Barb,Great idea!What do you have for soil in those, uh, potties? --ErikP.S. I don't need to add, but I will anyway: I have a LOT of trouble growing Wa...

I'm at home now; I have google earth in the office. Speaking of office, my entire 40,000 sq. ft. campus is heated all winter with geothermal heat. Alm...

I love Chamaerops humilis. I have a happy green specimen growing well if slowly. My one C. h. cerifera died, but that is my fault (poor soil drainage....

I'm trying Ficus carica and Punica against my west wall. I was planning to build an "outhouse" to protect them but supposedly they are hardy down here...

The ones I use are sold for the purpose of keeping exposed water pipes from freezing. I guess I took the simplistic view that a palm trunk is just a w...

I may be the only one. Too bad, as they have great color. Photo one is of it in a pot, where I grew it up for a few years. This photo is a year old. P...

Yup, need a moderator on this forum, too.

Wow! This has to be a first--me using a palm word Barb looked up. :lol: I've only been on this forum a year. I've learned a lot but have much more to...

Mike, great link!Of course I grumbled when I put in my zip code (74008) and it said I am in zone 6b. That may be true but I don't want to believe it! ...

Yes, try Sabal minor!If you don't mind doing a mail order for a small one, Stokes Tropicals has a 75% off all plants sale right now Their website stil...

Barb,lots of good stuff there as always. Mulch: I have not been happy with leaf mulch. Maybe if I had big oak leaves, but I don't. My trees are ash (F...

Thanks! Those were good. Does anyone else have some research to share?

Nice yard!I hope mine looks like that by U.S. Thanksgiving in six weeks....Question: why are you going to trim crape myrtles? I like the colorful fall...