what do you wish, in your wildest dreams, you could grow?

[patandchickens]

So, like, I don't mean 'that's actually possible', I really mean 'wildest dreams'. (Can you tell that I am still far, FAR from being able to do any outdoor gardening? We are having a bit of a thaw but it will be a month before I see crocus foliage and 8-10 weeks before *any* hope of putting even the very earliest coddled-and-pushed-and-protected plants out in the soil. I am desperate )

I would like to be able to grow big ol' southern style magnolias, and peaches, and tree ferns.

What about you?


Pat

 

[me&thegals]

What fun! It's starting to seem like a pipe dream that I will ever be able to grow blueberries...

I would love to grow cacao! Then, I could be incredibly self sufficient for even chocolate. And, how about tea? I mean the real stuff. And...how about mangoes and avocadoes? Then I could be a complete locavore

ETA: Pat, are you sure you can't do peaches? I thought you were zone 4 (by USA standards). We grow peaches here in zone 4. First year had 3, second year over 100.

me&thegals--trying to help realize some dreams

 

[patandchickens]

me&thegals - what kind do you have? and when is your average last frost (on your property, I mean, not just for your area in general?)

I know that I've read that Reliance and a couple others might be borderline hardy here but our average last frost is the first week of June and I honestly don't see how we could get any actual *peaches* out of even a hardy variety...?

My m-i-l down by the lakeshore has a couple peachtrees that produce about 2-3 years out of 3-4. (Other than the fact that they're near dead of old age and horizontality). But she is a zone and a half or two zones warmer than us.

Mangoes would be good... oh, hey, what about guavas too? <drool>


Pat

 

[me&thegals]

Oh boy--my memory is awful. I know we have Reliance, maybe Elberta (zone 5 for that one) and Contender. We are south-facing slope here, but sometimes that actually hurts us for blooms coming sooner and then frosted. Last frost date approximately May 12.

 

[inchworm]

Hmmm. Blueberries. I've put some in and we'll see how they do.

Sunflowers and corn. I just don't have enough sunshine.

Inchy

 

[Sylvie]

Anything prehistoric, I'd like to be overwhelmed by really large plants that I could spend the rest of my life identifying.

Oranges and grapefruits. I know estates around here used to Orangeries but the heat bill would be astronomical these days.

 

[patandchickens]

Last frost date approximately May 12.

Well there ya go then. That's why peaches work for you. I can't see them waiting til well into June to flower for me

With hopes raised only to be dashed again <vbg>,

Pat

 

[me&thegals]

Well nuts for you! Now I know somebody who has to wait even longer than I!

 

[beavis]

Rhubarb

Too hot down here for it.

And Mangoes

Not hot enough for it.

 

[Rosalind]

Kitten trees, beer bushes, and ice cream vines.