End of Summer update from Niagara-on-the Lake, Ontario

RyanNiagara · Post by **RyanNiagara** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 3:47 pm

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

One of my Ensetes

Plumeria

European Fan Palm

New Canary Island Date Palm

Bismarckia Palm

One of my Blood Bananas

My big basjoo

Lots of these guys

My Castors did very well this year despite being ignored

Perennials finished for the year

Little Gem still flowering

DD Blanchard planted 2 years ago getting big

Strawberry Tree badly damaged this winter by ice so not expecting much in the terms of fruit this year

My biggest Windmill Palm

My Chinese fan Palms

Small windmill grown from seed

Slow growing Needle Palm and Sabal minor.

Another Sabal minor from Frank

My Edith Bogue. Planted it as a sapling and is quickly outgrowing its location. Going to be moved next year.

Hebe

Lots of Bamboos around from JiminNiagara. This is a short version( dont know the name)

More castors

Pond Flowers

Thanks for looking!

Beny · Post by **Beny** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 6:47 pm

Wow, beautifull garden and nice pond you have there. Good job.

Ben

Zabola · Post by **Zabola** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 11:35 pm

Beautiful looking garden, are those Sabal Minors or some other types of Sabals, how do you protect them and needle palm?

Zabola · Post by **Zabola** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 11:37 pm

Beautiful looking garden, are those Sabal Minors or some other types of Sabals, how do you protect them and needle palm?

janci · Post by **janci** » Wed Sep 18, 2013 3:45 am

beautiful garden Bravo

igor.glukhovtsev · Post by **igor.glukhovtsev** » Wed Sep 18, 2013 6:21 am

Amazing! Thanks for sharing!

bananieru · Post by **bananieru** » Wed Sep 18, 2013 7:16 am

Beautiful. Incredible it's only a short distance from Toronto, still such a difference. Congratulations.

Tavi

RyanNiagara · Post by **RyanNiagara** » Wed Sep 18, 2013 8:57 am

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 · Post by **RyanNiagara** » Wed Sep 18, 2013 9:02 am

bananieru wrote: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 between us and the GTA in January which is amazing since I can see Toronto looking across the lake.

Zabola · Post by **Zabola** » Thu Sep 19, 2013 12:13 am

Simply unbeliveable that Minors overwinter without defoliation there, unprotected

which climate zone is it then? We dont have wilt proof here but it maybe does miracles..

RyanNiagara · Post by **RyanNiagara** » Thu Sep 19, 2013 8:05 am

Probably between 6b-7a here.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Thu Sep 19, 2013 10:55 am

Total eye candy, Ryan.

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

Well done.
Barb

bananieru · Post by **bananieru** » Fri Sep 20, 2013 6:15 am

Is this microclimate in all Niagara-on-the-Lake or just restricted to your area. If it's just an area, were would that be? (planning my retirement

)

Tavi

seedscanada · Post by **seedscanada** » Fri Sep 20, 2013 6:39 am

Tavi, much of Niagara-on-the-lake, St Catharines, all of Jordan and Vineland and some of Beamsville are 7a:
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/seedscanada/9836469105/" title="IMG_00000306 by seedscanada, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7355/9836 ... a566_b.jpg" width="1024" height="600" alt="IMG_00000306"></a>

Last winter, our low was -13c here in Beamsville, at our house in south facing microclimate it was -11c only one day and -9c three days, not in a row

RyanNiagara · Post by **RyanNiagara** » Fri Sep 20, 2013 7:01 am

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.

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Fri Sep 20, 2013 7:13 am

How many gallons is that pond?

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Fri Sep 20, 2013 8:01 am

Great layout and beautiful pics...
everything looks very healthy and happy!

igor.glukhovtsev · Post by **igor.glukhovtsev** » Fri Sep 20, 2013 8:03 am

lucky1 wrote:Total eye candy, Ryan. So impressive what grows in the Niagara area... Tough to believe it's in Canada, really. Barb

Every time passing Niagara-on-the Lake I enjoy a town core, the gardens, bamboo is everywhere and that famous araucaria araucana in downtown. Believe I have been passing the Ryan's paradise sometimes too... I love this area!

wheelman1976 · Post by **wheelman1976** » Sun Sep 22, 2013 12:05 pm

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

RyanNiagara · Post by **RyanNiagara** » Sun Sep 22, 2013 5:50 pm

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.