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lol, the arboretum was actually packed with students doing assignments and studying. I was shocked too!

@tammymain3665 It wasn't seed grown, I purchased the plant from vineland nursery.

no I haven't, but I'll look out for it. Most of the wild paw paw's I get are from the Niagara region.

@@grantpiett7082 cool, I'll have to check it out, I'm in that neighborhood frequently!

@@grantpiett7082 they're extremely hard to find. I got mine from a nursery on Vancouver Island that only ships like once or twice a year through small windows. Apparently they're easy to propagate through cuttings. You're welcome to collect some cuttings from mine sometime in mid October if you want. They die back to the ground after heavy frost anyway.

@@nativeandunusualplants3582 Sounds great! I'll write you closer to October to confirm. Thanks!

@@grantpiett7082 no problem

@@jimmcintyre4346 That's amazing! Southern Ontario is such a freak zone thanks to those great lakes! Yes I definitely notice a warmer climate going into Chatham Kent and down into Windsor area. I'll actually be in Chatham downtown in a few weeks to try to collect some Shumard Oak acorns

@@justhereforthefoliage It certainly is a cool plant, grows to be a small tree apparently, we'll see what happens. It's very new to the market. It's surprising it's so hardy because both parents are basically like zone 8 plants!

@@nativeandunusualplants3582 Really cool!

Definitely, it would be a shame to loss that trunk. Fingers crossed!

@@nativeandunusualplants3582 What you might want to do is survey folks in your area that have successfully grown them over decades and just learn from them what their success factors are and any tips and tricks they may have. Worth a shot, if you have the time and desire!

I have tried a few but they're very seedy. If you're in zone 8a you can grow many without any problems. Unfortunately most opuntia's have glochets.

@@nativeandunusualplants3582 Thanks for the reply. Yes perhaps a bred cultivar is needed for good fruit. Have you tried the young pads as a veggie? Not so many perrenial vegetables around.

@@crataeguscrusgalli me too! I know eventually it's gonna try to explode with growth!

We do indeed have poison sumac (Toxicodendron vernix). Just to confuse things, though, it belongs to a different genus than the other Ontario sumacs.

@@rphogue I did pick up a Natchez this spring that I'll do a video on in a week or 2. I'm sure the closer you get to coastal BC the easier it would be to grow them, however I'm sure Kelowna would be hotter in the summer. Here we have the summer heat, but unfortunately cold winters! The hardy myrtles always come back from the roots at least!

@@nativeandunusualplants3582 Actually, Crape myrtles need a minimum amount of heat units to set flowers - especially pure indicas, which will not set flowers on the coast, and be vegetative. In the Okanagan, that is not a problem.

@@rphogue makes sense

Yes, they naturally grow in moist wet conditions. The variegated one is cool. I think it's a lot less hardy than most though, but being in Georgia I wouldn't think it would be an issue.

They really are and they come back every year!!

they certainly are, thanks

@@fredericmarcil685 I was definitely surprised!

@crataeguscrusgalli You're welcome and thanks for watching!

@mattanderson3452 You definitely should try one. I'd recommend a hardy version like this one or brackens brown beauty and definitely spring plant it. The big leaf is a cool one too. I planted 3 small ones on my property 2 years ago. That one should be completely deciduous though.

@@nativeandunusualplants3582 Interesting, I didn't know you had any of the big leaf magnolias. Is there a video of those?

@mattanderson3452 I haven't done a video because they're so tiny, maybe a foot tall tops. I find all Magnolias native to North America transplant horribly and go through severe transplant shock, especially bare root which these orginally were. It's too bad you're in Michigan because I do have one potted up I could give you, but the border non sense would be a nightmare!

​@@nativeandunusualplants3582 Yeah, luckily they're not hard to find online here in the US. I've never had any success with bare root trees in general, the last one I planted died within a week of being planted so I've basically just stopped buying them. I've never lost a potted one, even the white spruce I planted during a heat wave in July.

@cincytropics They are beautiful and so many cultivars to choose from!

@mattanderson3452 agreed, their foliage is very interesting most like takes longer to harden off. Maybe Japan winters come more gradually than ours!

Good theory!

​​@@nativeandunusualplants3582 Yeah, i'm sure being surrounded by the ocean helps moderate the temperatures. Great looking Sekkan!

@moseseisley557 thanks! I think a lot of those plants that originate from mainland Japan do best with a winter climate that's moderated by large bodies of water. Here in southern Ontario we're helped by the great lakes, but nothing compared to the ocean. If we didn't have the great lakes I'd be sitting in USDA zone 5a at best, probably in the 4s! Lucky!

@@crataeguscrusgalli will do!

Oh yes, they certainly sucker. Mines on 5 years old and has easily spread 4X!

Great prickly pear! The pads grow way bigger than I ever expected!

It's a cool plant, I actually find them a little hardier than the needle palms here, probably because of the underground stem!

@nativeandunusualplants3582 they burn easier but they grow out of it with summer heat

I know, it is a big specimen for a 7 gal plant. Even the guy I buy them from was very impressed with the 7 gal needles he was able to get this year. I just wish they were the hardier versions. He gets them from a Florida palm nursery, so why would they care, lol

@nativeandunusualplants3582 my big needle palm randomly crisped up and died. When I dug it out it had very little roots left! Something found needle palm roots to be quite tasty unfortunately

Hi, South Coast Gardens in St. Williams of Lake Erie carries many varieties even tree form ones. Vineland nursery in Vineland may. The garden gallery in dundas had quite a few of these exact ones last year. Hope that helps

I think it possibly follows the sun around, but who knows

they are definitely cool plants!

It definitely is a great deal! Where abouts are you if you don't mind me asking? A great interactive zone map to check out is plantmaps.com. They do every province and state

Thanks, it's big for a 7 gal

100 percent you can! Just make sure it's Edith Bogue or Bracken Brown Beauty because they're the hardiest. Be sure to spring plant early in the season and protect the 1st winter. Always remember if a polar vortex winter comes around it may fry the leaves and possibly even have stem die back but the tree will bounce back just fine! The city of Windsor across the river from Detroit even planted a few in parks and one of like 30 ft and gorgeous!

100 percent!

I believe the ones in Guelph arboretum die back to the ground every year.

@@nativeandunusualplants3582 With the possible exception of this spring, yes, that's generally the case in Guelph.

not too sure what a princess smells like

Yes, but if you only have a few I'd use bigger pots

I have given seedlings away. Are you in Southern Ontario?

@@nativeandunusualplants3582 , yes, I live in Pickering. It is about a one and a half hour drive to the Niagara peninsula. I am part of a garden that would like to plant more native fruit trees and shrubs. I would love to have some of your beautiful seedlings. 🌱

@@garrettpeters3438 Try contacting me in early fall and I'll see what I have available. I'm actually still waiting for the seeds to germinate from last year's crop. They should emerge soon but wouldn't be ready for planting in the ground until early or late fall of this year.

@@nativeandunusualplants3582 , perfect ! I will do that! 👍🏼😊

thanks, it's a nice one! Unfortunately it doesn't get enough sun in the area I have it planted but I'm being quite suborn about leaving it where it is, lol. It would also prefer more acidity in the soil where I am but we're limestone here.

@@nativeandunusualplants3582 Middle Tennessee is also bigtime limestone country... But i did the same as you and ammended with peat moss. There are some parts of Tennessee where magnolia virginiana actually grows wild, but i've never seen it personally.

no sorry I don't

Thanks, I love it! It's from a wholesale nursery called blue sky.

You can really get away with any soil as long as it's well draining and the pH is not low. Regular potting soil will due for starting seeds or potted yucca's. Outside in the ground it entirely depends on how cold it gets in winter and especially how much precipitation you receive annually. Always remember to have really good drainage!

The 1st winter or 2 you should definitely protect until it gets established, but only right before the really cold weather comes. Usually I don't need to put protection on anything until late Dec, even early Jan. Once the plants are established only protect during polar vortex events. However if it receives a lot of sun in winter, it should probably be protected from that as the foliage with burn. Always remember to spring plant borderline hardy plants, that's key. Hope that helps

I don't have much experience with grandiflora except having Brackens Brown Beauty for 1 year. It was a mild winter for us reaching a low of 1F, so it was pretty much a zone 7a winter here. There are some decent size Edith's and BBB around that appear to do just fine. Some old enough they definitely would have gone through the 2014 /2015 winters!

Very Cool, I'll definitely take a look next time I'm in that area. Thanks for the heads up!

I would agree, most people tend to agree on USDA zone 6a is safe for those 2 with some added care. Best thing to do is experiment and see what happens 😊

@@nativeandunusualplants3582 Yeah I also believe these are solid zone 6 plants, especially now with the new updated plant hardiness zone maps that were issued recently. What I would be concerned most about with Southern Mags is damage from ice storms and heavy wet snow.

@@knoc59 Apparently Brackens is a little more prone to ice and snow damage. I've seen some decent sized Edith's and Brackens in the Niagara and Windsor Area. I did a video on a large Brackens in a Windsor city park that most likely had some wet snow breakage. The limb that was down was far bigger than my whole tree, lol