I like this topic! I've always believed that many of the Southwest Yuccas are VERY conservatively 'ranked' according to USDA zone. I mean, hell, I had...

Barb,The Niagara pics are on the Northeast subtropicals board, sort of a specialists board for people from New England, Eastern Canada, and a few othe...

Scotty, Things are looking good. We've been fortunate not to have a really hard freeze yet (though I did hit -4 in Syd.).Check out the pics I snapped ...

Thanks all , i appreciate every comment and subjection.Hi paul one more question i just want to known if u are able to suggest a place in south ontari...

Henry,I'm in zone 4b/5a (USDA) or zone 6a (Canadian) near Kingston, Ontario. If you look at our lows you'll see we hit around -27C last winter (-29 at...

Here are a few of my favorites. If you've read my posts you know that I find W. robusta rather unappealing. However, the more robust, hardier, 'roughe...

Kent,Careful with leaf cages around Sabal minor. For some reason mine were killed to the ground despite the leaf enclosure. If you do go this route, b...

Sorry Bill, must have missed your question. I've heard of Tyvek before, but I don't think that my current financial situation will aloow me to try too...

I have a small arkansana that survived last winter with no leaf burn, where filamentosa had some burn... But it being small might have meant the eaves...

That's a good question. I know that they wouldn't be happy spending the year inside... They are between .5" and 2" across right now. Hopefully some (h...

I'll give 'er a go here:glauca (-40C?)filamentosa (-32C)- inc. 'flaccida'arkansanaangustissimaelatabaccata (high altitude forms)harrimaniae (and simil...

That would be cool. 8) I want to try some agaves this summer. I think I still have some seed from the hardiest Agave, A. utahensis ssp. kaibabensis,...

Lookin good Bill!That banana fertilizer really works!

We bend them over in the colder zones so that they get covered by snow. It gets too cold here for the culms to survive in a cold winter... The snow in...

The freeze-pruf was not enough to save my bananas from the low of -4C this past week. Not enough of a test to tell for sure if it works.Basjoo ready t...