Trachy and Garden Winter Update – Page 3 – Cold Hardy Palms – PalmsNorth.com

hilashes · 2010-03-03T16:05:06Z

Hello all, hope this finds everyone well! I've been popping in and out of this site for a few weeks to see everyone's updates, although I hadn't had any time to post anything because of such a busy New Year. I figured now it's about time to update you with my garden pics. We haven't had any snow since beginning of December and since January here on the Canadian BC coast, Vancouver has seen consistent temperatures of at least 3 C above average. We are still enjoying unseasonably warm highs of 11 - 16C (52 F and higher) with overnight lows of 6 C. Needless to say my two 4 ft. Trachy's are loving it, pumping out a couple of spears. However, a few overnight frosts in Dec. seemed to have damaged the leaves a bit, hope it'll be okay? (see pics). for weeks now I've enjoyed watching my day lilies come up, everything sure has a head start to spring! As far as my 2 Musa Basjoo they were seriously hit with hard overnight freezes back in November so it was a little too late to protect them. since they have been brown mushy stumps at the soil. I'm hoping there wasn't any rot to the corm, so I'm anxious for the warmer weather to bring them back to life again (if they're not already gone). My Adam's Needle seems great, but the New Zealand Bronze Flax is flattened, again from the few overnight freezes. Seems that each year I'm getting more brave and learning so much, that I've got some plans to add a nice red Hibiscus bush this summer, as well as a Bird of Paradise...nice pops of color for the tropical landscape. Here's the link to my Picasa Web Album for the winter update.So nice to be back into the Palms North groove and looking forward to reconnecting with everyone again - it's been long enough! - Heidi :)

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Hello Barrie, good to hear from you! Oh my goodness, that was such a gorgeous palm, what a terrible loss! 😥 So sorry!!

I came across the Maple Leaf Garden website yesterday in my Google search and will have to drop in sometime. Thanks for the suggestion!

Heidi

~ palms on the Canadian west coast

Posted : 07/03/2010 9:36 am