trunk will grow new shoots. Imagine, there are m...

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Thanks, Hardyjim!
Rob

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Hardyjim,

Quick question: based on your current experience, what do you plan to change in your winter protection scheme in the coming winter? I will follow your suggestions, because this will be the first winter for my palms, once I plant them outside!

Thanks a lot in advance!
Rob

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Hey Hardyjim,

I keep my fingers crossed!!!!
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Wow, MArk, they sure look good. (The Oakville Home Depot has mainly nice pansies and mulch at this point of time

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I expereinced the same vigour once I had my cycads, but telling you the truth, these leaves are tenfold more beautiful and beter arranged than what mines were. Well done!
Rob

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Hi Wxman,

How would you like the idea of a dwarf Nandina variety? It would be a bamboo-like evergreen of 2' high, with beautiful red berries, leaves turning bronzish in the late fall and pretty full if planted close together....
Rob

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Thanks a lot, HardyJim!
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Hi Paul, I am impressed by your detailed knowledge of the Trachy genus, wow!!! Thanks for the note on the Magnolia virginiana! As far as I know, the Northern varieties are all decidious. In order to have an evergreen bush form, we need to find some specific selections in this respect. Some nurseries...

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Wow, I never thought they were so tough guys. Erik's baby really got his hit all right. I read that they do not need the same acidness in soil terms, like they would be ok with a PH of around 6....
Do you have experience in this field, too?

Thanks for all!!!!!!
Rob

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Hi guys, This may sound a bit extreme, but I have the feeling that we might be able to successfully overwinter Camellias in z6... Imaginge, during the stupid socialist regime in Hungary - following the Russian example - the political leadership ordered scinentists to try out tropical/subtropical pla...

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Nice, HardyJim!
I am so ignorant in cactus science that all I dare to do is ask you what species is this? Will the flower open up more? Also, is there going to be a crown of flowers, or one flower at a time?
Thanks,
Rob

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Thanks for the address, Paul, promissing nursery! I also noticed that they carry many southern magnolia varieties!!! (besides, I am trying to hunt down a dwarf sweet bay (M. virginiana), with not much success. Due to space issues, plus due to its nice compact look, I would love to have these dwarfs,...

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Hi Barrie,

You are KING, thanks a lot!!!! I can hardly wait to send some of my staff to you, just to be equals... (I just need a couple of years yet to build the subtropical paradise).
Rob

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Hi Barrie,

Ouchies, I am so sorry to hear the news. I think I am still tempted to try it out..... What the heck.
Rob

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Nice, Barrie!!!!! The palm looks really great, so it really enjoys life with you:-)
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I agree with Barrie. This"Areca" is sold in tons in Hungary. There is a nice marketing ad going with it telling you that only children can climb up these slender trees in Africa.. Sounds so exotic and most of them never reach the stage of real trunk formation

Rob

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Barb,

I am so sorry. Is there any live tissue by any chance in the middle?
Rob

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