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Re: Dave B's Blog - Spring at last :)
It would be nice Dave if you could take a pic of you standing next to you're butia for size comparrison
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Great looking garden Dave,
I love the canopy shots. they remind me when I slipped in the garden and ended up looking up at my Trachi....
I love the canopy shots. they remind me when I slipped in the garden and ended up looking up at my Trachi....
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romping away! How will you protect as it becomes more of a californian skyduster height?Dave Brown wrote:Yes, it loved the wet summer of 2012, and the warmth of 2013. Seems to be putting on around 6 to 9" (15 to 25cm)of trunk per year.cordyman wrote:Great pics! Is it me or has the washy put on some considerable height?
Also is this the first winter its not gone yellow/lost head?
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I suspect, Dave, that the Washy, like the Trachies, have not stopped moving all winter.
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are you sure you weren't laying on the ground sunbathingkata wrote:Great looking garden Dave,
I love the canopy shots. they remind me when I slipped in the garden and ended up looking up at my Trachi....
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Don't have one at the moment, but I'll see if I can get oneHuddy wrote:It would be nice Dave if you could take a pic of you standing next to you're butia for size comparrison
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It won't get canopy protection now as too tall.cordyman wrote:
romping away! How will you protect as it becomes more of a californian skyduster height?
Also is this the first winter its not gone yellow/lost head?
It was defoliated in winters 2001/2, 2008/9, and 2010/11, but suffered no cold damage in 2006/7, 2007/8, 2011/12 and 2013/14
It had the parasol protection in 2009/10, 2010/11 and 2011/12.
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Dave B's Blog - Summer 2019 pic with Washie
Not updated on here for a while, but this is a pic from the summer.
Compare Washie Washingtonia this year with the earlier pics.
Compare Washie Washingtonia this year with the earlier pics.
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Am I right in thinking that the Washie is now too big to protect any more, Dave?
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Yes it's about 18ft (5.5m) tall, but... it is above the super cold ground level feeze area.GREVILLEAJ wrote: ↑Fri Oct 25, 2019 7:18 pm Am I right in thinking that the Washie is now too big to protect any more, Dave?
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No need to answer the last question, Dave.Just read your earlier post.......from five years ago Should have gone to Specsavers
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I was only thinking last night that seeing as we've got Dave b posting again it would be good to see his washy, as it's been a long time since I'd seen it..... Are there any more highlights from the summer? How's the Butia doing these days?
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It was severely damaged in 2010 freeze and took 6 years to recover. Finally in 2016 it started to get decent growth, then along came the 'Beast from the East in Feb/Mar 2018 with -9.9C, then storm Emma slammed into the 'Beast' giving 54 mph gales, BUT at -4.9C This was the worst weather combination I've had in 35 years here. Bertie Butia crown pulled in June. I did all the usual H2O2 treatment, but it was a gonna Pic here in Jan 2017
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My other Butia, Barry, is doing fine, but has more shelter from NE than Bertie had.
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