First wave of plants to come in...mostly Pachys & pics

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Just the plants near the house for starters...they could(except the Pachypodium)stay out longer but I miss them in the house,they are part of the furniture!

About 4.5' of growth this year out of the Sequoia....less than 2" of rain the last 3+ months,the drought is back.
This would probably be 20' next year if we have excessive rainfall.

The "Madagascar Palm" in this pic is over 6' in the house
with its pot,quite a statement inside if you can carry it upstairs lol!

And..........

It has sent out(or is trying too)a flower-stalk,I don't know if this will develop or not
but with a little luck this will be a tree instead of a "palm" and should break into 3 branches yay!

Enjoying they elegant look of Martianus...much better
off in the ground,5 leaves since I planted out last November.

My beloved Princeps opening leaf 6.

Beautiful Fiddle leaf fig...I sprayed everything with Wilt-pruf before bringing in this year to imprison the bugs!

If these A.Konjac ever die-back my C.Cooper can finally get some sun!

Tree ferns...............

Another Cooperi

This A.Antarctica has finally bounced back after 18F 2 years ago...it was the only survivor.

Beautiful G.paraguayense..one of these survived last winter outside!

Rowe Red banana did well inspite of the dry weather,probably because the soil is shaded there.

This Takil has pulled both of the last 2 winters.
It has recovered well.

Second Takil has not pulled either of the last 2 winters..
it is planted deeper than the other.

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The tallest Castor is just under 14'...the A.Havardiana put out 22 leaves this year and
the planted* A.Americana put out 12 leaves,not bad for sitting in the basement on a dolly all winter!
It did take a long time to get growing again... same with the Sago that also was in the basement in the dark-it downsized this year but flushed...

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Posted : 15/10/2013 12:09 pm

sidpook

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Evereything looks amazing! great work! Good luck getting ready for winter. Thanks for your advice on the castors. They flourished this year and are beautiful and colorful right now!

I love the Madagascar palm (Pachy) I was in the Peace Corps in Comoros Islands in the Mozambique Channel by Madagascar and I remember them well....amazing!!

Mike Trautner

Posted : 15/10/2013 7:46 pm

hardyjim

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Cool Mike

Try the big leaved ones next year-you will be amazed!

Posted : 15/10/2013 7:57 pm

hasty22

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Hey Mike you got alot of plants!!! But they look great good luck fitting them in house!
Keith

Posted : 15/10/2013 11:11 pm

TerdalFarm

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You sure had a great summer!
Looking forward as always to seeing how you care for plants when it gets really cold.

Posted : 15/10/2013 11:39 pm

DesertZone

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Everything looks good. Your cactus are getting huge!

You could take plastic from your porch eve to the sidewalk and cover the whole yard for winter. 😆

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Posted : 16/10/2013 12:10 am

igor.glukhovtsev

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Nice and healthy looking plants! It's so good to have a plenty of sun and mild autumn! Keep the stuff growing!

Posted : 16/10/2013 8:08 am

hardyjim

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You sure had a great summer!
Looking forward as always to seeing how you care for plants when it gets really cold.

Thanks Erik

I am looking forward to that too! 😯 -not 😆

Posted : 16/10/2013 10:01 am

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Thanks you guys....

looks like we will avoid frost this week but it looks cold next week-
I may even need to cover the T.ferns 🙁 at least for a night or two.

Posted : 16/10/2013 10:02 am

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Oh man, how everything's grown, Jim... 😯
Yup, that princeps is one princess of a palm...so beautiful.
So the Waggie, and the ... rest of them. 😆

Stunning really how much your yard has filled in ... only a few years.

The stuff on the porch has really taken off too.
I remember your porch photos a year or two ago.

Happy to see you're taking such outstanding care of the Licuala. 😀
It's not easy to look after them.

My Pachypodium lamerei looked dead from rot all summer.
I was about to toss it on the compost yesterday and saw green "nubs" on top, so it may live to die another year.

Barb

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Posted : 16/10/2013 2:14 pm

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Thanks Barb!

Thats to bad about your Pachy,I hope it makes it!

You were the first person I thought of when I saw mine is trying to bloom!

Posted : 16/10/2013 6:34 pm

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Thanks Jim.

As to my sick Pachy, I'm convinced there are some plants that should be culled at the seedling stage.
They're never vigorous and eventually croak.
But I have a hard time just tossing something (although I often threaten to). 😐

I could tell yours was an outstanding plant from the length of the leaves even a few years ago.

Look forward to seeing yours bloom...hope it looks like this soon:

Re your fallling temps...how low are they forecasting?
Maybe it'll warm up again in a while.

Barb

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Posted : 16/10/2013 6:45 pm

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WOW!

That one is a beauty!

There is a chance of some highs only in the 40s next week,we'll see.

40s would mean 20s at night is a given at some point-we would need to be very lucky(clouds)
to miss this-definitely T.fern protection territory but hopefully no Washy covering territory!

Way to early for that already.

Posted : 18/10/2013 10:29 am

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Yeah, it is way too early.

hopefully no Washy covering territory!

even an old blanket thrown over it temporarily will help.

Barb

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Posted : 18/10/2013 4:06 pm

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Yeah, it is way too early.

hopefully no Washy covering territory!

even an old blanket thrown over it temporarily will help.

Barb

You mean a parachute,that thing is getting huge!

It will be easy to cover one palm though if I have too...
not worried about the Washy to much-it is the Tree ferns and
smaller palms I need to watch...the T.Ferns will be huge next year
if the croziers stay happy!

Posted : 18/10/2013 5:59 pm