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Lowey Experienced

Lowey

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Sunny day, winter is over. Spring is in effect.

Glad to see spring has sprung for you guys :lol:

Bruce

Innisfail - NQ AUS - 3600mm of rain a year average or around 144inches if you prefer - Temp Range 9c to 43c

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Dave-Vero Grand Master

Dave-Vero

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"Impressive oaks"

The huge laurel oaks (Quercus hemisphaerica) look a bit like live oaks but belong in the red-oak subgenus; live oaks are whites (not in the Alice-in-Wonderland sense). The laurels are on the city-owned right of way for Victory Drive, and are in decline. One at yard #2 was recently replaced with a young live oak.

Yard #2 is an impressive design, developed over a long period. I really like the way it shelters the house from the street behind layers of bromeliads, palms, and a cycad or two, but without hiding the house or creating the appearance of a thicket.

#2 has an impressive collection of Archontophoenix, almost all looking fine, despite a long night that began at 28 degrees and ended at 29 (-2 C). There was also a weird night of nearly-freezing rain, which must have severely chilled the soil in a way that rarely if ever happens this far south.

I don't know whether anyone noticed, but there's two palmy yards emulating #2 on the blocks immediately to the east.

The reddish leafy ornamentals are Anthurium, perhaps A. schlechtendalii as shown in the photo. These tropicals suffered only minor damage in the cold!

Fla. climate center: 100-119 days>85 F
USDA 1990 hardiness zone 9B
Current USDA hardiness zone 10a
4 km inland from Indian River; 27º N (equivalent to Brisbane)

Central Orlando's urban heat island may be warmer than us

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Dave-Vero Grand Master

Dave-Vero

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"front porch of 2nd house". The pink flowers next to the oak trunk are begonias. I couldn't believe them. Mine are still in shock. None died, they just look diminished and miserable.

The foreground is lily turf, Liriope. I don't recall the nice fan palm, but the sheared hedge near it is a holly, very likely a native yaupon (Ilex vomitoria), 'Schillings Dwarf'.

The red-petioled fan palm might be a Latania. Next to it is that Anthurium thing.

Chambeyronia hookeri seems a big success story for this winter.

Fla. climate center: 100-119 days>85 F
USDA 1990 hardiness zone 9B
Current USDA hardiness zone 10a
4 km inland from Indian River; 27º N (equivalent to Brisbane)

Central Orlando's urban heat island may be warmer than us

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