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Hi I'm looking for a source for Musa maurellii liners (Red Banana) either on Vancouver Island or the lower mainland. Anyone have any ideas?...
Hi I believe I saw Vesey's Seeds may have them on sale at the moment. Mail order for Canada, not sure about for the US....
Re: Rose of Sharon winter care I'm not sure about your zone, but where I am in BC, zone 7ish my Rose of Sharon that I started fron seed several...
Anyone had much experience ? My F. nitida has been going to seed for the last 2 years. This year I collected seed, and successfully germinated...
Hi I was wondering what you did to germinate your almond trees? Thanks Jen
Hi Wendy I sent you an e-mail. Jennifer
I'm growing some here on Vancouver Island, from seed I got from 2 different sources . So far they are just little plants but seem to grow fast,...
Beautiful, I love the castor as well. How do you guys over winter your sikkimensis. I have a bunch that I started from seed this year. They are...
Barrie, I'll e-mail. Charles, Isabella is white/pink, they show pics of it on the American Datura & Brugmansia Society web site, it's very similar...
Hi Barrie/ Charles I have 2 Brugmansias, (Frosty Pink & Isabella) that I'm wanting to take cuttings from. I received them as cuttings and...
I live close by, and have a bunch of T. fortunei. It was a tough winter, my largest, about 15' in the ground, came through pretty well. I had one...
We had built a large cover for our potted Trachy's but the wind toasted it one night. Most of the big ones seem ok, oddly the 2 10gal ones we put...
Hey Barrie Thanks, yes we have planted some stuff. But don't want to get too carried away until the we get a house in there. Some stuff we...
Liz, yes we do jump through some hoops to get some stuff to grow here. But the climate in Victoria, BC is considerably warmer and different than...
Well, it's finally done just in time for spring. I couldn't help but want to share some photos of our greenhouse. The palms spent the winter...
Islandweaver, have you met Banana Joe, your SSI resident expert? He might be able to identify your seedlings for you. I've had several different...
Checked my seeds yesterday, thought maybe I should give the ones I planted in February a look as well and found 5 that had sprouted. These were...
Hey Barrie LR is ok, hurt myself, so I'm off work at the moment. Really hoping to get back to Duke, maybe the Alberni sometime in the near...
So finally got it together to get some heat under these seeds. Low and behold while setting it up I discovered a sprout in the Jubaea x Butia bag....
Same goes for my seeds, but I have some that were planted in Oct, and then I waited until January to plant the rest. I've had a really tough time...
