PalmsNorth.com – Cold Hardy Palm Forum

Not quite as described but have had a Queen Palm Syagrus Romanzoffianum in a pot sitting in another pot under a cabbage tree for several years which h...

Just been reading a message from Steve Pope (one of UKs top guns on tree ferns) on the AFS Forum website that premature cutting of old tree fern frond...

We had a nest of wasps near our footpath.Solution ID location night time visit with kettle of boiling water. Result no more wasps!

Thanks WesI read somewhere that W.Robusta takes a bit more winter wet than Filifera.I have Chamaerops,Trachys,Butia Capitata,Syagrus Romanzoffianum in...

Spot on Wes.We do have very dry winters and the days with frosts usually result in sunny fairly mild days of 10 to 15 degrees celsius.Our coldest over...

Hi JayJune was fairly cold with heaviest ground of minus 9.1 Celsius and quite a hard air frost of Minus 6.1C.July was very mild and dry for the time ...

Thanks JohnNow all I need is someone to dig a 3ft deep trench in our heavy clay soil!!!Enjoy your summer.We are looking forward to spring.Snowdrops ar...

Hi John and JayI too am a bit of a fan for cold hardy bamboos.Only problem is their rhizomes? About a mile from home in Christchurch New Zealand there...

:) No pictures but Salvia Guaranica is a beauty if you like strong blues.Cheers:Ian Mc

Re your Oleanders.I have two neither of which flower very well in morning and afternoon sunshine only.In contrast plants down the road thrive in full ...

Sorry Aaron.No digital.There are heaps of T/F pix in the Yahoo Group Tree Ferns together with lots of gen.Cheers: Ian

Re Tree ferns also have other exotics outside in pots late Spring to Autumn,Cyathea Dregei from South Africa which needs to be kept constantly wet and...

Hi Jay and allLiving on the dry side of New Zealand's South Island most of the tree ferns in our garden are NZ natives but have been fortunate to aqui...

Have had Agaves growing in our back garden for over 30 years including 3 types of Agave Americana:the ordinary blue/green variety,Blue/green on the in...