Just seems like normal weather to us on the south coast so far this winter !

Got a few still hanging on, a bit battered by all the wind, but they are giving the Elephant hawk moth caterpillars something to eat on

Hey Kristen, the topic title was Garden not Country Parks
Some great changes going on in gardens

Strong Wind and Gales !!.
Normal weather down here on the south coast

Personally I have found you can get a larger head of fronds on the Dicksonia antarctica when protected. :D Never wrapped mine or covered mine most I've ever done is put a bunch of leaves in the crown, and always get a good flush, being sad enough to count them I had a 48 frond flush lasts spring an...

Funny you should mention a bee I had one in mine a round early December time, I couldn't believe it really but it seems to have gone now. I suppose they have to keep warm some how. I was checking croziers, it buried its self quite deep in to the crown. Bees hibernate in lots of plants for winter an...

Don't know about coming out, none of them have rested done here, even the greenfly and blackfly are still at it.
There again the Nasturtiums haven't died off yet and are still flowering And Cannas are still trying to flower as well

Nice lot
Myplantshop ??
Still don't understand why this is not in Blog section

Mr List wrote:I wonder if our idea of deep shade is very different.

greenii and aurantiacum both withered to almost dead in, like, half shade for my garden

No direct sunlight and only dappled light ?
But they do get plenty of heat, water and feed

Foggy

which of the hardiest ones can handle the most shade? I grow most of my gingers mainly for the foliage to add to the Jungle effect, flowers for me are secondary. In deep shade and bang hardy for me are Hedychium forrestii and greenii, Cautleya spicata is another good one for me and Hedychuim densif...

I'm in the
"Don't do anything" camp as long as we are talking about Dicksonia antarctica's

Springlike

flounder wrote:I've used BF&B for over 30 years without a problem.

Ditto

fern Rob wrote:I seem to forget about my tree ferns in storage, I'm going to have to check as they are hard to bring back once dried out.

Most Cyathea's are dead if allowed to dry out