Okanagan desert-palms
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RE: Penticton or Okanagan type climates

In my opinion we can grow what Aaron does in Shoshone ID. His zone is comparable to ours and within near latitudes ,and desert conditions. Joshua tree...

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RE: FreezePruf

Freeze-pruf from Dr. Franco Palms won`t grow here and other myths. Now working as the dean of plant biology for the university of Alabama I think. I w...

16 years ago
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RE: New Bizzy

Mark that is a great looking Bismarkia. I could only hope to pay what you did for that. We get cheap T. fortunei and Med. fan palms ,Mexican fans and ...

16 years ago
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Larger Needle palms worth gold

Great info Ron and Bill. Ron you will not find anybody selling Needle palms for sale in commercial nurseries here on the coast of B.C. They need heat ...

16 years ago
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Yucca Cactus garden

Jay everything has grown huge. What are you feeding them?John

17 years ago
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RE: Growth In Ma Last July08-Sept09

Bill that`s amazing how much growth you have on those plants in just over a year. Mine have been planted for three year now and just this year startin...

17 years ago
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RE: Palms update

WOW Josef thanks for the update. That gives me so much inspiration to start planting more than just T.fortunei and needle palms. John

17 years ago
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RE: Homeowners association

Well thats`s a bunch of B.S. What are the penalties? I would make the most Mack Daddy enclosure just to spite them. Some people just don`t get it!John

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RE: Winterizing Robusta?

Bill I would keep it as close to natural conditions as possible. Desert palm trees need light and IMO so does every palm during the winter in an enclo...

17 years ago
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Raising the roof

Steve that new roof height should be good for at least another couple of years. Maybe less the way things are growing in there.John

17 years ago
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RE: Some Pics of my garden

Scott very nice. When you bought that washy what was it labeled as?It looks to me like a W. filifera or W. filibusta. I hope El nino helps you this wi...

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