Posted by Keith in Jacksonville
on 2/11/2011, 2:46 pm, in reply to "Re: Encephalartos "
67.190.223.139
Hello Tom, I really hope I can make it this spring. I am about worn out. I've been putting in all the effort I can muster at work then trying to improve the casa on the weekends. I swear, I've never kept this pace in my entire life! The yard looks like caca (mostly due to neglect) but i count myself lucky as the lowest temps again this year have been in the 22-25 range. I do have some sunny, kinda dry sites that the Dyckias might like. I certainly need something to replace a big, spiny agave that tries to keep you from getting into and out of the truck (Planted in the wrong spot). Its kind of like having a Doberman in the yard, you don't know whether to get out of the car or not. I don't think the Dyckias are an appropriate replacement, but maybe a Cycas panzi. or tait. might work alright. The Asian Cycad Scale isn't giving me much trouble because we drink a fair amount of coffee and use the grounds kill em. What an amazing discovery!!! I've got a hankering for C. kuesteriana as your photos makes them look quite picturesque. I hope its not like singles sites where the pix and the reality are so different. ;-) Anyway, I find myself in not far away from your place with some frequency because I'm working in Agriculture now and we have a fertilizer blender partner (Growers Fertilizer) there in Lake Alfred. I keep thinking...take an hour or two and plan a trip to see Tom and Cindy! It just seems I'm on treadmill all the time and can't seem to get it done. I hope all is well with you and I'm sure I will make it one of these days.
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: Tom,
: How are the Encephalartos holding up
: in these cold winters? How about
: the Macrozamia and Ceratozamia? The
: big Ceratozamia I got from you a
: couple years ago is tough as nails
: having no damage in either of the
: last 2 winters. I lost C. hildae
: but it wasn't cold...the caudex just
: got hard as a rock and the foliage
: turned brown in mid summer. I'm
: planning to replace that this
: spring. My yard has evolved far
: enough that I can now plant under
: the palms so I'm looking for Cycads
: that like partial shade.
:
: We had 16F and a couple of 18s this
: December, so just about any enceph
: got burnt up if it was outside. I
: built another the largest greenhouse
: to date and finished it the night of
: the first bad night, so many of the
: plants that would have been out were
: inside being warm.
: So, are you going to be able to
: come down this spring then? There
: are plenty of things to choose from.
: Also, if you have any full sun
: still, I have now put together a
: collection of Dyckias (cold hardy,
: terrestrial, xeric, bromeliads)and
: now have more landscape types than
: anyone I have seen in the US. They
: would be perfct for your weather up
: there. Most laughed at 16F without
: damage. They make great fill in
: areas in planters and of course,
: they flower every year, but they
: don't die after they flower like
: most of the other bromeliad genera.
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