here is an attachment that will take you to some new garden pics.
http://www.cloudforest.com/northwest/forum/962.html
Wes North Vancouver Zone 8b/9a
Keats Island BC Zone 8a
Palm Springs CA Zone 9b/10a
wes - fantastic pictures. thanks for posting them. a great look and plants are well spaced with lots of variety. I have to get back ot the drawing board and do more planning. you have obviously mastered working with your mild climate. thanks again, great work
Kent in Kansas
where it's cold in winter (always)
and hot in summer (usually)
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Hey Wes nice updated pics.
You know my FAV 😀 that gorgeous huge female fortunei .
I like the look of those large bark pieces, looks better than the bark mulch I have (which is half dust).
Everything looks good. Nice to see banana leaves don't get shredded from the wind if they're in a sheltered area.
Wow those cannas and hydrangeas...great colours.
And those kiwis and lemons (me, green with envy... 😕 )
The bamboo canes are lovely against that fence, nice colour contrast.
It was great seeing those pics.
Thanks.
Barb
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If you drink, don't drive. Don't even putt.
wes,
i really enjoyed your pics!
too many favorites for me to pick but I really dig your Dicksonia...how old is it?
the trachy's are sweet!!
Palmettoman Z6-Ajax, On
Very impressive! You have such a good collection. 😯
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-Aaron-
Thank you.
Palmettoman, I have had my dicksonia for almost two years. They say it grows an inch of trunk a year so I guess it would be around 8 years old. Last winter was it's first and it lost some of it's fronds but most of them stayed green. It has produced around a dozen new fronds this year. It looks very healthy and likes where it is.
Aaron,
you have to try and get up here one of these days and I can shoe you around Vancouver. There are a lot of tropicals here now. Large Trachycarpus Fortunei is very common place now.
Barb, Yah I kinda like my old female trachy too. I bought it for $19.00 back in 1994 and it was around 12" in height. Everyone told me it will never grow here. I guess it proved them wrong. It now stands over 20' in height.
Oppalm,
Thanks for your comments. We are lucky here to be this far north and enjoy such a mild climate.
Wes North Vancouver Zone 8b/9a
Keats Island BC Zone 8a
Palm Springs CA Zone 9b/10a
Wes,
I love all of your pics, the meyer lemon looks great. And I love the use of the hockey sticks in pic#6. 😀
Thanks
Phil
What can I say. I'm just a good old boy from Canada eh.
Hockey is life and life is hockey
Wes North Vancouver Zone 8b/9a
Keats Island BC Zone 8a
Palm Springs CA Zone 9b/10a
Well put Wes!
Thanks
Phil
Very nice pics, Wes.
Did the cactus survive?
Allen
You don't have to be crazy to grow palms in Alberta..... But it helps
Yes it did but I kept it in a pot and did not plant it in the ground. It hasn't grown since I got it from you but looks healthy.
Wes North Vancouver Zone 8b/9a
Keats Island BC Zone 8a
Palm Springs CA Zone 9b/10a
Wes, if I ever make it to Canada I would love to see your area, looks very interesting. 8)
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-Aaron-
Just let me know and I will show you around.
Wes North Vancouver Zone 8b/9a
Keats Island BC Zone 8a
Palm Springs CA Zone 9b/10a
