Wow.You may still want to get a 'thermo cube' hooked up to a space heater for the top... -40C is pretty cold.

Nice elata! Absolutely my favourite Yucca!

Oh man do I ever love Sabals... They are really my favourite of the hardy palms! Thanks for the pic.

I do have a minor. It gets placed in the palm house because, in my climate, they survive 1 or 2 seasons without protection (in my experience). Even th...

Thanks for the pics Jim. Dig that banana up and take it in for winter... How else are you going to get any potassium?

Looking good! It's always nice to get a few extra weeks of growth, sort of fun living on borrowed time! The boo's are looking good. You going to cover...

I notice that the bottle of wine is empty...I gave up on Casters last year since the red ones did not germinate, and the green ones were duds. I had h...

Thanks Jim! I'm pretty jealous of your banana bloom.Am I the only one who thinks that the red leaved Ricinus looks like a cross between a Japanese map...

Think it's going into it's shock response :D ? The leaves getting tougher is probably an evolutionary defence mechanism to herbivory, which could be...

Jim- I found that mine was really struggling in Ontario with lack of moisture... I can only imagine it would be worse there! I dug mine out, potted it...

It's also possible that the Gunnera is G.tinctoria,quite a bit smaller than G.manicataand probably more common. Jim- I can't find my pics, but G. man...

Erik- Tswassen is where the ferry to Victoria leaves the mainland. It was among the first communities in Canada to have public palm plantings. You can...

I'm not that familiar with the Salton Sea... Is it getting saltier (is that why the fish are dying?).. I remember that someone had suggested that Coco...

Nice Y. neomexicana......looks much better than mine! Mine too! Though it has started to come back from the roots!