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You'll have to search for M. grandiflora ... not M virginiana.

Cameron Your Magnolia virginiana "Edith Bogue" is in fact Magnolia grandiflora "Edith Bouge"Cheers, Barrie.

One other thing that comes to mind, don't over plant. I know it seems hard to do, but believe it or not, many cacti and succulents can fill a planting...

Nice thing about Musa velutina is it's fairly small size. A good candidate for container cultivation. Cheers, Barrie.

Chrysalidocarpus lutescens is quite likely what you have there. It's routinely called an areca palm - (no relation to the true Areca genus.)Many milli...

As someone that's accustomed to planting these out permanently, it's very disturbing to hear of your plans to dig up this and move it indoors over win...

I have a couple of these, one a bit larger than yours (Mark) and another that must be double that size. Neither one flushed last year dispite it being...

Very nice. What sort of protective measures did you use? Very fresh and healthy. These W. robustas are very difficult in our zone 8 Northwest coastal ...

Paul, I think you're on the right track with basjoo. The foliage is certainly in jeopardy with 28ºF - 30ºF (-2ºC to -1ºC) and the entire pseudostems h...

Cp- They tend to not be worthwhile. The only good reason to grow Eucalyptus (IMO) is for their bark. Otherwise they are not useful trees, horticultura...

As a matter of fact Jim, I did l cut a section of lawn today dispite what the weather folks predicted.Mainly sunny for the main part of the day so I p...

That's quite an elaborate protection method but I guess you'd need it there. Well done !!!What are the other pieces still left undercover?Cheers, Barr...

We had a few slushy flakes today. Must have been cold aloft which caused this phenomenon.Cheers, Barrie.

Heidi ... Maple Leaf Garden Center in West Vancouver has been stocking Butia capitata for the past few years now.It would be the first place I'd check...

No kidding! Canada is in full party mode tonight.Cheers, Barrie.