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RyanNiagara

It's a Phoenix canariensis. It does not like our wet winters so I pull it out and it goes in the garage for the winter.

RyanNiagara

its a pheonix

RyanNiagara

The windmills, waggy, needle and european fan palm stay in the ground and are covered by a insulated box.

RyanNiagara

Like everywhere else on the east cost we suffered from a horrible winter. In fact for our area it was the worst winter in 80 years. I lost 30% of my hardy tropical, mostly palms without much protection. Pictures are from mid July and sorry for the poor quality pics. Southern mags in May: http://i144 ...

RyanNiagara

Very nice. I'll probably check out Rice Road this weekend to see what they have left.

RyanNiagara

wheelman1976 wrote:What do you do with that plumeria in the winter? Is that in ground?

It goes dormant after the first frost. I pull it out of the ground and it stays in my garage until next spring.

RyanNiagara

lucky1 wrote:Total eye candy, Ryan.

So impressive what grows in the Niagara area...
Tough to believe it's in Canada, really.

Well done.
Barb

Thanks Barb

I love your area. The Okanagan is such a beautiful place.

RyanNiagara

Probably between 6b-7a here.

RyanNiagara

Beautiful. Incredible it's only a short distance from Toronto, still such a difference. Congratulations. Tavi The micro-climate here makes a huge difference. Especially in the winter. Most of the time we are a few degrees warmer then Toronto in the winter but I've seen almost 10 degree differences ...

RyanNiagara

Thanks everyone.

As for the minor and the needle palm I don't really protect them. I spray them with wilt-pruf and cover them with leaves. That's it. The windmill sits in a plywood box with a few Christmas lights from December-February. Same for the fan palms.

RyanNiagara

Days are getting shorter and the nights are getting colder and we probably have another month or so before we get our first frost. Fall crocus blooming http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r166/torontoforum/A90ACDE4-9564-42C6-8680-6FD87A1CA13F-865-000000F5269B050E_zps7d76b9ae.jpg http://i144 ...

RyanNiagara

bananieru wrote:beautiful garden. This year I wintered my plumerias in the garage for the first time and the result was disastrous; I lost them all. I'm looking for plumeria cuttings.

Tavi

Rice Road greenhouse has quite a few plumerias in stock right now.

RyanNiagara

What do you do with the plumerias in the winter time? Are they in the ground now? The plumeria comes out of the ground once it starts to drop its leaves in the fall. I pot it in dry soil and and it stays in my garage over the winter. They key is to keep the soil dry and give it at most a cup or two ...

RyanNiagara

sashaeffer wrote:CIDP planted in the ground in your zone? how do you protect?

GREAT shots of your yard!

Where is your location? I assume Niagra, NY??

Nope. Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario

CIDP goes inside for the winter in my garage.

RyanNiagara

miketropic wrote:any more shots of the water feature? looks very nice and everything is growing so well.

Thanks Mike. I will post more pictures of the water feature for you when I get chance

RyanNiagara

chadec wrote:Very nice, cant tell you had a slow spring at all.

DesertZone wrote:That bannana is cool, everything is cool!

Thanks guys !

RyanNiagara

Paul Ont wrote:Looks good buddy! You seem to have expanded!

I was slowly expanding my gardens but we decided to sell the house so I need to wait for the new place before I can add to my tropical collections.

RyanNiagara

hardyjim wrote:GREAT YARD

Love all the variety!

What is the weather like there in the summer?

Thanks Jim. The weather here usually hot and humid during the summer. This year it has been slow to warm up.

RyanNiagara

lucky1 wrote:Gorgeous!!!!! Simply gorgeous!!!!!

Barb

Thanks Barb

RyanNiagara

Well it was a bad winter and a cool spring in Niagara but things are finally starting to move. Sorry for the poor quality iphone pictures. What does a strawberry tree look like after it went through a bad great lakes winter with no protection? Not too bad. You can see some of the damaged leaves ...

RyanNiagara

Nice update. Everything looks great.

RyanNiagara

Nice looking palm. Start thinking of your protection method asap. Summer goes by quick.

RyanNiagara

Looking good!

RyanNiagara

Looks like shock. Heated protection in the winter then sudden exposure to cold will do it.

RyanNiagara

Impressive as always.

RyanNiagara

Thanks Barb. I wish we were as warm as Vancouver in the winter

The escarpment does provide us with quite a bit of protection though.

RyanNiagara

Hi Igor
Yeah its a pretty little town and a great escape from the circus that is Niagara Falls. Glad you enjoyed your visit.

RyanNiagara

Sidpook I live in Niagara-on-the-Lake Ontario. Zone 6B some even say 7a. canadianplant, Yeah its a great little microclimate in that spot. Yes that is the needle on the right. seedscanada, I learnt my lesson. Last year with the warm winter and spring I decided to uncover my plants at the beginning ...

RyanNiagara

Had some time today so I removed the protection on a few of my palms. Windmill is protected by a foam box with xmas lights on a thermocube. It looks perfect and put on a few fronds over the winter. http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r166/torontoforum/03B9749F-4938-46C3-91C3-320E5F05161A-4706 ...

RyanNiagara

We had a terrible winter this year like much of the east. Long cold spells, record snow falls and high winds. My magnolia trees did surprisingly well considering the conditions and the fact that they get no protection. This is the second year in the ground for my trees and to my surprise the DD ...

RyanNiagara

Great find! Where did you get it?

RyanNiagara

Quite the setup you have there. I've never had much luck with thermocubes.

RyanNiagara

It was nice meeting you guys. Hopefully this meet/swap will turn into an annual event.

RyanNiagara

So far we have 7 people coming. The meet is this Sunday @ 1 PM. If any of you want to come message me here and I will send you the info.

RyanNiagara

Meet will be on Sunday Sept 23rd. For more details please email me your name and I will add you to the facebook group.

dangerboy19982 at yahoo dot com.

Thanks

RyanNiagara

Yes the Plumeria drops most of its leaves.

RyanNiagara

I simply take it out of the ground after the first frost and pot it. It stays in my garage and I give it ONE cup of water half way through the winter. Come April it goes back in the ground and by May it flowers.

RyanNiagara

Yeah Cameron. They're actually on sale right now at rice road greenhouse so if you want I can pick one(or more) up for you. They are super easy to take care of and overwinter.

Let me know.

RyanNiagara

Amazing selection of plants you got there. Love the Madagascar.

RyanNiagara

Kinda wish the banana never flowered. It has stopped growing in height since the flower arrived so I am tempted to cut it off soon.

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