I am waiting to see it in bloom. Looks great so far.Allen

Nice.Allen

That is a nice looking Trachy. The closeness to the house provides additional protection. I hope that he doesn't regret planting it so close to the ho...

My palms will be near the exterior of the house with a southern exposure. This area has traditionally had the snow cover melt off after a week or less...

Interesting site.Edmonton's highest ranking is sunny days (4th to 11th). I was surprised that we rank in the 20s for driest city.Allen

Thanks.I am hoping that my C. panzihuahensis will germinate fairly quickly now that I have made the change.Allen

Is the container left uncovered?Allen

Thanks, Barb.No rain over night. What little fell in the evening is now dried up. It looks like the serious rainfall that flooded St. Albert and parts...

I have had a couple of Chinese windmill palms outside with some minor dryout and wind damage due to our warm and dry winds. I haven't left them out at...

Very nice contrast.Allen

I have found that if the soil is kept wet for several days the ant hill will flood and the little buggers will move on to wreck something else.Keep wa...

We got our relief from the warm weather today. As we drove home from shopping in the west end at 3:30, we drove through an extremely weak circular air...

My intent is to only take the edge off the heat and keep the house in the 22 to 24 range. I used to get sick working in 16 C air conditioning all day ...

No damage here. I would have preferred to have received more rain. Maybe I will get lucky tonight.But after putting it off for years, we finally got a...

This Afternoon's thunder storm was reminiscent of the storm I was in at Flintstone Park in Kelowna 20 years ago. The sky opened up and it poured for a...