Great garden! Just needs some palms and yuccas :lol: :lol: Beautiful plants, especially love the standard-trained (versus bushes).Re your visitor.....

Hi Erik,Yup, Trachies grow big in Vancouver...eventually.They love the coast.Lot bigger ones over on Vancouver Island...just couldn't find the pics.As...

next year try and pollinate some? Brig a few toothpicks with you and give it a go The ones in town bloom so early (nearly a month) before mine.So poll...

some patience to wait for that to germinate! Yup...stared at it so long it germinated :lol: 4 months.Its siblings will probably take another 12 month...

not legal to send Maybe freeze dry 'em... :lol: Those yuccas downtown are finished blooming (didn't have my camera...)My yuccas are just starting (fi...

Aaron, how very beautiful it is.Love the robust stalk, would probably stand up well to winds.Congratulations...Great research results.I may stop killi...

Welcome aboard!You only get to -18C once or twice a winter?And you're only a Zone 6b 7a? :shock: Weigelia are fairly expensive but do look tropical w...

Yup, Erik, wind-tattered is common for palms that get nailed by wind.Since I planted my Trachy next to the house the fronds are pristine.You're alread...

my christmas palms developing an inflorescence !! So, Mike, did you drop your camera in the pool? :cwm21: Barb

Can you get addicted to plants like a drug? Do I need rehab? The good news is that rehab is held at your local nursery... :P

Adam, excellent news!So...watering the hell out of it is probably going to be normal operating procedure.Glad to see spears moving and leaves reopened...

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That rings a bell, thanks Jubaea.

Agree with Adam.That Washy would kiss your feet (thank you) if you put it out on the patio all summer.Lots of water.Barb

was told I can only use arborvitae as a privacy border. Ill do that next year. Well, arborvitae would give you year round privacy, but it`s relatively...