I've got my fingers crossed. So far I have had a zone 5a winter and it is getting close enough to spring that it shouldn't get below -29 C.

It was nice here while we were in Vegas but we got off the plane to -14 C and a brisk wind. It is supposed to get warmer by a few degrees and add a few more inches of snow for this week. I still can't see any leaves on my yuccas, rhodos, bamboo or Kolkwitzia as they remain buried in the snow.

Allen

Hope your plants survive and do well. My rhodo is still not doing good after a number of tries and the rabbits had bitten some stems off.

I saw a broken twig. It was dry and had no life and put in the wood stove where there was not coals or embers and
In 6 seconds it exploded on fire because it was so dry. It was extremly hot in the stove but very little embers.

Other rhododendron around my area are doing well but mine is not 🙁

I have got to keep my fingers crossed as well. My palm is doing great.

Yuccaman,

Try dropping a nice lukewarm pail of water around your rhoddies..works for me during a cold snap..

More wind than snow here in Ajax...shovelled only one time this year.... I'm lucky compared to some folks across in Niagara and up in Barrie..

Temps are constant and just plain cold...palms and hardies are ok...

Palmettoman z6-Ajax, On

I tried the warm water pail and it looked a bit better the leaves are not rolled up.

I think its working 😀

Thanks Palmettoman.

Im lucky that we do not have much snow so
it will melt soon.

Last year the lowest temp in Toronto was -15.2c we smashed that this year with a low if -21C/-5.8F that puts us over into a 6a. Toronto Island is slightly better off -18.9C/-2F zone 6b.

Regards,
Phil

Philmusa,

Yeah..that was some stretch of cold eh?

We didn't even get close to a thaw...well...everthing looks up (slowly) from here...

Where did you house your needle palm? How as it done?

Yuccaman, good to hear your rhoddy responded to the moisture treatment..

Palmettomanz6-Ajax, On

Hi Palmettoman,

I have my needle, Trachy F, Cordies, fig, and Oleander plants tucked away in the corner of my garage. I also have my Super drawf cavendish banana hiding out in my cold cellar. I agree with you that it was a very long stretch of cold weather. Hopefully, our plants took well to it. Even though we have had colder lows in the past 5 years, it the length of the cold snap that worries me a bit.

Regards,
PhilMusa

Philmusa.

Sounds like you have quite a collection...!

I found despite the lows temps (even in the garage) the hardies have faired ok..

What is the lowest temp for your fig?

Palmettoman z6-Ajax, On

Hi Palmettoman,

Once the temps drop below -2or-3C I bring it in the garage. My father has a couple in his backyard that we bend back into a trench for the winter. His largest is 12ft high. Mine is only a few feet tall therefore I'm able to bring it in. When it does get big I won't have the space in backyard for it.

It was +17C here today. I hope this means spring is here to stay now.

Philmusa,

Yeah I heard that from a friend down in Niagara about that process of bending the branches...Seems the old ways work?

Did you get over to Vandermeers for the Musa Rojo's?

I'll be at the Valleyfield Nursery tomorrow and let you know about those cordyline tree's..

Jay..+17C..sweet!..send it our way...

Palmettoman z6-Ajax, On

Philmusa,

Yeah I heard that from a friend down in Niagara about that process of bending the branches...Seems the old ways work?

Did you get over to Vandermeers for the Musa Rojo's?

I'll be at the Valleyfield Nursery tomorrow and let you know about those cordyline tree's..

Wes..+17C..sweet!..send it our way...

Palmettoman z6-Ajax, On

PALMETTOMAN,

I wasn't able to go the other weekend and this past weekend I was up near North Bay drinking...I mean icefishing. Please keep me posted on your findings. BTW, plus 12C for today and tomorrow is going to feel nice. Enjoy it while it last.

Thanks
Phil

Philmusa.

Hope you boys were lucky and enjoyed the ice fishin..

Yeah..Vandermeers has a good stock of the musa zabrina's rojo's..It's a good thing because the longer their left in their greenhouses the bigger they'll grow...

Valleyfield farms has some Cordy tree's...Their stock will be arriving early April so I'll keep an eye out and let you know...

Hope this is the end of the cold...

Palmettoman z6-Ajax, On