This little guy was sitting on some of the ornamental rocks in the Cactus garden.
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Small Brahea "super silver"
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S.Brazoria.
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B.Eriospatha
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S.Louisiana
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Needle palms
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Beautiful Bulgarian Trachy has done well this year.
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C.Cerifera did not pull after repeated temps in the single digits (F)last winter.
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T.Fortunei,one of the trunk cut ones from a few years ago.
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Sequoia
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T.Wag
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A few T.rex "steroidal" giants...volunteers
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Small gathering on porch f plants still outside-bringing them in now as the Jade plant was stolen.
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Planted A.Americana will be dug up soon,would be nice to leave it as it
is getting quite large but I have enough to protect!-----30 palms and 30 cactus roughly.
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A few pics of the Washys(still unprotected as of Nov 14),one is about 6'
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Greener/faster form of Nainital.
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C.Cooperi from up on later has about an 8' span.
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Looking great Jim! Washies and Brahea especially. I have really struggled with Braheas here (humidity).
Wow Jim. Looks awesome. Let's hope the roots on the washies don't get damaged this winter. I had my issues the second winter, so I will be closely monitoring your progress. 🙂
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Another great year there.
Sorry about the jade plant. 😥
As always, the tree ferns astound me most of all!
Looking great Jim! It still astounds me how well the trunk cut trachies recovered. It's just sick that some A-hole would steal one of your plants. I bet you have plenty of jealous neighbors though...
I put up my trachy enclosure but I will not be plugging it in for probably at least a couple weeks. I wanted to be ready so I don't get caught with my pants down since I'll be out of town for a while. It was 64 on Saturday so I thought it was a perfect day to finish the yard work! Even though the long-range forecast looks decent I know it can change quick in MN. Last year we had a foot of snow already by this time, though it didn't seem to bother my trachies. Just was not much fun putting up their enclosure in it though.
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Looking good as usual!
Awesome plants, wow. 8)
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Eh Jim!!
Everything looks good! Especially those needle palms! Im still amazed that the tetrapanax manages to volunteer. My seed never germinated, so none for me 🙁
How is that Phyllostachys Nigra doing?
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Looking great Jim! Washies and Brahea especially. I have really struggled with Braheas here (humidity).
We will see when that cactus cover goes up,moisture in there has been a big prob!
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Eh Jim!!
Everything looks good! Especially those needle palms! Im still amazed that the tetrapanax manages to volunteer. My seed never germinated, so none for me 🙁
How is that Phyllostachys Nigra doing?
To bad we can't do mail swaps from U.S. to Canada,they have been coming up like weeds!
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Thanks guys.....
Tim,did you see how much mulch I have piled around the Washys 🙂 ?
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WOW. you crazy. your yard looks great. Its amazing what just a few years of growth can do for a tropical look. Good luck on your wintering plans.
Kent in Kansas
where it's cold in winter (always)
and hot in summer (usually)
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Thanks guys.....
Tim,did you see how much mulch I have piled around the Washys 🙂 ?
I might bug you for some tetrapanex in spring. 🙂
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Wow, Jim, if I had to select one favorite, I simply couldn't pick one over any other.
They are so beautiful, not a mark on them, no nutritional deficiencies, no spots, no fungus.
What a transformation in your yard from years ago. 😀
Sorry about your stolen jade.
The nerve of that moron!
Barb
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Thanks guys.....
Tim,did you see how much mulch I have piled around the Washys 🙂 ?
I might bug you for some tetrapanex in spring. 🙂
I am sure they will come back!
Thanks Barb.........
could of been the $Encephalartos Princeps$
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