no winter light for my protected yuccas

My names Jesse

Ive neevr sen any rachys down town, or bananas..... Then again, i did see 2 huge cordyline somewhere northwest downtown.. As you mentioned im assuming they are annuals.....

I agree i really couldnt figure out anything that may do good long term. I think people see it rated as zone 2 ( ive seen it rated on the canadian zone map.... but it doesnt seem to take into account the heat island effect), and instantly get turned off from trying anything worth wild. I did see alot of bulbs there. Mabey elephant ears will make it there, with a good deal of multch.....

As ive asked.... i wonder how well bamboo would do there... We all can attest to how tough the stuff is. Lots of it is from mountains, and as far as im aware, the temps go back and forth all year round ( ive seen banff at -C in july and august, and ive seen it 5C or 10C in the middle of winter...). Isnt calgary a good place to grow alpine plants???

One thing i shoudl say dude, is that everysingle older person i talked to there about the weather, said its been hotter, and dryer then they ever remember. Most if not all of them mentioned calgaary used to get heavy snowfll for all winter, with a few chinooks. Climate change? HEat island effect? Who knows??

I say grow what ever you want, just be aware that things may last a long time or fail miserably. I think it may be easier to grow things there then in southern ontario, becasue of how dry it is in general, let along the winters. And because of the constantly fluctualting temps. IT is similar to that guy in colorados situation, except generanly colder.....