I've been collecting, trading, buying, germinating, etc. cacti for years and years. I'd say the single best place for Canadians to get their cacti is ...

Jesse- What you see there (the cactus garden) is a north slope of a septic bed. The 'soil' there is 100% sand to which I added coarse 'Horticultural s...

Wollemi- Too many to list here! The dead one in the centre (1 of 2 I lost this winter) was a Echinocereus rechenbachii. It's OK I have another 5 forms...

They did not make the 2008 winter. I don't know what happened to the replacements.Maybe they should have consulted our own Jim in Iowa... He's having ...

Beautiful tree Tim!Scotty's got an Edith Bogue too.BTW anybody heard from Scotty? :shock: I've seen some posts, but not on here. He claims to have t...

If you can find the 'Zanzibarensis' form of Castor bean, the thing grows like a weed (it is a weed in the subtropics!) to a massive height. Maybe if y...

Erik- I have 2 (or 3?) Fargesia specimens. The best in the cold if F. nitida, I would expect it to be too tender in the heat for you. F. rufa is OK in...

That's a nice mild winter Jordan. My location in Kingston has never had a winter warmer than USDA 7a; Toronto had one year with a low of something lik...

Good find!Any idea of the low they would have seen? You should go back for some root pieces!

Welcome Andy.Hope you have some luck this year. If you can get hold of Bill (Ma) he has a nursery with palms, bananas, etc. and is in your state (can'...

THanks for the pics! Cam- I don't think it would produce seeds there... Am I wrong?

Just got over a foot of snow today...and more is expected to fall tonight...Newfoundlands extended winters are a pain in the butt. :( Ya, but you'll ...

I'm going to say 80% sure they are elata. There are, however, narrow leaved Y. glauca which look very similar.As Tim said, once they bloom there will ...

FYI- We got snow yesterday. Something like 5-10cm... Doesn't really feel very spring-like, but it is neat to see the flower blooms emerging from the s...