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    Bamboozled

    Hey Bloom good advice.. and sometimes get enough variation amoung clones of same species, that what someone has here, may not be quiet the same as...
    Post by: jimmer, Aug 16, 2011 in forum: Outdoor Gardening in the Pacific Northwest
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    Bamboozled

    Hey Ruhkus In my experience with Fargesia nitida, a smaller cane species.... it is the outer canes tends to lean outward as they grow taller.......
    Post by: jimmer, Aug 14, 2011 in forum: Outdoor Gardening in the Pacific Northwest
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    British Columbia: Tall Container Plant Suggestions?

    Hey DT's good insight on the C. armandi... never seen it held in containers for extended times..... likely it suffers the fate of most container...
    Post by: jimmer, Jun 18, 2011 in forum: Outdoor Gardening in the Pacific Northwest
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    British Columbia: Fig Tree Pruning

    Yeah what Mario says is true.... cutting higher will give it fresher wood and more trunk to branch on....... but in my experience they grow so...
    Post by: jimmer, May 8, 2011 in forum: Outdoor Gardening in the Pacific Northwest
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    August bloomer Z7

    Well guys not real sure, but it seems the combination of wet and cold....... and maybe lack of sun and the acid soils.... It seems to be root rot,...
    Post by: jimmer, May 7, 2011 in forum: Plants: Identification
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    British Columbia: Fig Tree Pruning

    Hey Raven..... Well may or may not get much 'horizontal growth'... but will get more lateral branching and new growth, by removing the apical...
    Post by: jimmer, May 7, 2011 in forum: Outdoor Gardening in the Pacific Northwest
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    August bloomer Z7

    Hey Salt yeah thanks for the insights.... shade may be an issue, as we often cloudy-foggy during winter, .......rarely temps in the teens F,...
    Post by: jimmer, May 6, 2011 in forum: Plants: Identification
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    August bloomer Z7

    Well, Wbender again..... small world... better late than never...... Yeah Bender, I been growing-killing these Hesperaloe parviflora here in...
    Post by: jimmer, May 6, 2011 in forum: Plants: Identification
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    Hazelnut/Filbert Husks

    Well this is a little dated for this 'contorted filbert' discussion, but maybe good place to add on....... for future interest, lead here as I...
    Post by: jimmer, May 6, 2011 in forum: Soils, Fertilizers and Composting
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    Japanese Maples - Naturalized anywere along west coast?

    Hey Bender Yeah that sounds and looks like pretty ideal seedbed.... that sandy clay probably encourages root development, while the clay retains...
    Post by: jimmer, May 2, 2011 in forum: Maples
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    Japanese Maples - Naturalized anywere along west coast?

    Yeah Ron Buddleja sp more a shrub, and I have several relic plants about 10-12 years old, that likely produce abundant small seed, and they seem...
    Post by: jimmer, Apr 30, 2011 in forum: Maples
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    Japanese Maples - Naturalized anywere along west coast?

    Well just stumbled on this thread following some other posts....... and I would not be so sure these days, that JM's wouldn't naturalize here...
    Post by: jimmer, Apr 29, 2011 in forum: Maples
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    Bamboozled

    Hey Marc... well sounds like the typical uninformed perception of 'Bamboos'...... not all 'Bamboos' are the same, .......the Fargesia bamboos...
    Post by: jimmer, Apr 23, 2011 in forum: Outdoor Gardening in the Pacific Northwest
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    Bamboozled

    There you go, the Shmoo knows....... yeah P. dulcis sounds like a good choice, as the sweetest... and maybe half the size of edulis... check the...
    Post by: jimmer, Apr 21, 2011 in forum: Outdoor Gardening in the Pacific Northwest
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    Bamboozled

    Hey Kris can't speak from experience, but Phyllostachys edullis is the classic for bamboo shoots I hear..... which is a running timber type...
    Post by: jimmer, Apr 17, 2011 in forum: Outdoor Gardening in the Pacific Northwest