I've got some Sabal minors and Cycas Panzhihuansis seed in sealed plastic containers.I have also been experimenting with Helen's hybrid and Velutina ...

Vancouver Island.Just kidding. 'Chinook' is blackfoot for 'snow eater'. It starts with warm dry air at the surface in BC, usually in the Okanagan, and...

Really looking good.How hardy is the Dicksonia antarctica? I like the look of it and am wondering if it would survive in full to part sun.Allen

I haven't seen the yuccas at Chapters. Is it the store at South Edmonton Common?I don't know of any other yuccas that are growing outside here. Salibu...

Looks good.Just in time for you to start germinating more to fill up the house again. :) Allen

We are too far from the mountains to get many chinooks voluntarily. If you are sending I sure won't look a gift chinook in the mouth. If I had my choi...

My Yucca flacida Garland Gold made it. It's yellow where it is supposed to be, green where it is supposed to be and only brown in a few spots.Now, if ...

Barb;I will post pics when there is something to show. The rhodos are still more than half under the snow and the top 1/3 of the bamboo is lying on to...

I still don't know for sure about the rest of my plants, but the snow melted enough for me to see the top stems of my bamboo. Half of the leaves are g...

Good luck with it.It will grow in moist conditions but the soil has to be very well drained. The canopy in the winter is a good idea. You will have to...

I got the seed from ebay. There are about 30 auctions on right now. The vendor that I purchased from isn't offering them right now.I have read that J....

Everything is so beautiful.I get jealous every time that I look at your pics and then look out the window at the snow and the odd brown spot.Allen

Barb, I have been growing cacti here unprotected for 4 years. My opuntias do just fine (basilarias, polycantha and fragilis). They are all zone 2 to z...