I can see the headlines now:

"canadianplant house swallowed by 300 plants that GREW"...

Good work!
Barb

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UPDATE!!!!

My thought-it-as-dead olympiad hybrid tea rose is alive, with about 8 new stem buds. As well as my giant canna ( indica purpurea), sprouted. ALso my calla "mango" sprouted as well. My Phyllostachys has 6 new shoots. My rose"the hunter", is growing like a weed. Everything is speeding up like mad. Im outta town this weeked, ill post some pics on Sunday.

Is a tea rose "pushing the limits of cold hardiness"?
What zone are you in and what are these tea roses you speak of rated?
Just curious 😕

Jim- He's in Thunder Bay, WAYYYY up on the North Shore of lake Superior... The growing season up there is short, it HAS snowed every month of the year, and the cold is a solid zone 3, based on long-term data... Not exactly the 'best' climate for growing anything! Actually, the climate there makes my own look like the Carolinas!
And yet, he managed to over-winter a zone 5 plant (F. rufa) this previous winter! Quite an accomplishment, I think (it's akin to you over-wintering Trachycarpus in your area)!

Nice!

Thanks all for the comments. The hybrid tea rose, is said to be zone 6, zone 5 if im lucky.

Its true, the city is rated zone 3...... at the airport. My house is 10km from the airport. The areas closes to the lake, are actualy rated zone 5 ( ive talked to many gardeners here shoppin fer plants). The closer you are to the lake, the more the zone goes up. Im not on the lake shore, but its a 20 minute walk, if that to the lake. Its barly a KM from my house.

The back yard seems to be quite the microclimate. There were nights when my yard was 5 C or more warmer then the surrounding area, and the odd few times 10C warmer then the airports readings ( thats where the majourity of the sensors are, and where enviroment canada takes its weather data from).

My grandma, has an almond bush, who she grew from a cutting from her BF daugter, whos had it for years. She lives a bit further inland then I do as well. The things is 8 feet tall and around. Not to mention the fact im about 90% sure my aunt has 2 silk oak trees, whick looks like theyve been here for a while .

Some wisteria is hardy here. Wegelia are hardy here as well. WE have royal red maples here, which are hardy to zone 4, and they dont even get top killed, even with the windchills. With a little ingenuity, luck, and knowledge of your area, you can do some crazy things. Im gonna over winter the Phyllostachys, and the new FArgesia Scabrida ( the phyllostachys is rated at -32C, so im good ( thats top kill)), and the fargesia is rated warmer then my rufa, but not much. Different sources state its AS hardy. Apperantly tissue cultures specimines arent as hardy as naruraly derived plants.

There are these kind of iris, I THINK they are called ladyslipper iris. Their hardy to zone 6 ( from what ive found), and they come back here, year after year. Its amazing what you can do if you really try. Im gonna try to obver winder some coryline, as my next experiment. Apperantly they grwo back from the ground in zome 5/6. Just fer fun too, im gonna try to get my yucca guatemalensis to sprout from the ground too. Theres no harm in trying!!!

If the Musa Basjoo work here, the next step is a needle palm * very very evil laugh

Hi Canadinaplant,

We are all with you, wishing you good luck and asking for a lot of picks!!!!
Take care,
Rob

My ginger ( eating kind)

Weigela

Close up

8 new Phyllostachys Aureosulcata alata shoots

different angle

the "dead" olympiad rose

Unknown passiflora, labeled as "Blue and WHite Passion flower" "Passiflora sp."

Musa basjoo in the bed with the roses and passiflora

Roseman coles Canna, with Canna Indica Purpuraea ( giant Canna) in the back

Other basjoo in the canna bed

The canna

more to come in a sec..

Clematis "henryi"

Calla Lily "Mango"

5 foot tall Peoney

Clematis "the President"

Fargesia Scabrida

Dragonwing Beginia

Rose "the Hunter"

Philodendron offshoots

Philodendron offshoots

RAndom Iris

TAro

THanks for the encouragement. I wish you luck as well. 😀

UPDATE!!!!

Nothing really new, just things are growing like weeds. I think I have to pull out my Canna "the president", and one "roseman coles Canna". They look very sick. My peony exploded with growth, ill post some pics today when I can......

UPDATE!!!!

Nothing really new,

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Heres the peony, updated Basjoo, and my hot peppers...

Looking good-keep up the good work! :albino: