Clive60 wrote:Perhaps I should sow some Phoenix Dactilifera, at least I could watch them grow!

nail on head watch them grow instead of steadily decline

first skimmias in flower here,normally early feb but i'll take that,no helebores yet tho,have had white ones up and out before now

what year is it now?
3 leaves on my new nanny so must be 2020

Yes, you did get a lot of snow last year which lasted for a few days in your area, Luckily in the estuary at sea level it doesn't stay very long, although the tops always look beautiful for some time. I would think you are limited to what you can grow without protection. Keep up the good work. icon...

i have tried these,a couple of times but with same results.for each new leaf,it takes so long to grow that 2 die thus not lasting very long

Yorkshire Kris wrote:

redsquirrel wrote:id say its doing ok,they dont grow at all well here,dont like acidic soil i think??

The opposite is true as they need acidic soil ideally ph 4.5 to 5.5 to thrive.

cheers kris,i knew it was one or the other

id say its doing ok,they dont grow at all well here,dont like acidic soil i think??

boringanwet

It just started here and will run through the night. It was nice all day with a slight drizzle..then the temps went from 10C to 0C in about an hour. I am projected to get to around -22c here with wind chills down to -31c by morning..The snow has just started and I am on my way to my unheated job at...

pm me your address and i will send you a few 2 yr old waggy crosses. not very big but will save you the first couple of years watching grass grow

looks brilliant
even better now the paste tables out of action, more time for festivities?????

merry christmas everyone, hope santa got to visit everywhere on time

They germinate sporadically over 3 years , I would say a third at least will germinate in 1st year , you usually get a few instant germinations. I dont know what Redsquirrrel was doing but that is not typical germination. I have been germinating them for years now. I always found the best way was t...

tell me about it,just had my first germinate after 18 months,fresh from garry at cold plant when i bought them, and for the record,5 out of 55 rotted in that time ,they could have been duffers

i havent managed to get adult leaves on any yet but when i do i will be chopping them off for sure.