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15 years ago

Aucuba needs to get above freezing. Only 4 days this month above freezing with 7" of snow. It never gets a chamce to melt. Lots of days with highs in the 20's and lows in the teens. Lowest so far is 8F. Warming up this week though. Hope our mild future forecast will give my plants a nice break and a better chance to come through the winter with as little damage as possible. Most of these pics were taken this morning. It was 16F at the time and terrible windy. In the 10 minutes I stayed outside without gloves, my hands began to get frostbite.

Trachies bundled up for winter. I need to fix the protection this weekend when we finally start warming up.

Xeric bed looks kinda cool with snow.

Yucca with my warmest driest spot, right next to some sort of vent that spews heat.

Mag looks great so far.

Oleander will obviously not make it here, however it still provides some winter interest IMO. I expected it to be fried by now.

My grow room

Charlie, the birthday dog, loves this weather. My little 85 lb puppy just turned 1 last week.

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tropicalzone7
15 years ago
Great pics! Im really surprised with how well the oleander is doing! I would protect it just because its alive after 8F! Grow room is looking really nice too. My plants really look like they are hoping for spring soon, but yours look like they are doing perfectly fine indoors (although Im sure they would love to see the real sun again soon!). Thanks for sharing! Im really hoping for warmer temps soon!
-Alex
karate626
15 years ago
Brad-
Where are you located? I thought some where warm when I saw your other thread but now I see otherwise! I love the way you have landscaped your yard. Your plants are amazing! I see so many yards with great plants randomly planted in a way that decreases curb appeal.
I wonder what is wrong with your Aucuba it is supposed to be hardy to Zone 7 (0 degrees) zone 6 with protection.
TJ
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bradleyo_gw
Original Author
15 years ago
Tropical, I'm not going to bother with protection at this point. If it comes through fine, if not I have a back up. I don't want every plant in the yard to have protection for aesthetic purposes.

Karate, I'm am in north central Pennsylvania in a very small circle of 6a, 1 hour NE of State College. The aucuba perks up as soon as temps get above freezing. This is it's first year in the ground.
tropicalzone7
15 years ago
That does make sense! Thats why all the palms I cover are either in the backyard which few people see in the winter, or in areas of the front yard that arent easily seen. I cant believe that you are in a zone 6a! I would have thought you were a zone 6b or 7a with the plants that you are growing (and doing great!). The Aucuba will definitely come back. There are a lot of them around here, some that are pretty old (and a lot that are over pruned!), and they will droop when temps get into the 20s, but come right back when temps hit the 40s during the day!
Good luck!
-Alex
jimhardy
15 years ago
I see someone who has a lot more stuff to plant....
or at least back ups!

Grow room looks awesome!

Love the big Waggie-

here's to an early spring to set this early start to winter right!
bradleyo_gw
Original Author
15 years ago
Both a lot more to plant and back ups. Some of the seedlings I got years ago are getting bigger. And some things are getting really big to store. Next year I'm going to try a big sago in the ground. I have a nice sized pindo and a waggie I want to get a bit bigger but the butia especially is getting big fast! It will be too big next year for inside, but I'm not ready to plant it outside yet, I'll have to get more elaborate than I want to take on at this point. I also have some big washies that take up a lot of room, I might have to sacrifice a few of those next winter. I'm going to try and do some before and afters in another post.