Wow.Allen

Thanks Jay. I appreciate the offer of a cutting. I'm still hoping to get something out of the Devonian gardens here in Edmonton.I will hassle you in t...

There are some chollas in the picturres. Is there a nursery in the Kelowna area that sells them?I am considering a trip down there next spring if I ca...

The desert hasn't changed much since I was there 15 years ago. The Osoyoos area is still one of my favorite places in Canada.Allen

Wes; I've never seen the Vancouver orchids. Are they small flowered( less than an inch across)? When we went to the north west coast in 2002, We saw a...

Does it cool off much at night?We have had some pretty warm weather too. It hasn't got much cooler than 25C over night and we don't get much relief.Al...

Fantastic.Allen

I noticed that my 2 new yuccas lost some of their green color after they had been outside in full sun for a month or so. They used to have a noticeab...

It could be a Phyllostachys aureosulcata. Some of the varieties's canes turn orange/red/maroon in full sun. The canes are usually about the same diame...

When I got them the tips of the leaves were brown( If I remember right they were in the mail during the first 30 C day this spring). I put them in 6" ...

My trachys like me again. After a week in semishade they are greener and not as limp. The shade doesn't seem to make any difference to the washys and...

When we sold our house 4 years ago, We put in the offer to purchase that my wife's 2 Peonies were excluded from the sale.Then we didn't get possession...

Thanks. My palms went outside this spring when we pulled out the old window and replaced it.I'll move the trachys to a spot with evening shade.Allen

It has been hot here as well. Only 28, 29, 30, 31; not like in the Okanagan. But it has been windy. So far my seedlings have enjoyed it with the excep...

I have posted pics of my desert.Wes;If you want a pad from my Opuntias -- the O. basilarus; O. basilarus v. basilarus; and/or O. polycanthus let me kn...