Hey tim (wisconson tim :D ) HEads up for this weekend, you might be getting the same arctic blast that I am for a day or 2.

If I didnt see the thread title, or original post, I would be asking " how did you manage to get a Ficus Elastica to survive?" :DNice mag Tim (s)

THings that are native/naturalized im not worried about (lilac, carragana, ash, maple, even crab apples), its some things that im not sure how theyll ...

Oh you mean like this?Looks like its going to hit jsut as some tree buds break. Great :(

Another Ontarian!Niagra is a great place to have a great garden. There are some wicked plants growing there.Im up in Thunder Bay. Anywhere from zone...

WOw those Ensete got big last year!I keep my Basjoo indoors all winter. I got it as a tiny little plug, so there was NO way it would survive outside.

Did you get that localy or from down south? IT could just be that the old growth isnt used to your climate extremes. I planted an Azalea that was sh...

"Normal" is very relative anyways :D

SAme here paul. spring is on average 2 weeks earlier and fall is on average 2 weeks later then 100 years ago, and most of that occured recently withi...

Well, Enviro canada is telling you :P But that is what it seems, and across the country for the most part (Cept BC and parts of the maritimes IIR). ...

I just found this table regardin february temps in canada..... Temperature and Precipitation Tables Record high mean temperature readings (in °C),...

Paul. Me too90% of the snow is gone (Was 3 feet in some places), some flowers are comming up, and im expecting crocus in the comming days. Everythin...

what about asking?

EH duncanMy Y filamentosa survived last winter in a normal garden bed (not this one that just past, I havnt seen it). IT did really well, untill the ...

So. 10C the last 4 days. Coldest -2C. Its pouring rain, and 80% of the sno wmelted in about 3 days. Here is my new extended forcast. Note, that at...