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Meyer Lemon Trees March 18 2007
Rhapidophyllium Hystrix - Needle Palm March 18 2007
Pink Hyacinth March 18, 2007
Phyllostacchys Bambusoides Castillonis March 18, 2007
Wes North Vancouver Zone 8b/9a
Keats Island BC Zone 8a
Palm Springs CA Zone 9b/10a
Posted : 19/03/2007 2:44 am
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Meyer Lemons March 18, 2007
Male Trachycarpus Fortunei March 18, 2007
Female Trachycarpus Fortunei March 18 2007
Small Daffidols March 18, 2007
Wes North Vancouver Zone 8b/9a
Keats Island BC Zone 8a
Palm Springs CA Zone 9b/10a
Posted : 19/03/2007 2:52 am
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Yucca Recurvifolia March 18, 2007
Trachycarpus Fortunei Seedlings Naturalizing March 18, 2007
Dicksonia Antarctica March 18, 2007
Chamaerops Humilis March 18, 2007
Chamaedora Radicalis march 18, 2007
Brahea Armata March 18, 2007
Backyard Trachycarpus Fortunei March 18, 2007
Euphorbia Myrsinites March 18, 2007
Wes North Vancouver Zone 8b/9a
Keats Island BC Zone 8a
Palm Springs CA Zone 9b/10a
Posted : 19/03/2007 2:58 am
Great pics Wes. Looks like that Trachy in the back yard is in heavy shade in the summer ?
Posted : 19/03/2007 7:05 am
Really looking good.
How hardy is the Dicksonia antarctica? I like the look of it and am wondering if it would survive in full to part sun.
Allen
You don't have to be crazy to grow palms in Alberta..... But it helps
Posted : 19/03/2007 7:47 am
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Laaz,
No actually it gets sun most of the day all year around. The large apple tree blocks out just the morning sun.
Allen,
It is a zone 8 tree. The fronds are usually fried at the end of the winter but new ones grow back in the spring. I can see two new ones coming out now. Each year the fronds get longer. They eventually get to about 9' long. The trunk grows very slowly, about 1 to 2 inches a year. Mine only has 8" of trunk so it will never be a true tree in my life time.
Wes North Vancouver Zone 8b/9a
Keats Island BC Zone 8a
Palm Springs CA Zone 9b/10a
Posted : 19/03/2007 10:54 am
Wow... That has some long stretched out fronds for being in direct sun. Is it a hybrid ?
Posted : 19/03/2007 1:15 pm
It's a good looking plant. But not for me. I'm looking for something relatively tall and thin to put behind the palms and provide some foliage until the palms get larger.
I could go with an annual or something exotic that I would cover when I cover the palms.
Allen
You don't have to be crazy to grow palms in Alberta..... But it helps
Posted : 19/03/2007 2:50 pm
Thanks Wes for posting all those pics, I know how much time it takes.
Every things looks like it made it ok 😀
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Posted : 20/03/2007 2:14 pm
You should be proud .Your yard looks great.
John
Okanagan Palms and Tropicals
6b-7a
Posted : 20/03/2007 5:04 pm
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Laaz,
I too have wondered if it is a hybrid. The fronds on it are much larger than my other trachycarpus' I wonder if it is part takil.
Thanks everyone.
There is frond damage on the c. humilis and c. radicalis but I am sure they should be OK.
Warm and sunny here today.
Wes North Vancouver Zone 8b/9a
Keats Island BC Zone 8a
Palm Springs CA Zone 9b/10a
Posted : 20/03/2007 8:29 pm
Awesome pics Wes. 😀 How's the y. elata looking.
Regards,
Jay
Posted : 24/03/2007 3:57 am
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The yucca elata is doing fine. There is still so many exotics I didn't take pics of and that was one of them.
I cut some of the bottom fronds off so you can see the multiple trunks better.
Wes North Vancouver Zone 8b/9a
Keats Island BC Zone 8a
Palm Springs CA Zone 9b/10a
Posted : 24/03/2007 10:34 pm
The yucca elata is doing fine. There is still so many exotics I didn't take pics of and that was one of them.
I cut some of the bottom fronds off so you can see the multiple trunks better.
Good to hear Wes. My two are doing good also. 😀
Regards,
Jay
Posted : 25/03/2007 4:33 am
