That's hot for Vancouver, Wes.You'd get a lovely ocean breeze at your location.No wonder the palms love it!Barb

I staged the plants against the white wall for the photo.My earlier photos were of a green plant against a green lawnchair (Duh!!!) :wink: I AM learni...

Interesting topic.It's hard to find journeymen around here...they're either working full-time for contractors during the building boom, or they've gon...

Man...34 degrees on my North Okanagan patio at 3pm today...whew!Dry as a bone, no humidity to speak of.I've been misting the palms and cycads 3 x a da...

Steve, what a wonderful library of your hard work (and love).Man, look at the roots on those Zamia! Wow.Congrats on fine work (as always).Barb

Excellent article...how devastating, especially as the threat expands to all Cycads.Thanks for that, Steve.Barb

Ain't that the truth, Steve. Thanks...I love 'em :wink:

Yup, we're ALL close to growing so much more than our zone allows.But I have to chuckle...someone in Panama was quoted as saying they'd love to grow a...

Josef, as always, W O W!Is that a Monkey Puzzle tree to the left? or a Norfolk Island Pine?Looks more exotic than the Spruce it probably is :shock: ...

Wes, nice contrast with those unique bamboo stems and the fence behind, a very Asian setting.Does that bamboo spread...some folks have a copper "pot" ...

Wes, that's just the run-of-the-mill honeysuckle (mostly a small shrub/vine).It took years and years and years (15+, I think) to keep pinching out all...

Barrie, the fragrance is heaven!I'll look up changsha and owari to see what images there are.Do you (would it work?) cross-pollinate the mandarin and ...

Thanks for the tip, Allen.I'll certainly know better for next time, and use a #3.Too late now, I'll just "suck up" the loss as wisdom...It's 24 hours ...