hardyjim
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RE: Trachy Growth Progression

IT must be makin up fer the really cold wet summer we had last year..... if yours was similar to mine. Canada day (july 1) is usualy one of the warme...

16 years ago
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RE: St.Louis Botanical Garden,etc.......

Here are some more pics from the trip.Rose window in CathedralBig a$$ bird at the zoo-damn noisy too :lol: Whats this thing called?-he carries his hou...

16 years ago
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RE: St.Louis Botanical Garden,etc.......

They are a more soft leaved Yucca so the leaves droop more but they look almost exactly like thetype you see all over in yards up well into Canada.He...

16 years ago
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RE: What is Everyone's Total Number of Palms Up To?

I've tried them several times -they have made it through the winter but are suseptable tospring/early summer moisture,even in the biggest "G-house"whe...

16 years ago
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RE: Trachycarpus princeps ,blue silver from the stone gate

GarryOne of your Princeps seeds you sent me winter before last overwintered in the groundand came up this year,it's also a 2 ridger!

16 years ago
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RE: St.Louis Botanical Garden,etc.......

It is possible the Oleander are in large pots that are sunk in the ground.The Yuccas were quite a surprise!They look like you garden variety Yucca tha...

16 years ago
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RE: I don't understand why I keep getting these black tips!!

Any chance to store rain water and water with that?Sometimes city water with all it's chemicals is rough on palms and other sensitive plants like spid...

16 years ago
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RE: More new palms..

Nice,that will be a great addition-lot's of new palms to watch grow!

16 years ago
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RE: St.Louis Botanical Garden,etc.......

Thanks guys/gals,the St.Louis zoo and B-gardens are some of the best in the world.You could spend a whole day at either and not see everything.The Bas...

16 years ago
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RE: Trachycarpus princeps ,blue silver from the stone gate

My guess is,they will look more alike as they grow.If they do not,there may be some Fortunei blood in them.JMO

16 years ago
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RE: What is Everyone's Total Number of Palms Up To?

Mazari is extremely root tender,best to plant in mid summer when air/ground temps are highest.Late winter/spring moisture are disastrous,they need to ...

16 years ago
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RE: Ugly numbers

Well Erik,looks like it's just you and me on this thread :? so,hoes it going buddy? how the palms making out?Is your big Sabal you planted showing any...

16 years ago
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RE: Ugly numbers

I have never seen these kind of dewpoints,even Jim Cantore on the weather channel said there were dewpoints in Iowa near 90,he said he had never heard...

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