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Cool stuff! Hope to see some of those hybrids make it through the winter! You're in a similar (but slightly warmer?) zone than I am, I'm in a solid 4b...

Awesome! Out here (zone 4) I've never got them to grow beyond 8' and stopped protecting. Might just be worth another try some day! Well done!

Hey Chris, I'm in a zone abut 1-1.5 colder than yours. I've got 2 S. minors in the ground... My thought is that if you plant it, a thick layer of mulc...

Welcome aboard!

AWESOME. That's one impressive Yucca.

So tropical looking as always Jim. Someday I'll try those different Trachycarpus as well, when I have the time to get proper protection on them, that ...

nuda was a total bust here in zone 4b/5a. I heard the same thing from a fellow in Niagara, not that it failed, just that it was like having 'running s...

Looks like an evergreen Viburnum to me...

IMpressive the stuff that comes back under the shelter... The soil must not freeze in there??? The Sabals are really interesting to me, how many leave...

Cold Finland is very similar to my climate (Zone 4), but I imagine that you lack summer heat?

First time I tred P. bissetti it died completely after -24C... Stupid thing was supposed to be among the hardiest of the Phyllostachys.How old is this...

Jesse- You've gotta keep the rhizomes away from frozen soil. If they wholly, or even partially, freeze, the plant won't come back. I can get them thro...

Which agaves have you tried? I have tried just about all the hardy Agave that exist. From A. utahensis (all vars, multiple collections), A. montana, ...

Jim- I stopped protecting my cacti about 5 years ago. Too much of a hassle, and it's not necessary here (at least for the plants that I grow). The onl...