Plants that tolerate wind
quebec_lab_border
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Laurie_z3_MB
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Suggestions: partial shade, wind tolerant plant
Comments (1)I've never even been to Hawaii, but below is a link to a "google doc" from the Cooperative Extension Service at the University of Hawaii that may have some useful info. The plants listed for "Zone 1" in this document are the most wind-tolerant. You would have to "google" each plant to see what kind of sun or shade each one needs, as it doesn't specify light conditions preferred. My feeling is that you'll have the best of luck with a native/indigenous Hawaiian plant, since they will be the best adapted to the wind, salt spray and general climate of beautiful Hawaii. The native plants are the ones with the lower-case "n" next to their names in the document. Here is a link that might be useful: Salt & wind tolerance of landscape plants for Hawaii...See Morekniphofia- wind tolerance ?
Comments (4)Generally very tough and resiliant plants in my experience, although I've never tried them in semi-permanent containers, and I'm not sure how your 15 m/s translates into km/h. In any case, height of the flowering stems is likely the main issue, and this differs by variety....See MorePhyllostachys Nigra wind tolerant
Comments (2)Kate just see how they go, it's worth planting them as Phyllostachys Bamboo are very adaptable . With all the summer sun and a good deep organic mulch lots of water you will have strong plants going into the winter. I have bad winds here and my many Phyllostachys come through fine , any leaf damage is quickly gone in the spring with the new flush of leaves. I'm thinking of putting my Ph nigra "Hale" in a very windy spot behind the house so it will screen houses and give me a lovely Bamboo to look at right outside my office window. Later Steve p.s. for anyone interested in the progress of Ganzu 2 seedlings ,19 seeds up so far and many of them are putting out there first blade :-)...See MoreWind and Cool Tolerant Mangoes
Comments (10)@ mangodog: I certainly will keep you in mind. Perhaps cold tolerant is too strong a set of words. Cool tolerant, perhaps with no extreme warmth either. No freezing here (all time low 44F, normal for winter is a 58F). Giving it more thought, I suspect a wind issue is more likely or as gomango suggests pollination. Something unknown happened in 2009 and we had an explosion of mangoes produce. What? The winter was perhaps windier and cooler than the norm so that doesn't seem to be it. Rain seemed pretty consistent so that too doesn't seem to be the trigger. I do suspect our even rains are part of the problem - at least with ones grown so far (again mostly from seed). Either due to pollen intolerant of water or else even rains resulting in a lack of flowering. In this regard, a friend is experimenting with all manner of techniques to induce precocious flowering on trees grown from seed. I will do the same. @ zands: even though our latitude it the same as NC, the GUlf Stream keeps our temperatures evens. And yes, no where in the country can one be more than a mile from the ocean, so plenty of salt spray, though less in inland valleys. Time to reipen doesn't seem to be an issue here. I've seen varieties ripen in August, and fairly large ones at that. I know of some large trees here and would guess all were grown from seed. A friend recently got some Nam Doc, haden, glenn and a few others on the island. Thanks for the suggestions from canaries. Will read up on it some more. Perhaps a better way I should have phrased the topic was for suggestions on mangoes doing well in areas with even rainfall all year... @ gomango: thanks for the tip on indochinese varieties. I am in the hunt for a nam doc mai this summer. And the flower pruning is brand new to me. Interesting. Mind you we rarely drop below 14C for any length of time. The coolest month of the year averages a low of 16C....See Morenorthspruce
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