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Looks like you got it a little worse than we did. We probably ended up with ~30cm or so. Some of it will disappear today, hope this is the last major ...

Tim- With the big leaf types you need to keep them out of the wind and a little shady to ensure that the leaves grow to their potential. The best I ha...

Tim- My damned Illicium is about 1' tall and spindly. It's just not hardy in zone 5. Too bad because they are really nice looking and so fragrant.Ther...

Any post to 'correct' or improve the information presented in that list would be far too long. Look up Pieris floribunda, or Ilex pendunculosa, for a ...

We hit -18C! Coldest in a few years here. We'll see if the winter has anything else in store for us.

Excellent! We'll soon have a palmsnorth supply of Tim's hardy Eucalyptus if they keep going! oh, and Tim, you might have a problem when you suddenly h...

They were right on last winter. Hope this year is the same... Though we had that night of -18C already, so it's a 'cold' year here again.

They certainly look like nectrotic spots. Let us know if those leaves regain their colour!

Good stuff!I love Sabals, but man are they ever SLOW this far north. I don't know what we can do to speed things along... maybe heat the soil?

Echinocereus triglochidiatus is my fave red flower, hardy into zone 4.Some Rhodos have stunning red flowers and stems.

Did you notice the Cylindropuntia in the foreground? The thing is something like 8' tall and was cut back a couple years ago!He does (did?) have a cou...

We currently have a low of -16C forecast for next Tuesday (Jan 22nd). If this pans out it will be the coldest we've seen since January 2011 when we hi...

-8c on january 1 2013 was our coldest cold. That's like 8b. Haha! Beat you 0.4C Adam!I gloat for now, because when we get a real cold spell I'll be ...