you shouldnt have to many problems growing citris, or grapes. Id try bamboo, and musa basjoo. You can grow passiflora there, but they might be a weed there. There is someone growing yucca there, trunking form. Id even check canna lily and eucalyptus. English ivy grows there too. Look up Jubea Chilensis. They grow in scotland. Hardiest pinnate palm.

Id check ou some aroids too, you can push your zone 1 or 2 zones with the right area, and the right protection, without heat even. Apples will grow like mad there, peaches might work too, ive seen some zone 5 or 6 peach trees. Ginko biloba will grow excellently there too. I might even try a cordyline australius too.... hell why not you already have palms hahaha. WHy dont you have a needle palm? R. Hystrix?

Did you start these plants from seed? Or did you order then..... check this site out dude.... bambo heaven, and palms, some seeds, canna, musa...... and its 100% canadian....

http://www.bambooworld.com/bamboo%20catalogue.htm

Cameron,
That's to funny I was there 2 days ago, it's 45 minutes NW from here. Really cool place to visit.
I didn't see that they had that variety. Is that the one that comes from the unheated greenhouse
in Newport?

Bill

Canadianplant: My "grand plan" 😆 is to be growing the following by the end of the summer:

Citrus trifoliata x "Swingle Citrumelo"
Eucalyptus pauciflora ssp. debeuzevillei
Sabal minor var. "McCurtain"
Passiflora incarnata "Maypop"
Magnolia grandiflora "Edith Bogue"
some zone 7 colocasia
some Fargesia and Phyllostachys
I also want to expand my cacti collection. I've been growing opuntia humifusa for 3 years now without any protection.

I don't grow needle palms because they need a lot of summer heat, which NS DOESN'T HAVE 😡 Sabal minors can stand a little less heat than R. hystrix.
I didn't actually grow these palms myself. Another forum member, Paul, was able to send me them last year.
thanks for the link, but I've known about it for awhile 😆

Bill: That's the one 😀

Bill may have heard of that place.

I think he works there! 😉

Nice to see all those seedlings surviving Cameron. That protection has worked well. My 20 gal W.filifera`s will be going in the ground in a couple of weeks after watching Bill and yourself succesfully overwinter Washingtonias.

John

John,
I gave mine a nice lime bath before I fertilized, the soil must have been acidic 🙄

Bill

Jim,
I didn't get the job actually.
I might have intimidated the guy for a 15 dollar an hour job 😳
To nice of cloths, car, picture album? Maybe he though I wanted to
buy his 109 year old business. It was to far anyways, all I wanted
was free green house experience, maybe that was it 🙄

I never worked so hard to get a 15 dollar an hour job 😆 😆 😆
I must of saw cheap plants along with that experience.

Bill

Cameron, i'm growing the fortunei and phoenix dactilifera now. But i'm going to plant sabal minor, r. hystrix, butia capitata, brahea armata this summer. This palms survived in my greenhouse without extra heat at all. I have my own web site (similar to this) where you can see all my plants a my friend's plants too.

Cameron, you should grow needle palm in the greenhouse and you will able to plant it after when needle becomes large!

okanaIve been looking for Passiflora Incarnata. I did find some seeds of Passiflora CAurulea, which im trying here.
|Everything else looks good man. 😀 Check out my thread " Pshing the limits of cold hardiness", I have a list of things that im going to try, and eventualy try.

FYI, The R Hystrix grows well in BC, and New jersey, and ive read some good success in briton, you shouldnt have any problems growing it there. Put it on a south wall. Thats what I would do 😛

AS for the Colocasia, go to the grocery store, and purchase "Taro Root". It is actualy a colocasia. GEts about 4-5 feet tall. I spent 2 bucks an a large "bulb" or root of it. Yopu can do the same with common ginger.

As fer cactus, talk to PaulOnt, which i bet you already have. You could aslo grow Mimosa well there ( sensitive plant), but these can get really invasive.

Okanagan - Arent the Washys tough to grow where there is high humidity?

Serj - Once again, ive read that the Phoenix DActilfera, and brahea, need dry climaes to grow properly. Of course, information isnt 100% right all the time. From what ive read Ukraine is a bit humid in the summer is it not? ANd I agree, get a needle palm * very evil laugh LOL

Im starting with bamboo, then going to musa basjoo, then i if all goes well with the basjoo, im stepping it up to a needle palm............

canadianplant, you are right. We have the humid climate in summer. But our summer is more dry and more warm than it in England (and other Gulfstream countries).

AH ic...... You have more of a continental climate. We have huumid hot summers here too, but not as humid as say, south carolina. If your looking to try a phoenix, try Phoenix Theophratsiii. Hardy to zone 7A, stays about 15feet tall. Looks like a cross between theDacty, and Roebellenii. Its from crete, so it does like ti dryer, but its more humid there, then say, jeruselem, or North africa, where the Dactys are grown like crazy.

On a side note, my grandma is straight fromt he Ukraine.... nice to meet someone from there 😀 How are the trachys handling it? Did you have as bad of a winter as poland, and the rest of europe?

Cameron

Your Magnolia virginiana "Edith Bogue" is in fact Magnolia grandiflora "Edith Bouge"

Cheers, Barrie.

My winter was very cold. Our minimum was -25 C. During a week the temperature was in range between -20 -25 C in night.
There is the new picture of my fortunei.

Wow man... it doesnt even looked touched. What did you use as multch? It looks like you uses styrofoam. Is the small palm in the middleish right of the pic your phoenix?

You are right! I have used styrofoam. I have not used any multch. And i havn't used any extra heat! The small palms are fortunei from Italy and Bulgarians.