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Hi, in total I have a little over 20 broadleaf species going into winter totally green.
We had around a week when temps barely stayed above freezing during the day.
Some of the species will have second or third winter.
Some will be having their first year in Riga and Zone 5 winter.
Fingers crossed.
Rough Horsetail
Aucuba japonica and Viburnum, not sure which one
Eucalyptus Gunni
Rhodies
Prunus laurocerasus 'Novita' - cherry laurel and a rhody
Osmanthus x burkwoodii
Several species, the most interesting - Mahonia aquifolium, Hebe and Mahonia eurybracteata 'Soft Caress'
Cacti - I hope it's a hardy kind of Opuntia (I'm not even sure it's Opuntia)
A row of Yuccas - two kinds.
Ilex
Leucothoe fontanesiana and Pachysandra terminalis and Baltic Ivy
Ilex and Euonymous
Christmas rose and Prunus laurocerasus 'Novita'
Bergenia
Pieris Japonica and Prunus and a Rhody
Buxus
Cotoneaster dammeri "Skogholm"
Posted : 27/11/2015 8:14 pm
Nice! How does aucuba japonica and cherry laurel do for you there?
Jeff
Posted : 28/11/2015 11:14 am
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This will be the first year for Acuba Japonica.
I read good reviews/reports about its hardiness and ordered three from Netherlands.
Cherry laurel Otto Luyken - it's a proven success.
Mostly around 1m high in Riga (Latvia) and around 50 cm high in my garden (3 years old).
I've seen one higher specimen closer to the sea (slightly milder climate) - around 2m high.
I've noticed that the most crucial thing for Cherry laurel is to keep it away from spring sun till the soil
unfreezes, so leaves don't burn.
Cherry laurel Novita - it's a new addition to my allotment.
I bought 4 of them. 3 are at my place.
One I planted further up North in Zone 4b.
The spring will tell the story.
Here is my Zone 4b experiment. All planted this spring.
Posted : 28/11/2015 1:08 pm
Cool! What's about Mahonia eurybracteata 'Soft Caress'? How many winters outside?
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Posted : 29/11/2015 9:58 pm
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Cool! What's about Mahonia eurybracteata 'Soft Caress'? How many winters outside?
First winter.
I hesitated buying it. It had autumn sales price at EUR 1.50.
I don't expect it to take our winters.
And I have no intentions to provide any other protection than mulch and a shade
from a spring sun.
The only evergreen I'm protecting is eucalyptus.
It grew from 60cm to over 2.5m in one summer.
Posted : 30/11/2015 5:36 am
They look great!
At my Oregon place, all easy. In Oklahoma, most of those do fine. I have lost Aucuba before when not protected.
Posted : 30/11/2015 8:30 pm
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They look great!
At my Oregon place, all easy. In Oklahoma, most of those do fine. I have lost Aucuba before when not protected.
What kind of protection that would be form Aucuba?
Heavy mulching?
Or full cover?
Did you loose it because of sun burns (frozen soil+sun), drying wind or just frost?
Posted : 01/12/2015 4:05 am
I suspect the sun plus cold; it was under a deciduous tree that lost its leaves. At 36 oN, winter sun can be strong. Plus, it was small so roots not deep.
There are others around here, but most are sighted to get winter shade. And are larger.
Posted : 01/12/2015 11:55 am
Some nice young plants you are growing. 😀 Many I grow in my zone 8a climate. I suspect that Mahonia "soft caress" will not survive being a min zone7a plant. I also found that Aucuba Japonica did better in shade and coloured well in those conditions. This is one plant that reduces the moisture in its leaves to counter the freezing action. Mine always looked dead with drooping leaves only to regain shape when temperatures recovered.
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Posted : 01/12/2015 5:43 pm
What kind of protection that would be form Aucuba? Heavy mulching? Or full cover? Did you loose it because of sun burns (frozen soil+sun), drying wind or just frost?
I have the aucuba which has been growing for 25 years at my place. It is a successfully growing plant which gets a very light protection during each winter during these 25 years growth. Now it is 1.5-1.7 meter height shrub.
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Posted : 02/12/2015 1:49 am
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What kind of protection that would be form Aucuba? Heavy mulching? Or full cover? Did you loose it because of sun burns (frozen soil+sun), drying wind or just frost?
I have the aucuba which has been growing for 25 years at my place. It is a successfully growing plant which gets a very light protection during each winter during these 25 years growth. Now it is 1.5-1.7 meter height shrub.
Very impressive indeed. Do you cover it with something or just mulch it?
Posted : 02/12/2015 3:12 am
I'll be interested to hear how your stuff does over the winter. My place last winter (USDA zone 4b) I lost cherry laurel first year, all growth above snow on Aucuba, any Mahonia I've tried, most types of Ilex; basically only Rhododendron (really tough types), Kalmia, Buxus, and a few others (maybe, can't recall genera off hand), have been really evergreen in zone 5a or 4b type winters here. Not sure how your zone compares, we'll hit close to or below -30C in a cold year and maybe -20C in a really warm year.
Anyway, keep us informed!
Posted : 02/12/2015 5:44 pm
Very impressive indeed. Do you cover it with something or just mulch it?
A little bit of a wheat straw and some polyethylene above the straw. A snow makes an insulation completed 😆
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Posted : 02/12/2015 10:49 pm
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Very impressive indeed. Do you cover it with something or just mulch it?
A little bit of a wheat straw and some polyethylene above the straw. A snow makes an insulation completed 😆
OK, thank's for a tip.
I'm a relative beginner. Started 3 years ago.
The first year it was the safe bet - Baltic Ivy (Hedera Helica) and Buxus.
Posted : 03/12/2015 2:29 am
Please find a few pictures of the BLE I have being growing for a while in my garden.
Aucuba:
Aucuba a single fruit
Green aucuba
Fatsia et al:
Fatsia Fall 2013 
Fatsia Fall 2015
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Posted : 04/12/2015 6:10 am
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