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I always find march the worst! It just seems to drag on without extreme lows, but no real warmth (usually). Low to date is -7.6C for Toronto (18F); -1...

I have a very reddish O. macrocentra that is listed as hardy to zone 6. It is half hardy in my zone 4b/5a. I'd say it would be a good one for you zon...

Kevin at South Coast gardens usually carries it. I tired one and lost it (100% kill) to a zone 6b winter with protection. This was near Kingston (USDA...

*Excluding Nova Scotia! The warmest province...*And the Niagara Region, a zone 7, where needle palms have been grown unprotected (year-round) for 15+ ...

Seedlings will be much less hardy.

I'm 75% sure that it is.

I use the snow to insulate my borderline plants, especially the bamboo, which i bend to the ground. If we have a 'normal' winter it works really well....

jesse- Methinks this variety will be tough enough for zone 3. I don't think that the var. borealis is taxonomically valid (i.e. no stable distinguishi...

You might have nailed it Jesse. Any idea the differences between that and alatus?

Methinks what you have there is the burning bush, Euonymous alatus. It's native to the Southern part of Ontario and is hardy well into zone 3!

great shots!

Erik- Aren't the Pumas down there smaller than the ones we have here? Cool shot still!

Aluminum is very toxic to Rhodies even at relatively low concentrations, best to avoid it completely! Similar to calcium, Rhodies are just really effe...

Ya, not so common here at all. They just don't grow well. It's too much work for people to amend the soil for proper growing conditions, at least that...

Keep the crowns dry. Needles are notorious for having crown rot, especially in young plants.