Do you leave your cavendish in the ground over the winter?

Very nice! Looks great! How do you overwinter your tropicals??

No I don't.

I had my palms in a 7 year old's room,cool kid,only charged me a nickle a month 😀

I have some Basjoo I can send you next year I'm sure.

Although,I don't really cover them...

Very nice! Looks great! How do you overwinter your tropicals??

Everything pretty much gets dug up except the palms which I box up and heat with lights. All the bananas are first year so I have no idea how they'll do in dry root storage, I'm still not sure if they'll go in garage or in my interior basement back room. Some have said to pot them up but I just don't have the room for them. I may at best keep a couple of the large dwarf red/brazilian in pots but I don't have that many larger sized pots.

The cannas honestly get dug, tops cut off and thrown in a cardboard box and left in the garage against the interior wall. This has worked for me the last couple years so I won't be changing it.

No I don't.

I had my palms in a 7 year old's room,cool kid,only charged me a nickle a month 😀

I have some Basjoo I can send you next year I'm sure.

Although,I don't really cover them...

I'm up for getting a legit basjoo next year. I am looking for something that I really can leave in the ground each year. I already have my hands full with the cannas and their multiplying. If you want some of those for trade I would happily send some rhizomes your way. I also have a lot of seeds which are easy to propagate and can be started in the fall and will grow through the winter.

Great yard Doug! Love the two Trachys by the water! By the way. Have you even seen the videos of the two tall Trachys that guy has in Clarkston?

Good luck with everything; it looks great!!

Great yard Doug! Love the two Trachys by the water! By the way. Have you even seen the videos of the two tall Trachys that guy has in Clarkston?

Scotty, that was Aaron, I don't know if he's on this board but I had talked with him a few times. He emailed me about taking those trees this spring as he has moved down to florida I think. Someone took them at the price he was asking and I wasn't in a position to get out there or spend the cash on them. I'm still gaming to get at least one larger specimen trachy in the next year or two if my wife will let me. This summer has turned into the summer of bananas ever since I got all those dwarfs from my local tech center greenhouse for free. I'm excited to take them out of the ground and see how they overwinter bareroot in my garage. Fingers crossed.

Here's my third update on the yard for the summer. I'm thinking I may have a few more weeks left before temps start heading down and I'll be forced to dig the bananas up for storage for the winter. It stinks b/c they're just now starting to put out some huge leaves!

http://youtu.be/OWoLFenGJ4U

Looks great-

you can just pay for shipping for the Basjoo if you want one,
assuming that they come back next year.

Looks great-

you can just pay for shipping for the Basjoo if you want one,
assuming that they come back next year.

We can wait until next spring on that. If you're interested some cannas I will certainly have some rhizomes available of those.

Here's my last rambling update before I think things will get dug up.

http://youtu.be/Tzuid0FHF0U

Doug, nice update.
Great work on the shed...with all those bananas needing storage you'll wish you'd added a greenhouse to the shed.

Older banana leaves always yellow, with the cigar leaf still looking pristine.
Cooler temps and end of fertilizer/lower humidity late summer.

Cannas are lovely around your gazebo.

Barb

Thanks Barb, I just noticed that the not so old leaves were the ones yellowing also. I still think some of the cooler low temps we've had are the culprit along with my not fertilizing.