Thanks igor, we dont do it much differently, except I use leaves. They look good, like the aucuba! Ill see what i kept alive this winter, but i have to wait till march 👿

same type of winter protection every year as well as the Aucuba

Ah...that's why they look so healthy!

If cold is forecast for you, it's good that snow is arriving too.

It seems as though winters are worse and worse despite the odd mild one ... it was heartbreaking to see dead palms in Florida and southern England after last winter. 😥
Barb

Barb, thanks to your citation. I found some mistake made in my post. I mean English grammar. In fact it so nice reading these posts and trying to follow the language that is different I use daily.

No need to explain, Igor.
You certainly do a much better job of your second language than I do... 😉

Barb

So- No one has tried the var. borealis of Aucuba japonica? I do really want to know if it that 1/2 to 1 zone hardier than the common selections. If it is, it would have a shot as a half-hardy plant in my garden.

Paul, check out the climate statistic for Almaty : http://www.tutiempo.net/en/Climate/Almaty/368700.htm. I'm sure your location has even milder climate. Don't worry about "borealis" try the common one.

Nice protection guys, flattening stuff always seems to work out well. Jesse seeing your snow on the ground made me shiver, It is a good insulator right 🙄 Other then that I'd prefer grass 😀

Bill

LOL id prefer a tropical jungle......... So i think were on the same page......

FYI mondays low.... -21C..... 😯

Paul, check out the climate statistic for Almaty : http://www.tutiempo.net/en/Climate/Almaty/368700.htm. I'm sure your location has even milder climate. Don't worry about "borealis" try the common one.

Igor- Tried it. Unless it's protected it doesn't stand a chance here. And I am not willing to protect an Aucuba. It might make a few mild winters but never recovers its size... Our climates, though similar, are very similar. I think you might have a 1/2 (to 1 full) zone on me. I see a -30C for you, but most winters are in the -24/5 range (from what I saw). We hit -23C last winter and that was very mild. What are your all-time record lows in winter? In the past decade? I'm not 100% on the all-time but it would be something like -36 to -38C; I hit -32C in 2001 (and a -30C in 2003/4). I did not look up the years, just working from memory so I may be wrong.

Funny, i was reading your post paul, and theweather network was saying "... torontos record low of -36C "

Depends on the location, but I don't see any -36C in the weather history:

Island airport (short term data; -28 in 1981):
http://www.climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_e.html?Province=ALL&StationName=Tor&SearchType=BeginsWith&LocateBy=Province&Proximity=25&ProximityFrom=City&StationNumber=&IDType=MSC&CityName=&ParkName=&LatitudeDegrees=&LatitudeMinutes=&LongitudeDegrees=&LongitudeMinutes=&NormalsClass=A&SelNormals=&StnId=5085&

Pearson airport (-31 in 1981):
http://www.climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_e.html?Province=ALL&StationName=Tor&SearchType=BeginsWith&LocateBy=Province&Proximity=25&ProximityFrom=City&StationNumber=&IDType=MSC&CityName=&ParkName=&LatitudeDegrees=&LatitudeMinutes=&LongitudeDegrees=&LongitudeMinutes=&NormalsClass=A&SelNormals=&StnId=5097&

Toronto (-32.3C in 1854):
http://www.climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_e.html?Province=ALL&StationName=Tor&SearchType=BeginsWith&LocateBy=Province&Proximity=25&ProximityFrom=City&StationNumber=&IDType=MSC&CityName=&ParkName=&LatitudeDegrees=&LatitudeMinutes=&LongitudeDegrees=&LongitudeMinutes=&NormalsClass=A&SelNormals=&StnId=5051&

Hartington (-36C in 1981; closest to my place):
http://www.climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_e.html?Province=ALL&StationName=Har&SearchType=BeginsWith&LocateBy=Province&Proximity=25&ProximityFrom=City&StationNumber=&IDType=MSC&CityName=&ParkName=&LatitudeDegrees=&LatitudeMinutes=&LongitudeDegrees=&LongitudeMinutes=&NormalsClass=A&SelNormals=&StnId=4287&

Kington Airport (closest longer term station; -34C in 1981):
http://www.climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_e.html?Province=ALL&StationName=Har&SearchType=BeginsWith&LocateBy=Province&Proximity=25&ProximityFrom=City&StationNumber=&IDType=MSC&CityName=&ParkName=&LatitudeDegrees=&LatitudeMinutes=&LongitudeDegrees=&LongitudeMinutes=&NormalsClass=A&SelNormals=&StnId=4287&

I think I'll do an excel graph of the weather history for the Toronto/Kingston all-time lows...

I didnt mean it as your wrong, i meant how it showed up as i was reading you talk about it

No no. I was just wondering where the weather network got their information! I can't find it anywhere!

FYI- First hard freeze here the other night. Geraniums etc. in the neighborhood are now done for the year... Oh well, it was fun while it lasted.

What are your all-time record lows in winter?

Minus 37,2, the February 27th 1951

In the past decade?

Minus 27. My place is milder than the weather station. There is minus 14 at my place but minus 18 in the airport.

Wow igor.......... my record low here is -40C, in the 60s. Usualy around -27C a usual absolute low. And my area is milder then the airport. Man how the hell did you get tha tacuba to survive there?? LOL

You said you never protect your phyllostachys aureosulcata?? I protected mine the same way i protected my frgesia ( as youve seen). Next year, Im going to try to leave a culm or 2 exposed on each bamboo to see how well they stand up..