Did Shoestring Acacia trees survive last winter in Austin?
roselee z8b S.W. Texas
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roselee z8b S.W. Texas
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Which of your roses survived winter the best?
Comments (38)Here in Vermont tea and hybrid tea roses can make a wonderful annual. I don't care since I like them and usually most make it through the winter without any extra protection. I am in the mountains in the snow belt and the snow makes for a fairly good insulator. Of course they all die back to the ground and life springs anew each spring. In a week or 2 the roses should start blooming. I greatly admire their ability to come back after each tough Vermont winter, of course each year I will lose 1 or 2. After 12 years of roses I expect to lose 1 or 2 or more after each winter since I don't pamper them. Winter of 04 was really brutal and I lost 8. I'd prefer for them to be tough and strong and produce beautiful flowers. I grow them only for their beautiful flowers which have few rivals in the beauty dept. And many have seen winters down to 40 below and more with the high winds. Also have a couple floribundas about 10 years old. Now that is one very tough, strong rose plant. They now are about 6 feet high and 6 feet wide and just an incredible plant for cold weather. And absolutely zero labor too. Good luck to all, roses are a noble endeavor. They are a worthy challenge wherever you live. Would you prefer to grow pansies instead? Cheerio,JK...See MoreColumnar "Madonna" cactus from Tally bloomed last night ....
Comments (6)Did you take photos? I know -- not as dramatic as your "Annie" epi (named after your mother) that has so many flowers at once, although this one on Shirley's blog has quite a few. I wonder if it is the same variety? Here is a link that might be useful: Lots of flowers on very tall columnar cactus ... Tally, will mine get this tall?...See MoreWinterizing Jacaranda Trees
Comments (94)@ Sari Swede I guess it's good as is where You live. You can make a little shelter for the plant for the unusual cold winter days, but maybe it's not necessary. The roots are at least 10-12 inches (or more) below the ground and they will never be under 45F. Even if the leaves frost, the roots will be fine. Anyway it's not a bad idea to pour some wood chips around the trunk as a thermal insulation. Jacarandas drop almost 90-95% of their leaves in the winter. Just a few remain. As for the pruning: the best time to prune the Jacaranda is late winter. I usually prune mine in January. Make sure that the tool is clean you prune the Jacaranda with! Jacarandas are sensible to infections. Wherever you cut, it will branch out 2, sometimes 3 ways! Jacarandas usually bloom first when they reach 3-4 or so years of age. The tiny buds will appear in september-october and they will "sleep" during the winter. In spring the Jacaranda blooms even it has no leaves! Beautiful sight and very good smell! So You have to be careful with the pruning, because you can cut the tiny buds off when prune your plant and it will not bloom in the spring. But it's a bit far away now, you have to wait for the first buds 2-3 more years. Good luck!...See MoreAcacia Baileyana (Wattle Tree) dry and losing it's leaves
Comments (17)Definitely not a tree I'd be trying to grow in a pot. They just want to grow too big, too fast. They need very good drainage, and withstand droughts well, so yes, I'd be cautious about over-watering it. And like most Oz natives, very susceptible to death by phosphorous if you're fertilising it. I've never met an Acacia that liked being fertilised at all, and I've grown dozens of different species over decades. Yours appears to be dying/dead. A. baileyana (Cootamundra Wattle) is also a known environmental thug of native bushland, so if you must grow a wattle in a pot, why not choose a smaller species? I'd highly recommend A. cognata in your situation, but as there are more than 1000 species, a trip to a nursery with a good selection might be a good idea... Acacia cognata in pot...See Moreroselee z8b S.W. Texas
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