That Pseudosasa looks much better than I would have thought. John W. sent me a picture of one growing on Dal campus, he said this was the first year that it has retained (mostly) green leaves.. That is, if I am remembering correctly.

Mine was ok after the winter 10/11...... Still had green, untill I left it uncovered in february, and killed it outright 🙁 I think theyre tougher then we give them credit for.

Paul, I happened to see John at the ARHS plant sale today. He said that there were some heating vents which were near the Pseudosasa at Dal, so that has helped them out a bit!

Ah!

You get anything good?

I was given an A. neomexicana and Hedychium sp., and I bought a small F. nitida. We'll see how everything does!

Nice score! The F nitida should be bulletproof there.

Yeah, I'm looking forward to comparing it with my F. murielae.

Hey cameron, is the giner you got the one thats hardy to zone 6 or 7 when multched?

Canadianplant, that's Zingiber mioga and a few other species. Some Hedychium species should be hardy to a zone 7a when mulched (or maybe lower is heavily mulched).

Today I received a few more new plants.

Unfortunately, these three T. fortunei aren't for me! 😆 :

But I did manage to get a couple more species of bamboo. Sasa veitchii is on the left, and Sasa pygmaea is on the right. Although there are some yellow leaves on the S. veitchii, both plants aren't bad for being 1 gallon-sized! :

Nice Sasa additions!

I received some more stuff today.

Again, these three more new T. fortunei aren't for me:

However, I did manage to get a new Opuntia fragilis, which will eventually be planted in the desert bed:

Nice addition Cameron........those pads break off so easy......the bunnies spread them all over my garden. It looks like that fragilis came from somewhere cold since the pads are still deflated!

Yeah, there was already a pad broken off during shipping. I think it may be a BC native form of O. fragilis.

Hi Cameron,

I potted up your Protea's. I hope they take off this season.

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