Thanks,
I have e-mailed them to see what it would cost to have the r. hystrix and sabal minors shipped to Vancouver. We will see what happens.

Ryan,
Wow, it didn't take you long to check out Broadway. I'm gald you found something there.

Wes,
Good luck with the Needles and sabals!

Regards
Phil

This morning at 8:30 am the courier truck arrived with my Brahea armata. I've been waiting for quite some time for this palm to arrive. It is a large feild grown bagged specimen. It is approx. 7'ft tall and weighed 200lbs or so. I prepared the planting hole weeks ago. I pulled it right off the truck and threw it in the hole. It is a very nice looking palm. Joe

Nice. 😀 Take some pics so we can see. 😀

Late additions to my garden will include Canna 'Durban', Ensete ventricosum 'Maurelii' and Musella lasiocarpa. It was difficult to find a Canadian source for Musella lasiocarpa, but after a couple hours of searching I found one. I called the nursery and bought the last one. This banana is apparently just as hardy as basjoo and has one of the most unique flowers I have ever seen. Look this one up!

Information:

http://www.gardeningsingapore.org/article=0008.htm

Ryan,
Almost every garden centre has this banana in stock here. I won't say it is as hardy as musa basjoo but it is definetly aa hardy banana. You will find it usually dies back every winter but appears back each spring. It also needs more heat than musa basjoo and is hard to get to flower.
Good luck