I'd have no problem using 'Freeze pruf' either! It sounds very promising!I wonder when we'll start to see the first genetically modified palms suitabl...

Nice blooms Jay!If you tired of that basilaris, I'll gladly take it off your hands! Does it get any winter damage?

If it's possible, that Yucca elata seems even more monsterous then it did in the last pics I saw of it! I think I'll be waiting at least 40 years for ...

Barrie- To overwinter these I leave them as they are. The snow piles up on them. It melts a bit. The rabbits bite the leaves off and leave them scatte...

You find the same inaccuracies in forecasting/reporting in Nova Scotia too... The weather for Halifax is given from the airport (inland) and is genera...

GDD, we all know that for palm recovery from lethal freeze requres a large # of GDD (not an issue on the west coast because it, udsually, doesn;t get ...

Barrie, I dig the Cylindropuntia spinosoir... The cutting I recieved last year did not survive the zone 5 conditions... Looks good, love the coastal B...

Here are a few more... The first few Opuntia to bloom for me!O. basilaris var aurea<img src="" alt="laterjune08cactus 006"><img src="" alt="l...

John,You've got the right climate to grow an amazing diversity of desert plants! I'm growing these plants in a wet/humid area that's a bit colder then...

Barrie, Yes they are all hardy (well, the rostrata is new, and it may not be hardy...) Opuntia blooms should begin in the next week or so! I'll post m...