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Sorry about the long delay between posts. It has been a combination of terrible weather and health related issues. I was out in the JG over the...
Wow! You have been busy today! Thanks so much for the links, I appreciate that most sincerely. Thank you again.
That's right, the wood rounds are from a couple of the smaller western red cedars which had to be removed. It is sort of the British Columbia...
Well, not exactly. It is just a part of the garden at the south end. As of a week ago it was completely invisible. Covered with some of the 41"...
Hi Anne: There is a chap up in Sidney, Pacific Flowers Nursery who has lots of bamboos. Not as many as the Bamboo Ranch on Saltspring, but quite...
Thanks BB: I will just have to be persistent then. One thing I have noticed is that the white webs these mites make is really tough. For my...
Our soil here, if you can call it that, is really nothing more than decomposed sandstone. Plus whatever detritus has been deposited by birds and...
I can certainly vouch for your summer weather comment. In speaking with the bamboo sellers, and chatting online, it would seem that 30' for that...
A bit more information: Firstly, I found out that it is not Arundinaria Fortunei, but Pleioblastus Fortunei. In Michael Bells' book, the...
LPN: How big do some of your Phyllostachys grow....like vivax for example?
I have gone through the entire 8 pages here, and there is very little on bamboos flowering and going to seed. I am extremely new to bamboo, just...
LPN: You're not that far from me. Could you give us a few pics of what you have, or maybe a list. I for one would like to know how your plants...
I have been using what passes for white crushed clam and oyster shells from a beach at the head of our bay. It is somewhat coarse, nothing like...
Kento: I was hoping that someone with bonsai knowledge would have answered you by now. What sort of plant is it? Is it an azalea or rhododendron?...
Dalex: I think you will probably be OK if you bury your potted maples in the ground. Add a couple of inches of bark mulch on top as well. If...
Here's the machiai so far. Now I have to do something with the open sides, as it will be used as a potting shed.
Just one quick shot of the screens at the south end of the Japanese garden. Not that much wind gets through here, but these screens filter it...
I think maybe it would not be the normal snowfall that you get, which is fairly light. But, rather the exceptional one. Many years we get no...
Rex: Welcome to the botanical garden site....it's a great place to get good info. I live on one of the southern gulf islands, and our property...
Another question for you all. Can anyone direct me to a photo of a covered bridge in a Japanese garden - the real thing I'm speaking of here. I...
