Hey Barb,yes all those seedlings were likely 5 months old................get Yuccas in the ground and they take off. Yucca schottii does grow fast bu...

better photo of the new growth on Y. filata 'trunk' forming.<img src=>

another update...........not much change. I finally found out how to get the date to work on my phone camera!Dead leaf one:<img src=>OK leaves:...

Hi Tim,you'll need to connect with Cincinnati Frank who's got a strain of Southern Magnolia which stayed 'mint' after -24F. That would blow the doors...

I got ZERO plants in the house...............YUP.............none, zip, nadda. Some in the garage.Adam............yes........Yucca schottii is a supe...

Hi Scott,sorry about the seedlings dying.......I guess my rule of thumb would be to take the pot/container to the sink and water it until water is see...

Just when you thought spring was here. We too woke up to a dusting............look close you'll see the tulips coming up.<img src=>

I'd remove the plastic cover when leaves emerge through the soil. Air movement will be important once you see the leaves.

grow such old plants is very interesting. I hope they find even older plant material.

Sabals seemed to need heat...... I used 90-95F and they germed nice. I used the plastic baggie method with slightly moist peat moss. Set my thermost...

Thanks for update Tim. It appears your high of 3F with low of -5F caused the damage. Hopefully it will get a tad hardier with establishment. The UC...

Hi Mike,Thanks Mike......not much snow this year. Get another MP......they are nice.It appears I missed this post too......as I never responded to Ba...

Hi Jim,we stay wet here in Coastal Massachusetts. If we don't get rain for 3 weeks we call it a drought! No kidding. I found a S. sempervirens 'Swa...

go figure your plants survive the brutal cold only to get damaged from roof ice! :? You still look real cold over there! Still warm here! I guess yo...