How do southeastern Conifers fair in the PNW?
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Comments (13)Strike anything from your list not from China or the humid side (i.e., Brazil and Argentina) of South America. All those Tasmania/NZ plants will die sooner or later. You realize most of NZ & Tasmania have summers as cool or cooler/wetter than SE England? The record high, ever, for most of that biome is 32C, which is Charleston's average high. I wouldn't rule out a Australian mainland conifer surviving there: you might try a Wollemia although it could eventually die of root rot. One remaining clone sounds like a genetic bottleneck to me. Calocedrus probably doesn't do well south of Washington DC. It comes from the very dry summer Seirra Nevada and it's slightly remarkable it does as well in SE PA & NJ as it does, but I've seen some great ones. The NCSU arb. does list one (http://www.ncsu.edu/jcraulstonarboretum/horticulture/current_plantings/current_plantings_details.php?serialnumber=0002094), but I don't remember seeing any there, and four feet of growth after 10 years isn't a good sign. OTOH, the coast Redwood DOES grow well in NC, and would be an option for you, assuming you have the space. You can find plenty of discussions in past threads of firs that might grow down there, Abies firma is probably the only sure bet for coastal SC. You don't mention Pseudotsuga wilsoniana, although, having no fragrance, it's perhaps a bit boring compared to douglas fir, which definitely isn't an option. You see a few in SE PA, but they don't look too happy. I know of a wealthy guy from Colorado who's been trying to grow them on his Main Line estate, he can't get them established....See MoreGreasy Beans in the PNW
Comments (14)Annette, I asked Bill Best on Facebook about some of his earliest beans and he gave me a list that included Doyce Chambers Greasy Cutshort as being among his very earliest: "Doyce Chambers Greasy Cut-Short Grown for many years by Doyce Chambers of Bethel in Haywood County, NC and long our best-selling greasy bean, this white-seeded bean is simply one of the best." I have a packet and it is on my 2013 list. - Dick This post was edited by drloyd on Sun, Jan 20, 13 at 10:36...See Morebest cutting, fragrant ogr roses for pnw
Comments (39)Trolley Molly wrote-"I also don't spray for black spot or anything else, preferring to take the same tough love approach with my roses as I do with all my other plants. "Get over your black spot or die, it's all the same to me." They mostly get over it." My thoughts exactly. I don't pay any attention foliage problems, as long as the plant grows and blooms. Souvenir de la Malmaison has turned out to be a good bloomer, it has blooms right now when most don't. My Just Joey was either a poor plant ($1 clearance at Fred Meyer) or planted in a bad spot because it has not grown much. I was going to buy Tamora but went to the nursery and it had such terrible thorns I ended up getting Evelyn, Heritage, and Apricot Nectar instead. I kind of wish I had gotten Tamora anyway though because I like peachy colors. I got Westerland bareroot this year but it suffered dieback in the hot spells and is very small. I planted it in the ground anyway so I hope it makes it. I may dig up Edith Schurr again as she looks like she is declining, no leaves and only 5" of stem left. My Buck rose Distant Drums is a really good rose for cutting, usually covered with blooms, and fairly long stems. I like the buff centers on magenta flowers, and the peculiar scent, but some don't- my MIL. The rosesant forum has great Buck rose photos now, especially Carefree Beauty, loaded with blooms for an extended bloom time. My Knockout rose also blooms like that, in a neglected area of the yard where it doesn't even get watered in summer....See Morehardening off new plants from the PNW
Comments (5)Mark this day. Absolutely harden them off. Silverton OR, where my shipment is coming from is at 57 today, 47 for overnight temps, 200 - 250 feet above sea level, 55% humidity. Here, near Denver it's 60 degrees with 50 mile an hour gusts coming and we'll see 27 degrees tomorrow night. My elevation is 4900 feet, 18% humidity. I'm thinking PNW stock is coming out of of dormancy with that weather. Put them in your pole barn near a window till it warms up. I'll be hardening them off for weeks before planting, but to acclimate them to our ample sunshine and dry air, not the cold you're seeing. When I see a stretch of nice days and above freezing night temps I'll go for it. Mid April I'm thinking, and I'll probably have to shade them all this year. What'd ya get? Barb...See MorePalms And Pines
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