I would use mulch as well. If you guys get regular snowfall, then It wont be a problem, but im sure it would appreciate at least 4 or 5 inches of lea...

Wow Igor, every time I see your yard im more and more impressed with what youve pulled off there. You got a collection from everywhere, london, canad...

Its going to be a mess from what ive read up on it so far. 20 foot waves of of long island, the center hitting somewhere around new jersey (thats act...

Yeah, Mike. What you should do if they forcast heavy wet snow, is to bend that big beautiful fargesia down tot he ground, and hope no culms snap.....

And cold/snow due to the arctic low. Might be time to prep a bit. Better safe then sorry IMO.

Heh, even for the awesome long year: Fri sat sun M Tu WedHigh 5 °C 4 °C 4 °C 2 °C 1 °C 5 °CFeels Like -2 -3 -3 -2 -7 -3Low -1 °C -3 ...

Better then Cal;gary barb!

Thats too bad Tim, that looked like it was supposed to be a gorgeous plant (not saying it isnt, the colour is pretty nice). Some massive roots as wel...

Tim - What type of gingers are those?Barb - I like to let my hardy tropicals get hit with as much frost as I can possibly let them get hit by, without...

*Waits for Paul to pipe in*I have 4 (2 Rhodies, 2 Azalea) up here. R. "Helikkii", R."PJM" hybrid, Azalea "Lollipop" and Azalea "mandarin lights".The ...

After repeated frosts here, I still have some plants outside, including my CHinese fan palm, areca palm and CIDP. Guess what one is doing the best?CI...

If it is indeed black cardinal then ig is self heading. I need to take a better look, because I think I seen the nodes like a monsters. Apparently, ...

The tubs one of those old "ball and claw" tubs, about 3x6. Big tub, big plant :D