Scotty- Looking good. We had the one frost I mentioned a week or so ago. There was also some snow in the north end of the city yesterday (Toronto), it...

Canadian, Don't feel alone in this. When I first began this hobby (fresh out of HS) there was 1 source for 'tropicalesque' plants in Canada, and it wa...

Scotty- With luck we'll have a warm winter and you'll see no damage at all! I'll have to scour my garden to see if those plants are still alive at all...

Glad your Azalea has budded. The leaves should fall (they're deciduous) and some do, in fact, have good fall colour. I think the ones that I have, mos...

Hey- Found some pics:Here's the 7 dollar Aucubas:<img src="" alt="cactusjune08plus 002">The smaller one perished the first winter. The larger on...

Jesse- I hope my reply to your Aucuba post was OK.In NS Rhodies grow like weeds. Just stick them in the ground and they'll sky-rocket. I do have some ...

Jesse- Try bonsai BC, , they have by far the best price you'll find (6.95 per plant). FYI- I've not had luck with this species down here, I think I'm ...

Erik- The wind here in the big city (Toronto) has not been bad at all. It was supposed to be vicious, but the sting seems to have been taken out of it...

Erik- The wind here in the big city (Toronto) has not been bad at all. It was supposed to be vicious, but the sting seems to have been taken out of it...

We just missed our first snow last night. It snowed ~100km north of the city in Barrie last night. We did, however, have our first frost! There was a ...

Here's some neat stats for Canada:Most days below -20C:Most freezing days:Most extreme wind-chill days (-30C)Sunniest winter:Snowiest cities:

The USDA growing zone is simply an average of the coldest extreme minimum temperature recorded each year. For example: If I had extreme lows of 0C, -1...

Canadian- I can vouch for only Yucca glauca and Yucca filamentosa in Nova Scotia. I have no doubt that Y. recurvfolia and gloriosa would survive in th...