Yea,Good to see you over there Paul,the more heads the better!The more Trachys the better! :shock: :lol: apparenly tha dave guy is a nurseryman who ...

Jim, I joined the E.P.S. site, but I don't really want to stir those guys up too much! I wonder if it's he same Nigel who told me he was resolutely op...

Jim,I don't know about this trait, is there any literature to support it? My scientific training requires that I am skeptical of everything... Sorry, ...

To add to Jim's method, you can first soak the seeds for 15 minutes in a 5-10% solution of bleach (sodium hypochlorate) to remove most (if not all) pa...

Bill- What was Stosh's? O. ficus-indica, O. ellisiana? If it's ficus-indica, then I'll just head down to the local grocery and pick up a few fruits ea...

Jim- What a fantastic garden! If I can figure out a way to overwinter T. fortunei or its varietas without heat, I hope to have a similar looking garde...

John, I hope you're right, I'd hate to think someone was selling improperly labelled seed (though this is not unprecedented...).You can see the second...

Barb,Not sure about this one, neither of the plants you've shown look anything like a Josua tree. But, Yucca seedling phenotype is very plastic, and c...

Not the needles or Sabals, but the Trachy does get a burlap wrap.

I love the part where they say they overheated them. That is INSANE. Look at the pictures, they didn't protect the crowns at all.

Since the fellow who owns the garden in question doesn't post here, I won't use his name. The garden is located about 150m west of Niagara rive, just ...

Paul, nice work on that zone map.Come to BC and edit ours please. :wink: Barb, There are far too many elevation changes in B.C. to produce an accura...