ronbruce
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RE: Book: Palms Won't Grow Here...

Is there a good site that shows the average growing degree days of cities? Seems to me I can look mine up on Environment Canada but any other sites o...

16 years ago
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RE: palm planting how late can I do

Beautiful palms. Nice banana grove too. I gather you'll keep the bananas inside till next year as well? I must research Trachycarpus a bit more. I'...

16 years ago
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RE: Book: Palms Won't Grow Here...

Well if he needs his info I tried to keep what I could when his site was active in my attempt to understand his theory on thresholds in re-establishin...

16 years ago
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RE: Any small needle palms in the lower BC mainland?

Thanks, Barb. I really have looked for several years now but have yet to see one in the flesh. One day even if just from seed.

16 years ago
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RE: Tree yuccas in the Okanagan

Here is a link to the website of the guy who is, probably, the most knowledgable hybridizer of Yucca, Benny from Denmark:A great site I have seen befo...

16 years ago
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RE: Any small needle palms in the lower BC mainland?

Thanks, Bill. Certainly another option for me. It may be a wee bit expensive to send one here but their site is inspirational as are all of you.

16 years ago
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RE: Tree yuccas in the Okanagan

Wonderful plants. Paul. Looks like I'll need to learn how to hybridize yuccas. :)

16 years ago
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RE: Yuccas

Sorry to chime in here. This year I snapped the flowers off my filamentosa to hopefully start getting a bit of a trunk-like effect as others have men...

16 years ago
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RE: Tree yuccas in the Okanagan

Those plants are amazing sight, truly a desert "palm" like some of you have mentioned.

16 years ago
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RE: Book: Palms Won't Grow Here...

Thanks hj, and now I must go web surfing to look at these sites. I did enjoy the Colorado one which I saw awhile back. I noticed he had posted on he...

16 years ago
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RE: A few of my garden pics from today

Yes, John, I mustn't forget the snow cover which is always great insulation and it seemed to last forever this last winter.

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RE: A few of my garden pics from today

I don't think I'll plant the velutina outside but one never knows with me. Yes, Barb, my one Basjoo has come back three years in a row. A friend on ...

16 years ago
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RE: Yucca brevifolia

Very nice, Aaron.

16 years ago
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