Barb,thanks. Yesterday was worse for the Tulsa area. An F2 hit the house of a friend of ours ~7 miles away. She is OK, but lost her mature trees and r...

Barb,I'm going to want to see photos from your garden soon, as well. ---Erik

Does your sequoia grow fast?The closest I've tried down here was a dawn redwood at my old house in town. The first winter damaged it more than I expec...

Thanks, Jim!Steve Sillet and I were classmates in "plant physiology" as college juniors. He is still above me (well, I'm taller). His senior project d...

Yes indeed, Bill, they look great. Trachys look much better than mine even though I am well south of you!Your Washy almost makes me want to try anothe...

Oh, sorry. I grew up in Oregon where Aucuba was over-used to the point where serious gardeners wouldn't grow it. Kind of like Photinia here. (Recall:...

Bill,I'm hoping you give us a full inventory sometime. On my lunch break I went to that nearby parking lot nursery where a couple brought a truck load...

Jim,Here are the details of the one that came closest to us:...Okmulgee County...Bryant tornadobegan .5 miles northeast of Bryantended .75 miles east-...

Thanks for asking.It was pretty bad for Oklahoma, but just fine here. One big storm passed to our south and another veered north into Kansas. The near...

How did they all come through the winter?

Thanks for the update. It will be good for all of us to know how the two compare by August. My uncovered Musa basjoo is a clump of 7 pseudostems of ab...

We have a fire going in the fireplace--thought we were done with that!Low yesterday was 43oF. Not a big deal, but I wish I had brought in my wife's ti...

The one time I tried Aucuba, a decade ago, it died its first winter despite a good setting. I've wanted to try them, and have seen a few growing in Tu...

I agree with your rankings. Now, back outside to plant Aucuba, Ficus carica, Euonymous "chollipo", Mandevilla, Musa basjoo, elephants ears, sweet pota...

I'm debating bringing my wife's new traveller's palm in for the night, but other than that I think we're good here. Barb, come on down!Land is cheap a...