Early summer update

RyanNiagara · Post by **RyanNiagara** » Wed Jun 19, 2013 6:31 pm

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 under the new growth.

Some rhodo blooms from a few weeks ago.

Some plumeria blooms:

DD Blanchard no damage

about to bloom

Little Gem Mag is surprisingly hardy and did well with only a little bit of damage to a few leaves.

Little gem bloom

See the damage underneath

Edith Bogue growing like a weed

Musa Basjoo starting to grow

One of many Japanese Aucuba. Never gets damaged in our climate

Windmill Palm protected with a wooden box

small trunk

viburnum davidii

Small needle Palm. Only a tarp for protection but is a slow grower

Ugly sabal minor. Tarp for protection

Hebe very happy

One of several types of bamboo that was donated by Jim Niagara

Ensete

European fan palm with small waggy seedling from Joe SSI

Canary Island Date Palm

Some Colocasia

Another Ensete just coming around from winter hibernation

Ensete with Chinese fan palms

Potted bismarckia

I have a few blood banana suckers chopped off the big plant and scattered around the property

Not tropical but I love hostas

I have about 20 Castors around the property. The cold spring has really delayed their growth. The one to the left is from a seed that survived the winter and popped up this spring.

A couple extra shots

Thanks for looking

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Thu Jun 20, 2013 11:30 am

Gorgeous!!!!! Simply gorgeous!!!!!

Barb

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Thu Jun 20, 2013 12:39 pm

GREAT YARD

Love all the variety!

What is the weather like there in the summer?

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Thu Jun 20, 2013 4:14 pm

That bannana is cool, everything is cool!

chadec · Post by **chadec** » Thu Jun 20, 2013 4:14 pm

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

Paul Ont · Post by **Paul Ont** » Thu Jun 20, 2013 4:43 pm

Looks good buddy! You seem to have expanded!

miketropic · Post by **miketropic** » Thu Jun 20, 2013 5:33 pm

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

RyanNiagara · Post by **RyanNiagara** » Thu Jun 20, 2013 6:37 pm

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

Barb

Thanks Barb

RyanNiagara · Post by **RyanNiagara** » Thu Jun 20, 2013 6:39 pm

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 · Post by **RyanNiagara** » Thu Jun 20, 2013 6:42 pm

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 · Post by **RyanNiagara** » Thu Jun 20, 2013 6:45 pm

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 · Post by **RyanNiagara** » Thu Jun 20, 2013 6:46 pm

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

sashaeffer · Post by **sashaeffer** » Fri Jun 21, 2013 4:36 am

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??

RJ Tropic · Post by **RJ Tropic** » Fri Jun 21, 2013 5:31 am

That is a showcase garden, love the fact that you have that CIDP in the ground, well done.

bananieru · Post by **bananieru** » Fri Jun 21, 2013 9:13 am

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

wheelman1976 · Post by **wheelman1976** » Fri Jun 21, 2013 6:55 pm

What do you do with the plumerias in the winter time? Are they in the ground now?

RyanNiagara · Post by **RyanNiagara** » Sun Jun 23, 2013 8:05 am

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 · Post by **RyanNiagara** » Sun Jun 23, 2013 8:10 am

wheelman1976 wrote: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 of water over the winter.

RyanNiagara · Post by **RyanNiagara** » Sun Jun 23, 2013 8:11 am

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.

Post by **Jay-Admin** » Sun Jun 23, 2013 2:55 pm

Wow! Very nice

Cameron_z6a_N.S. · Post by **Cameron_z6a_N.S.** » Wed Jun 26, 2013 2:37 pm

Everything looks great as usual, Ryan! Hopefully you'll soon have some fruit on that A. unedo.