-5C is a very good temp for putting the roof on...if it fits 8) over those gorgeous specimens.I recall how awful last winter was for you, but lots o...

Hi tony, welcome aboard.USA? Canada? growing zone?And if you can maintain a 5 foot majesty palm, you can probably give us advice.With 10 leaves, in ...

Plus you forgot to take photos?Better exercise (and cheaper...oops maybe not) than a gym membership.Your palms will keep you healthy. :wink: Barb

Scotty, when I saw your new big Trachy this summer, I wondered how you were going to do the size transition for the expanded hut versus last year's.Gr...

Aloe thraskii (dune aloe) forms smallish trees, weird looking but spectacular flowers:This pic may not do the flowers justice.Probably after 100 years...

serj, please take a picture of your styrofoam box for your auracaria.At what temperature will you put the box on?Tim, great! thanks for your pic, it'...

Sounds like a good trade, Erik :lol: Hey Jim, talking about the aloe...thought you'd like to see the woody trunk on this Dune Aloe from John (Okanaga...

robreti, thanks very much!It'd be great to search Google Earth for "Niagara on the Lake Araucaria"...and up pops the streetview/live pic.Maybe one day...

You'll be sorry that you asked for pictures :lol: :lol: :lol: Found another in my album:Wollemia nobilis "leaf attachment" more closely resembles t...

Hi serj, sure use the photos...will add a few more of mine at bottom of post.Cold hardiness of yours...a good reference here:Whereas Wollemia nobilis ...

Too rainy? Perhaps, but didn't appreciate all the rain when I lived in Vancouver.Now that I live at the edge of a desert--and the corresponding sever...

You expected P. roebellenii to be fine? It's pretty tender.Then there are people like me who lose a 5-year old roebellenii even when it's never seen a...

Very difficult but like plants from any country going across borders, there are phytosanitary certificates and expensive air shipping costs.I've never...

Should be good inside your styrofoam box.Good luck with it serj this winter.This link shows it may push your palms out of the way. :lol: