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Hello everyone!
I already posted some pics of my rock garden (which was only one side of my garden) in the yuccas section but never showed my tropical side of it. here it is better late then never as our friendly admin once said 🙂
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Group view of my main bananas "musa sikkimensis"(grown from seed by me) and a musa basjoo that was 16 inches when bought & planted.
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Musa basjoo on the left and my first Sikkimensis to sprout fall 2013 and grown indoors under fluos.
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Musa Helen's hybrid, this one is quite beautiful with some red stripes similar to the "red tiger" variety
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This is my palapa where are I go to relax, have a few beers and pretend I'm in the tropics 😀
you can also see 3 bananas in pots: "super dwarf cavendish" in big brown pot, the twins (as I call them because grown from the same seed)in black pot are
sikkimensis X paradisiaca variety and finally musa "raja puri" bought together with my musa basjoo from a not so distant supplier
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Closeup of my palapa and the little rock fountain "solar powered"
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the plants around the fountain are: Cyperus papyrus "little tut" on it's left, "darmera peltata" in front of the frog, Colocasia esculenta "Puckered up" upper right,
some sun tolerant hostas and a little ostrich fern
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Evening view of my palapa with the solar powered tiki torches, the flames look quite nice in person
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and for those who have never seen my pics from my rock garden here is an updated pic, it features yuccas (Rostrata, Baccata and Glauca) many sempervivums,
some blue fescues and a few cactis (opuntia humifusa)
my yuccas were grown from seed soon to be 1 year old but have shown incredible growth both indoors and outdoors.
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Side view of my rock garden (sept 18 ) filled with more yuccas, blue fescues, sedum spectabile, liatris
(who got huge but some flowers already cut) and a dwarf cherry tree! that blocks the view
of my big yucca filamentosa and my main rock garden (the pic from above)
the only plants not shown are my 2 mazari palms (Nannorrhops ritchiana) grown from seed almost 1 year old with 5 leaves each
and my flowers section (not included as it may not interest anyone??)
That's it for now, I have more pics coming mostly updates from my yuccas growth that will be posted in the yucca section very soon
Edwin
Edwin
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Posted : 26/09/2014 10:21 pm
Looks great!
That palapa is very special!
Posted : 27/09/2014 11:15 am
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Looks great!
That palapa is very special!
Thanks! yeah I'm very happy with my palapa and best thing is the thatched roof that looks like real dried & woven palm tree leaves is actually synthetic! it looks very real but has the advantage of lasting a very long time (they gave me a guarantee of 20 years) rain or snow and strong winds won't affect it, it already passed the test of my rough winters!
Edwin
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Posted : 27/09/2014 1:47 pm
A chimenea in there would extend the time you can enjoy it. 😀
Posted : 28/09/2014 8:42 pm
Hi Edwin,
I live in Mirabel, not far from you 😀 ...nice garden, if you want to try overwintering some palms, you can take a look here how i do that...you can visit my web site at expressiontropicale.com or my youtube channel under the same name...
A bientôt!
Benoit
Posted : 01/10/2014 8:49 pm
Your yard looks well done and maintained! 😯
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Posted : 01/10/2014 9:41 pm
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Hi Edwin,
I live in Mirabel, not far from you 😀 ...nice garden, if you want to try overwintering some palms, you can take a look here how i do that...you can visit my web site at expressiontropicale.com or my youtube channel under the same name...A bientôt!
Benoit
Hi Beny,
Thank you, I've seen some of your videos, it gave me ideas & I also collected more information here & there, now I know what I want to do & how to do it hoping it works
Salut! 8)
Edwin
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Posted : 02/10/2014 2:03 am
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Your yard looks well done and maintained! 😯
Thank you Aaron!! I worked very hard last fall and most of this summer to finish my dream garden by myself with a bit of help from my lovely wife.
here's a pic of what it looked august 2013 before I cut down my 2 pine trees at each corner.
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Edwin
Edwin
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Posted : 02/10/2014 2:26 am
amazing job
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Posted : 02/10/2014 10:06 am
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amazing job
Thanks! 🙂
Edwin
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Posted : 02/10/2014 10:15 am
Looking really good! Glad to have another member in the same cold-as-s^&% zone as me!
Your bananas look great, you going to try to keep them in the ground? And what about the Yucca?
If you'd like any Opuntia or Cylindropuntia for that cactus patch let me know, I've grown many many types and have selected those that have been hardy for 10+ years in a zone 4b/5a location with no protection.
Looks good.
Posted : 03/10/2014 11:06 am
Hey Edwin, looks great! Have you thought of protection methods yet? I'm in a slightly higher zone here for my palms, but Beny has great techniques for your zone for sure. He's a great resource. Paul is right, try and overwinter the Bananas, they should be ok if they stay dry.
Cheers!
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Posted : 03/10/2014 10:46 pm
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Looking really good! Glad to have another member in the same cold-as-s^&% zone as me!
Your bananas look great, you going to try to keep them in the ground? And what about the Yucca?
If you'd like any Opuntia or Cylindropuntia for that cactus patch let me know, I've grown many many types and have selected those that have been hardy for 10+ years in a zone 4b/5a location with no protection.
Looks good.
Thank you Paul, the bananas that were planted in the ground will stay there, I plan to protect them with burlap,frost cloth and finish with R8 multi purpose insulation, in the ground I will put some type of plastic followed by frost cloth, finally the surrounding area will be sealed with a polystyrene box. also to fight the humidity I will experiment with something no one has tried before: silica gel. from info I gathered 1 packet of 10g will remove the moisture from a container of about 475 cu. in. (about 2 gallons in size). This is the size of a box that measures about
10" x 10" x 5", my boxes will be bigger so I will try 2 to 3 packets and adjust according to results......as for the yuccas I will protect the little ones by making a shelter with an inclined roof made of woven poly, the leaves of rostratas will be attached and I will wrap the baccatas with
the winter blanket (white geotextile fabric cover), y. glaucas will have no additional protection and my filamentosas no protection at all as they made it past last winter which was one of the coldest in years. I will post pictures when the time comes ....
I have opuntia humifusa, will it be cold hardy here?(shelter protected) thanks
Edwin
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Posted : 04/10/2014 1:23 am
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Hey Edwin, looks great! Have you thought of protection methods yet? I'm in a slightly higher zone here for my palms, but Beny has great techniques for your zone for sure. He's a great resource. Paul is right, try and overwinter the Bananas, they should be ok if they stay dry.
Cheers!
Hi! thanks and yes,I will try to protect them based on many methods, Beny has good techniques for sure; I will adapt some ideas and try some of my own like the silica gel to fight moisture buildup, hopefully no rot will occur. fingers crossed 😉
Edwin
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Posted : 04/10/2014 1:32 am
I have opuntia humifusa, will it be cold hardy here?(shelter protected) thanks
Yes, Opuntia humifusa grows really far north and east natually. With a solid snow layer it'll be fine, you'll just need to tidy any pads that have failed over the winter.
Posted : 05/10/2014 8:08 am
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