8-22-10 pics Just a few for starters (-;

[hardyjim]

4' pot for reference-


Erik





Either the heat or fertilizer burned the Gunnera but it should make a comeback with the lovely fall weather to come-



Here are the Brugs I cut to the ground 3 weeks ago-they were 6' and shading my beloved Siam Ruby



Beautiful leaf of Rowe red Banana approaching 7' overall height..






Itinerans approaching 10-11' and picking up speed now!




Sequoia
In May(15th)



Sequoia(foreground) has more than doubled in size!



Rajapuri from Bill has grown about 12 leaves since I got it



Lasiocarpa-also from Bill



Blue A.parryi



Y.gloriosa flowering in Iowa!



Bloom on Thai giant Colocasia



Borneo giant- Alocasia starting to pick up speed-leaves are a little over 2' now



New leaf(little over 3') on Thai giant Colocasia-going into a serious blooming faze-




E.Princeps putting out a nice flush of at least 3 leaves-must like the hot summer weather we have been having-




Another Rowe red in a shadier spot



The palms-

2 of the 3 Waggies I have planted 1st is the slow one




Sabals

Brazoria putting out it's first divided leaf.



Louisiana's 5 of 6








3 Trunk cut Trachys have recovered nicely!

Beautiful Wagxfort



Fortunei withstood -2 to -4f!



Oldest Fortunei-should return + to it's former glory by next year



2 C.cerifera




Planted Princeps


Naini Tal has gone crazy this year!

March 5th
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Now 8-22-10




T.campestris has somehow recovered even at it's small size!
Hopefully one more leaf this year!




Nanus,2-Latisectus-Martianus



Giant reed grass approaching 11' in year 2




Butia didn't do much because of root damage(I assume)but is moving now-3 new leaves








Tree fern bed-1st year



Smaller C.cooperi-bigger ones wingspan approaching 6'+





I will add some more pics later

[TerdalFarm]

Wow!
Thanks, Jim.
I'll have to review these multiple times to take it all in.
First impressions: my Butia have grown faster!
Other than that, just Wow!
Thanks for starting with Gunnera for me. I love how it looks in Portland, Oregon where I grew up. Even there they like afternoon shade, though. Portland might hit 80oF today, but if so, it will be the above usual for them lately. (80oF is about our morning low lately.)
I can see why you cut back the Brugmansia with that Siam Red there. Brugs can grow tall. My Brug. which looked great in May/June suffered in the heat despite lots of water. It is starting to recover and should look good again in September, but I don't know if it will bloom again. I assume yours has not bloomed yet?
Palms: love the Sabal. I must get more...
Trachy: great collection, all looking super. Well done.
Bananas: before Spring, I need to ply you (and Barb, Tim, Bill, Paul, Heidi, John, Scott,...) with vodka to learn your secrets. Most of mine are fine, but it is embarrassing that Canna are taller. Mine kind of look like Canna without the blooms.
Well, it is down to 96oF here so I'll see if I can venture out to start watering. I'll give these photos another look later. --Erik

[lucky1]

Jim,
Holy crow, has stuff ever done well in your heatwave!
Those bananas are spectacular.
Hope the gunnera comes back gangbusters.
Great pic of the butterfly on the butterfly bush.

I'm especially impressed with how green, clean and robust your palms look after that brutal winter, having bounced back beautifully.
Not a sign of disease or nutrient deficiency. Well done.

That Itinerans (and jade) are hiding your palms
Certainly cant compete with the banana!
Beautiful colors on the Lasiocarpa and Rowe, and look at the growth on the Raja...

In only 3 months, that Sequoia has nearly tripled in size.
Regular evergreen fertilizer?

Is this the first year's flower for the y.gloriosa ? I want to see that when blossoms are open, it'll be beautiful.
And the size of leaves on colocasia/alocasia! great that you're getting flowers.

Your palms look spectacular, tight strong robust leaves, no sign of distress.
But 3 inches of rain was a blessing during that heat.

Have never seen a Brazoria, that's early to be dividing its leaves.

Ooooh, I like that wagxfort. Beauty.
The two fortuneis are proving their reputation, great amount of growth in a few short months.

The prize naini tal, princeps and cerifera are gorgeous specimens, can't believe how fantastic Naini Tal's growth has been this summer.
It'll shrug off next winter with all that new growth.
I'm really impressed, having lost mine this winter.

Glad your butia is moving alone with 3 new leaves, they really take off (or sulk, or die, which mine did).

What a beautiful yard your work created, Jim.
The tree ferns are huge for having been planted only 1 season

thanks for that update, post more pics as you get 'em
Barb

PS--You have so much bigger stuff to protect this winter, suppose you're starting next week?

Barb

[Okanagan desert-palms]

Jim that is some great work with all of your plants. I really like the fact that the trunk cut Trachy`s have recovered nicely. Gives me hope if I ever have to do that myself with Trachy`s. The bananas WOW!


John

[Paul Ont]

Looking good Jim! I am especially impressed with the gloriosa bloom!

[hardyjim]

Thanks guys/gals-

Here are a few more and some I forgot to load yesterday

Trunk of Thai black banana-these grow fast and are at least 10'! from this-
earliest picture on June 4-these were 2-3" tall when I planted them!





The green Orinoco and Rowe red sit about 2' lower than the rest of the yard so it's hard to see how big
they really are but the Orinoco has a span of over 12' and is truly impressive to stand under,
the newest leaves are well over 2' wide and 6'+ in length.




Abyssinian is really a monster this year-the trunk is well over a foot in diameter and it has
to be approaching 11' I would guess-




3rd Waggie



T. Takaghii-Male Waggie x female Fortunei



Washys/// front palm planted last year has grown 10 new leaves-other 6-7




More from the cactus bed-





Every time I look at this plant I can't beieve it survived the winter!











The gutter on the house is 11'




Some of the T.tesan,T.princeps,T.nova,small Butia and my Cordyline Australis that returns every year!
Also a larger C.australis I planted this year in back.



Somewhat rare compact form of T.nova

[lucky1]

Spectacular Jim, a one-foot wide trunk on the Abysinnian, just think what people in the tropics would think of that (theirs would be smaller!)

If you ever have to trunk cut again (hope not!) get somebody to video the process for the rest of us to see.
I tried it on Naini Tal and Butia capitata, with no luck at all.

You've got the knack for sure.
Barb

[DesertZone]

looked good last year, but I'm amazed it is the same yard.

[hardyjim]

Thanks guys/gals-

Barb,in response to your earlier comment about protecting already-


I did purchase a 125'x 2' roll of large bubble/bubble wrap that I will be trying this year-
double wrapped around my palms,etc.

I also bought the fencing for the structures the bubble wrap will cover.

I will probably also use a layer of foam wrap inside to keep it cooler in there and moderate the temp
swings that occurs using just clear or opaque plastic.

This will also be much more efficient,cutting the # of x-mas lights to a third or less.


Takes a little of the stress off-about how the hell all this gets protected-

digging/storing all those Bananas is another story!

[lucky1]

Yes, Jim, looking at that tropical jungle makes me shudder thinking of protection.

I like your idea of the bubble wrap, and the foam is a super idea to prevent overheating during sunny winter days.
Great you'll reduce energy use too.

The only thing worse than digging/storing all your nanas, would be to dig and store all of Bill's.

...and there might be tears flowing when you dig up the Abyssinian.

PN will have some really big protection projects come Fall.

Barb