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madgav

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Post by madgav »

Hi,

Long time lurker, finally making my first post :D
I'm Gavin from Newtownabbey, County Antrim. I've been growing exotics on the sunny ( :roll: ) east coast of Northern Ireland since 1995.
I've been a long time member of, and (sometimes) regular poster on, the EPS forum.
There are some pics of my garden on my website here: http://www.madgav.org/myplants.htm, sorry the pics are out of date - hope to update them this year!
Andy P

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Welcome to the madhouse Mad. lol
waggy1

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Hello, Welcome and I enjoyed browsing around your garden with great interest.
RogerBacardy

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Post by RogerBacardy »

Hi Mad Gav, always enjoyed reading your posts on the EPS. Impressed with how determined you are to persevere with butias. icon_salut
madgav

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Thanks for the welcome and glad you liked my site :)
It needs an update though!

Roger after 18 years of growing several different butias I can say that I'm not so crazy about this genus anymore :)
I still have a capitata and a paraguayensis in the ground, both of which are doing...... ok..... the paraguayensis is still growing out 2010 damage. My two poorly erios are in the greenhouse.

No, the best feather palm for our climate has to be a ....... JUB :)
Or a chamaedorea radicalis :lol:
kata

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Post by kata »

Welcome to the forum madgav!

I like EPS but can't eat a full one... :lol:

John and members are great.

icon_cheers
fern Rob

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Welcome.
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Welcome gav, i've spoken to you a few times on e.p.s . karl.
Delboy

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Post by Delboy »

Welcome Gav, nice palms!
Those are also the neatest planting holes I've ever seen lol.
tropicalwon

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Post by tropicalwon »

Welcome Madgav icon_salut

Great site you have icon_thumleft
madgav

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Thanks everyone for the welcome icon_thumleft
And for the kind words :D
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madgav wrote:Thanks for the welcome and glad you liked my site :)
It needs an update though!

Roger after 18 years of growing several different butias I can say that I'm not so crazy about this genus anymore :)
I still have a capitata and a paraguayensis in the ground, both of which are doing...... ok..... the paraguayensis is still growing out 2010 damage. My two poorly erios are in the greenhouse.

No, the best feather palm for our climate has to be a ....... JUB :)
Or a chamaedorea radicalis :lol:
hi Gav,good to see you here too.
have to agree with the jub/radicalis but out of the 2 i favour radicalis as i actually get to watch it growing,plus it flowers young making even more interest
mars ROVER broken down. headgasket faillure
grub

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Post by grub »

Welcome to the asylum Gav icon_thumright
madgav

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redsquirrel wrote:
madgav wrote:Thanks for the welcome and glad you liked my site :)
It needs an update though!

Roger after 18 years of growing several different butias I can say that I'm not so crazy about this genus anymore :)
I still have a capitata and a paraguayensis in the ground, both of which are doing...... ok..... the paraguayensis is still growing out 2010 damage. My two poorly erios are in the greenhouse.

No, the best feather palm for our climate has to be a ....... JUB :)
Or a chamaedorea radicalis :lol:
hi Gav,good to see you here too.
have to agree with the jub/radicalis but out of the 2 i favour radicalis as i actually get to watch it growing,plus it flowers young making even more interest
I agree, although I did manage to get one of the big oil-drum jubs in 2005 which was already a decent size. I don't expect to see it flowering anytime soon though, possibly never will..... that's a cheery thought haha :lol:
Radicalis is one tough plant though, possibly even hardier than the -7C oft quoted.
jungle jas

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Post by jungle jas »

Hi Gav, thanks for the pics and the running commentary. What is your usual minimum temperature over there? How many leaves a year are you getting on the Jub. icon_thumright
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