John- I like that the scales for rainfall are different between the Vancouver and Kamloops charts!Thanks for the info!

Tim- I'd suspect that you can expect 2 leaves until it establishes, then I would suspect you'll get 4-5 per year thereafter. I would also like to poin...

Up here we can't count on the freezes being over until may (and even then we can have frosts/freezes). The records in Toronto for March are 26.7C and ...

Good pic Tim. I've got both a 'Birmingham' (F3, I presume) and a 'Brazoria' (aka Sabal minor...) to plant this spring. Looks like I'll want to keep th...

Thanks for the update Tim. Always a pleasure seeing your incredible Yucca collection!Can we expect some crosses this summer?

Tim- What was your winter low? It really doesn't look bad!

Tim- I'm getting a plant of maximum x calophytum this spring. Might be hardy enough for zone 5... I hope. There have been R. calophytums selected for ...

Kinetin is a powerful cytokinein whihc helps to promote things like shoot elongation. NAA is an auxin, which helps in root formation.

Barb- We're only just now getting the first flowers of spring here (Snowdrops and crocus). Would you be willing to post some springtime pics for us? I...

Yucca filamentosa (some call it Y. 'flaccida', but the 2 names are interchangable).You must be in a similar climate to my own (USDA zone 5?) since you...

WHAT? You're planting already! The snow has just left us here in the east. NO way I could plant anything for at least a month... Well, maybe I'll plan...

Looks good!

I'm going to guess that no Trachy fortunei selection (or cultivar, or whatever people insist on calling it) breeds true when not crossed with another ...

Nope- 100% same species. Which one of us is (has been) a taxonomist?Cameron/Wes- I'm kidding. The definition of a species in plants, and palms in part...

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