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Igor you may be right about the sedum. They called it Old man's bones. I think I may have over estimated its drought tolerance as I planted it in so...

Thanks Igor, so far I have only tested the banana. The canalilly and yucca rostrata haven't seen their first central illinois winter yet. The banana...

Aaron, the bush is a crepe myrtle dynamite. I was pleasantly surprised that it has survived the last 2 winters here. The first year it died to the g...

Aaron, the bush is a crepe myrtle dynamite. I was pleasantly surprised that it has survived the last 2 winters here. The first year it died to the g...

Thanks for reminding me Barb. I kept meaning to put my location down. :D

Thanks Aaron. I was trying to get a feel for if our winters are similar. Sounds like they are. With the exception of precip maybe. I'm with you I ...

Thanks Cameron. I'm in Springfield, IL zone 5b/6a.

Cold is a deciding factor, but wet cold is the killer! :x If you can keep the roots dry and the crown dry and the plant is not stuck in weather belo...

DesertZone, where you live do you have winters where the temperature stays below freezing for possibly a whole month or at least a few weeks? This se...

Thanks for the welcoming Barb! I'm glad I found this site! I'm on Gardenweb but this seems to speak more to my obsession with exotic plants that may ...

That's not what I expected from yucca rostratas. There's so much talk about them being hardy to zone 5b. They have pictures of them in New York. Mi...

Woa! Thanks for telling me that! I've been nurturing this tiny rostrata for over 2 years now!

Thank you. I have a yucca rostrata. I was thinking about just putting a plastic bag over it in the winter and maybe poking some holes in the side of...