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My garden in Niagara-on-the-Lake Ontario is still fairly new so many of the plants are small. Sorry for the poor quality pictures but they were taken with my iPhone. I will use a real camera next time. Enjoy!
New addition this spring is my Washingtonia robusta. Still dont know what I'll do to protect it this winter.
Mediterranean fan palm.
One of my beds
Prickly pear cactus. Just finished flowering a few weeks ago.
One of many baby windmills scattered around my property. This one is from Scott_ON.
Waggy seedling from Joe in SSI
One of my two Ensetes
Chinese Fan Palm. Overwinters in my shop.
Not hardy but my favourite palm bismarckia nobilis. It will spend the winter in my shop building.
Plumeria. Stays out until the leaves fall off then gets put in the garage. Goes back outside in April. It will be flowering any day now.
Some EE and perennials
Small cavendish that didn't like spending the winter in my shop. It's finally putting on some new growth.
Musa Basjoo. Spends the winter outside under some leaves. Should grow taller then my shop building by the end of the summer.
Blood Banana
Crepe Myrtle. Leafed out early in March than was defoliated by a frost in April. Only now coming back.
Skimmia
Small Edith Bogue.
My three year old windmill palm
Strawberry Tree
D.D. Blanchard Magnolia starting to flower
viburnum davidii
Sabal Minor Palm. Leaves used for protection
Needle Palm. No protection and it looks it haha
Little Gem Magnolia starting to flower
Another Chinese Fan Palm
Umbrella Pine next to one of my many newly planted Castors that I have around the property
Bamboo from Jim Niagara
Aucuba loves the weather in Niagara
another one
Baby monkey puzzles. One on the left from Cameron in Nova Scotia.
Some fun annuals
One of my ponds
Small Monkey Puzzle
My first Edith Bogue bought as a 12 inch sapling. Now 3 years old.
More Bananas!
More Bamboo from Jim Niagara
Fatsia Japonia. New addition that has been in the ground for 2 weeks. Bonus finger in shot included! 🙂
Rodos finished flowering a few weeks ago.
One of my Viburnums
Not tropical but I love hostas and ferns. I have them scattered everywhere around the property.
Bird of Paradise Seedling from FrankON. Thanks!
One of the many seedlings I have growing from seeds sent to me
Thanks for looking and sorry for the poor quality pictures. I'll use a real camera next time.
Posted : 14/06/2012 6:13 pm
Ryan, holy cow, what wonderful plants you have on your great property.
Especially like the raised bed and tropicals...the palms that spend winter in your shop...are they pot-planted in the garden?
Spectacular robusta!
Lots of folks here will help you with winter protection.
But in Niagara, maybe you won't need any protection (where is that jealousy emoticon???? 😉 )
Nice photos...forget improving them.
Welcome aboard.
Barb
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Posted : 14/06/2012 8:36 pm
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Thanks
Only palms that come in are the bismarckia nobilis and the chinese fan palms. The chinese fan palms are put directly into the ground then come November I dig them up and put them in a pot. The bismarckia stays in a pot on the patio and then gets brought in for the winter. Even a light frost could damage it.
Posted : 15/06/2012 12:08 am
I love your garden. It's only a small distance from Markham, but what a difference.
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Posted : 15/06/2012 9:13 am
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Are those EE, Alocasia Odora? How big is that pond? ALso, when can I move in? 😀
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Posted : 15/06/2012 10:50 am
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Thanks guys!
Yes it is Alocasia Odora.
bananieru,
The microclimate here really helps. We are always a few degrees warmer in the fall/winter and a few degrees cooler in the spring/summer.
Posted : 16/06/2012 12:18 pm
Ryan- nice pics! Looks like things are really growing well for you. I have to point this out, but you Opuntia is not the native Opuntia humifusa (a smaller growing plant), but, rather, one of the Western species, likely the larger growing Opuntia phaeacantha (see pic here: 
). It could also have some O. engelmanii in it as well. Still a very nice plant!
Posted : 16/06/2012 12:24 pm
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Really? I bought it in Leamington from from a cactus nursery. It had the OPuntia humifusa tag on it. "Prickly Pear" and it looks just like the native ones in Essex county. It more upright because of the way I planted it.
Posted : 16/06/2012 8:36 pm
Ya, afraid so. It is, IMO, a much nicer plant than huifusa, BTW. Here is what 'classical' humifusa looks like: 
And another from Ontario habitat (neither is my picture):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kenko73/2598742433/
Let me know if you do want the 'true' Opuntia humifusa, I have plants of this (originally from the Point Pelee population) to spare. Or, for that matter, any of the cactus that I grow!
We discussed O. humifusa in the past on the board in this thread:
http://palmsnorth.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=28536
The first picture that I posted is what I call 'spiny humifusa' naturalized near Turkey point, I am now certain that this is not native and not humifusa!
Posted : 17/06/2012 11:45 am
Ryan- nice pics! Looks like things are really growing well for you. I have to point this out, but you Opuntia is not the native Opuntia humifusa (a smaller growing plant), but, rather, one of the Western species, likely the larger growing Opuntia phaeacantha (see pic here:
I agree about the cactus, and I agree with everyone else how nice everything looks. 8)
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Posted : 17/06/2012 12:22 pm
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Thanks guys. I wonder if I can bring it back because they mislabeled it but it survived the first winter here with no problems (it was a very mild winter here). This is not the first time Colasanti's has done this to me. This is my first time growing a cactus so I obviously have much to learn.
Posted : 18/06/2012 1:18 pm
I don't know cacti, either, but like them all the same.
The whole garden looks great. I am eager to see how the palms continue to fare, especially Sabal minor, of course. 😀
Posted : 19/06/2012 12:12 am
Ryan- Sorry for the mislabel, it happens, all of the time. I did not mean to distract from the wonderful garden pics, but when I know a plant is misidentified it drives me mad!
Again, you're doing a bang up job with your plants!
Posted : 19/06/2012 7:37 am
Great shots, Ryan! I'm glad to see that the MP tree is doing well for you!
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Posted : 21/06/2012 12:02 am
