That gloriosa is incredible! I'm so jealous... I've tired a few here, they aren't long term hardy in zone 4b/5a, coming back most years, but never rea...

I don't think that anyone would be foolish enough to think that a Trachycarpus fortunei could survive an air temperature of -35C. It's not, physiologi...

What did you do, plant them in fertilizer! Impressive growth!

Henry- In terms of protection Scotty on this board overwintered non-hardy palms in zone 5 Kingston, ON. He'd be the one to talk to about heating and p...

Jim- Your Gunnera is much bigger than mine... I'll have to change up how I protect it next year.Things are looking good!

Nice selection Bill! Excellent!

Scotty, that's Canadian zone, not based on the same criteria as the USDA zones (and the cause of much confusion)... Here's what it says about Sydenham...

Jim- I was trying to be subtle... There is relatively little 'true' USDA zone 5 in Quebec... Only the downtown Montreal heat island is 5a (barely), lo...

Interesting on the survival of the Trachy. I've found that under snow they tend to die back but come back... I've had one come back after -32C with sn...

Pretty Solid for zone 4 Henry! I think there's a guy in zone 4 Utah who is also growing Butia... Does anyone have a link for that?Cheers,PaulZone 4/5 ...

Jim- He's in Thunder Bay, WAYYYY up on the North Shore of lake Superior... The growing season up there is short, it HAS snowed every month of the year...

You can either send me an email or try Hortico.

Oh my those Ricinus grow quickly!

JOVA- Just take the last 30 years (use more data if it exists, the USDA uses too short a period of time IMO) of extreme cold data (the coldest tempera...

The whole Freeze-pruf thing is a little off-putting... I bought some, I should have waited. We all got reeled in by the claims (2-9f extra cold protec...