New years eve garden wander

andym

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had a wander around the garden yesterday. All the plants not protected are thoroughly soggy Here are some pics

Yucca border nice and dry

My unprotected Yucca Linearifolia sending out fresh growth

Dicksonias are still green...just

Borinda Fungosa with nice blue canes

Some idea of the rain we've had

Yuccas and palms under cover

Acacia Longifolia (seed grown) due to flower this year

Sarcoccaca Confusa in flower with the most powerful scent you can wish for. Anyone grow it ? Quite a hardy plant.

That's it for now sorry for pic quality... a really dull day.

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Posted : 31/12/2012 9:06 pm

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Andy, what a stunning garden.
And those yuccas under the rain shelter are outstanding!!!! :bounce:
Fabulous plants.
Wait till Jim sees that tree fern! 😆

You have had some rain...wow.

Loved the visit, thank you.
Happy New Year.
Barb

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Posted : 01/01/2013 1:18 am

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Thanks Barb... A happy new year to you and all Palms North members worldwide. What a great forum 😀

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Posted : 01/01/2013 3:06 pm

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WOW.........great plants Andy! 😯

I love all those hardy Scheffleras. You have a great trunked Yucca collection too!

Posted : 01/01/2013 9:47 pm

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Great pics, Andy!

Posted : 03/01/2013 11:33 pm

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Thanks everyone. Garden is looking green at the moment. The mild weather remains..... 10-12C daytime temps unfortunately accompanied by lots of rain. A few more pics.
Grevillea Victoriae

Myrtus Luma... a self seeder. Survives in zone8 but happier in Cornwall.

Some Palms ... Brahea Armata.... a palm that does not like UK weather especially our summers

Trachycarpus Nova under cover

Jubaea Chilensis... I could write a book about this plant. A beautiful plant purchased only to find it had no roots 😳 Has taken three years to recover 👿

A trunked Dasylirion Miquihuanensis

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Posted : 04/01/2013 8:38 pm

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Wow!

Great pics Andy-looks like it's still spring there...dead of winter here. 😕

I saw in your forecast where they said "localized amounts of 5 gallons" 😀

kidding of course....

Posted : 05/01/2013 10:34 am

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Wonderful bunch of garden pics!

I can't get over the rain water in the bucket. 😯

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Posted : 05/01/2013 11:26 am

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WOW Andy.........great plants.

The Trachycarpus 'Nova' is really cool for Trachycarpus.......I want one! Is seed available somewhere?

The Dasylirion is way too cool looking......I'm surprised they survive in your cloudy, wet climate.

Posted : 05/01/2013 1:00 pm

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Always feel envy those people growing the nice plants in UK... Bravo!

Posted : 06/01/2013 6:33 am

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WOW Andy.........great plants.

The Trachycarpus 'Nova' is really cool for Trachycarpus.......I want one! Is seed available somewhere?

The Dasylirion is way too cool looking......I'm surprised they survive in your cloudy, wet climate.

Tim

I have some Nova I am going to sell next year when they get growing again-let me know if you want one.

You won't have to wait for them to sprout this way 🙂

Posted : 06/01/2013 10:39 am

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Hi Jim,

a 'Nova' would be great............do they really look like Andy's? Wow those have great potential. What's the 'story' with 'nova'? Where is it native to? I hope they are hardy like fortunei and not like latisectus.......gave all those to Bill. Let me know what you want since I have a garage full of plants I don't need but can't kill. 😆

Posted : 06/01/2013 2:50 pm

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I have a garage full of plants I don't need but can't kill.

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Posted : 06/01/2013 4:10 pm

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Tim heres the Nova back in March '09

Three years on and two Cold winters later

The leaves droop like spiders legs

Did notice more leaf damage as the plant grew. Decided to put a cover on this year... just as well as the trunk would have been quite wet and more susceptable to a freeze.

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Posted : 06/01/2013 4:36 pm

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Hi Andy,

it appears the leaves were green-er when young. The leaves appear blue-ish now like a principes?

Posted : 06/01/2013 4:58 pm