Thanks, Tim! Along with some of the more common stuff, I'm also hoping to try out some of the hardier South African succulents (Bergeranthus, Ruschia,...

Thanks, everyone. I've heard that it is usually in the 2nd or 3rd year when bamboos really start to grow!

It would be awesome if the female fruited this season!! However, I'm a little less optimistic than you :lol:

Tim, I think Loquats can survive in our zone, but I am unsure if they would fruit. I've read that the flowers need much warmer temps than the foliage!

As well, I have been surprised with how quickly (and far :lol: ) all of the bamboo shoots are emerging. Even within one day, I noticed a change in th...

Over the winter, I put the 5 gallon T. fortunei through hell! The reason I did this was because I was re-selling some palms from the same source, and ...

Great pics, Larry!

congrats :lol:

Wow, those are a lot of cultivars of Eucalyptus! How hardy is that cultivar of A. buxifolia?Here's a shot of some E. pauciflora ssp. niphophila seedli...

Tim, I think that Citrumelos would be somewhere in the same hardiness range as Yuzus. Maybe the main problem with mine was that they were planted out ...

I was away for a week, and returned to find a lot of new growth on my plants. One of my Aucubas is blooming (after less than a year in-ground!), as we...

Thanks for the technical update, Barb. I saw that my last post had jumped a couple of pages :lol: Tim, that's great to see the Nolina germinating so ...

Nice shots, Tim. I especially like the tall recurvifolia/gloriosa! It's too bad to hear about the "Big Mama" dying, but at least there are pups left o...

Jeff, welcome to the forum. I actually just returned from visiting some friends in Whitby. It's likely that unless you are planning on piling a huge a...