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They Said That It Couldn't Be Done...
...and that seems to be the rationale behind some efforts at Tropicalismo.
In David Francko's book "Palms Won't Grow Here and Other Myths", the author takes great pleasure in describing techniques for overwintering tropicals that historically have never been considered as permanent landscape subjects in non-tropical climates. Typical is his discussion of getting Chinese fan palms to survive a zone 6 winter and seeing "a few beautiful palm fronds" generated in the following season.
I have to wonder about the point of some of these struggles. Is it really worth it to construct enclosures, buy and use antifungals, antidessicants and heating cables, and otherwise utilize elaborate strategies to overwinter tropicals that in the end, are pale imitations of what can be achieved in the right climate?
In the case of the Chinese fan palm, I used one in a border this past year. Before frost, I dug it out and it is overwintering in a low-light location between fluorescent light stands in my basement (it did well under these conditions last winter) before being returned to the border next year. And if this doesn't work out, there are more good-sized $6 fan palms available at the local building supply store nursery department.
I do overwinter bananas, crepe myrtles and Nandina here with minimal low-tech protection because they achieve substantial decorative effects in my climate (the crepes will likely never become trees, but they should flower abundantly with a shrubby habit suited to my space, and 8-10 feet of banana growth in a season is plenty enough to convince me that I have temporarily relocated to the tropics). However I can't convince myself that it's worth a major effort to raise a spindly palm or stunted live oak, merely to show that it can be done.
Your thoughts?
Some of us have a severe addiction to CHALLENGES! LOL You are so right - why would one want to 'winter over' a tropical plant, when one could trade or send postage to another GW'er, for whom this plant flourishes in winter?
Why would one wish to grow a tropical from seed, baby it, keep it over winter, when he could just order one over the internet next May?
It's all about our stubborn, "I can DO THIS" attitude, the very attitude that gets ME through the nasty cold weather to our May planting season. I am an Aries, and the worst thing in the world,for me,is to be told "it can't be done". Yes, it CAN be done - maybe not with great results, but it CAN be done!
Yes, my little cottage house, where I live in 500 square feet, only faintly resembles a 'home' right now - it more resembles a greenhouse, but, by golly, my precious tropicals are warm, and that's what's important to this old gal right now.
I have spent the better part of today cleaning up dropped leaves, watering, and generally smelling those that are still blooming. Heck, there's nothing going on outdoors right now, at my house, but inside, I have jasmines blooming, brugmansias blooming, and other goodies - my house smells wonderful.
So, from me - there you have it - I like the 'responsibility' I feel to these green children of mine!
Eric, I would agree that such measures don't always make much sense, but as Kay says, some people just appreciate the challange of it all. Although I garden with subtropicals in a much more benign zone 10 climate, it is also a risk to grow some things well here, and I also know that so many things would actually do better if I did make an effort to protect them from too much rain and winter chill. Instead, my approach is more one of letting things fend for themselves, and trying to weed out the truly marginal plants from those that function well and over a long enough period to make them worth the effort.
In my own case, I just can't see taking a whole garden inside for the winter, or digging things up each fall. I am willing to throw freeze fabric over plants or a plastic tarp over succulents if rain keeps going on and on and rot is inevitable, but this is purely an occasional rather than regular winter event. I would really do better if I moved to southern California with the garden I have, but the challenge of doing it here is part of the appeal, I must admit.
It doesn't make much sense to me, either, to grow plants that are one step forward in summer and two steps back each winter, that just doesn't seem a reasonable way to garden to me, but far be it for me to say someone else shouldn't do it if they want to. I think we are a bit spoiled here in coastal California, where very few people do much more in winter than throw a tarp over the orange tree in a bad freeze, and move succulents onto a covered porch. It makes it easier to be lazy when a bad freeze is only an occasional every 10 or 20 year event. For clients, I try to make it very clear what plants may be at risk in the garden, and let them tell me how much risk versus cost to replace they are willing to take.
I've also learned that winter tolerance is not the biggest setback to growing tender plants here in California. A bigger disappointment is not being able to grow those high heat plants successfully, or things that need constant high humidity and rainfall all summer. These sorts of plants I prefer to see growing in Arizona or South Florida, rather than struggle with a pathetic specimen that just isn't happy in my own mild but generally cool year round garden. Fortunately that still leaves alot of tropical habitats to choose plants from that do like it here.
I find that I am most intrigued by tropical style gardens in any climate that achieve the look at the least superhuman efforts, and are therefore more sustainable in the long run. Outside zone 8 conditions, I would think that this relies more on root hardy fast growers, or temperate plants with tropical appearance. I still don't think I would be so enamored of large plants that always die back in winter, again because we are fortunate to have Brugmansias, Hedychiums, Alocasias, Bromeliads, Orchids, Palms, etc. that will stay evergreen in our region, with only the occasional freeze to whack them back. The tropical look for me in this zone is one that looks good and tropical all year round. I don't want to look out on bare spots in the garden or lots of naked sticks in winter.
I wonder what the ratio is of people who are determined to grow tropicals at any cost versus the more laid back approach? I'm willing to bet that the more severe the climate, the greater the percentage of gardeners willing to make the extra effort. One just doesn't see many gardeners here in such states of true zonal denial, or at least without a greenhouse to move things inside for the winter. In my own garden, nothing gets moved for lack of space to put anything elsewhere...
What might have gotten lost in my first post was the suggestion that zone-pushing makes the most sense when the results justify the effort.
Maybe Francko didn't select optimal photos for his book, but some of the palm pix in particular are not what I would call impressive. It's interesting to know that you can grow a palm as a two-foot herbaceous perennial, but is it worth the struggle?
On the other hand, I had a clump of 5-foot Acalypha 'Tequila Sunrise' in a subtropical bed this year, sporting foot-and-a-half long leaves. The cuttings I took last month are growing on under lights, where I can enjoy them over the winter. Having gardened on the Texas Gulf Coast, I can also say that indoor gardening during the winter is also more relaxing than having to keep a wary eye on the forecast for freeze warnings and then running outside and covering things with tubs, sheets, tarps and such (and then uncovering them to avoid roasting plants when a warmup occurs).
Eric, along the same vein I've been growing Tetrapanax papyrifera for the last 3 years. This is technically a woody shrub but in my zone the stems are killed to the ground and it behaves more like an herbaceous perennial. Although it has proven hardy and resprouts from the roots in spring, it doesn't really amount to much until late summer. I love the foliage once it finally bulks up but I'm wondering if it's worth taking up space in my garden for the couple of months that it's effective. I'm hoping for a milder winter to see if it performs better.
For many of us, it is the challenge and the experimentation which is the addictive part of the whole process of zonal denial. It is not necessarily the result that is the defining criterion of whether or not it is worth it. That said, I have tried a lot of tropical plants here. Some worked and some didn't, but trying was really fun! And the whole experience was sweetened when, contrary to what I was being told, some of the plants not only survived, but thrived! So now I have several bamboos, yuccas, giant hibiscus and a citrus tree, along with a hardy banana and prickly pear cactus. Palms may never work here, but the "thrill of the hunt" keeps me going. I guess that my message is that of the many types of gardeners, there are those who are more "process" oriented, and those who are more "results" oriented......so it's all in what you get out of it that give you your satisfaction and keeps you at it.
My wife graduated from the University of Miami (Ohio) where Dr. Francko resides. We are taking a trip up to look around at the campus next month and while I'm there I will definately check out the "Miami" palms. I will try to remember to come back here with a full report.
"I don't want to look out on bare spots in the garden or lots of naked sticks in winter."
Unfortunately, from zone 7 up, other than evergreens and a few exceptions, that is what we have every winter anyways.
I've had plenty of fun and pleasure with my tropical plot, even for the first year. One neat thing about replanting every year, whether from dormant, carried over, or fresh stock is you get to revamp/replan everything over again during the winter, replant during the spring and get results by late summer.
I can accept bare spots and sticks in winter, because that's the way it is in my zone.
For me, I spent ~1/4 of my life in the tropics, and I like a taste once in awhile, even if it's only pretend for 4-6 months.
I really don't see anything wrong with it at all. If someone wants to try and push the limits, albeit with rather expensive and elaborate means, I am all for it. Some people have zone denial, myself included, and that isn't a bad thing.
In Cincinnati, people have been growing Needle Palms and Sabal minors for a long time. Eventually even the most hardy will die, but it was fun growing them while we could. Who knows maybe one day a super-hardy Sabal minor will be discovered or bred by one of those people trying to push the limits.
It's not a matter of "sticking with the tried and true" vs. "pushing the envelope".
To look at the situation in reverse, I grew "hardy" salvias in southeast Texas. Some did OK, others barely survived. Some might consider it worthwhile to keep growing the less well-adapted varieties to show that it can be done. For me, though, there were too many other salvias that grew exuberantly in that climate for me to waste time on the varieties that did not.
This is a great topic and one that can be debated both ways. Here in the heat and humidity--but not enough of either in the winter to make it possible to grow a lot of tropicals without major adjustments and protections--people keep trying to grow rhododendrons and lilacs and peonies. I enjoy experimenting and 'pushing the envelope' but only so long as the plants thrive most the time. I am really not into torturing plants! Sometimes I figure if I grew it in the beautiful PNW where I grew up, I shouldn't even try it here, but that's stupid because camellias do very well both places--for example. Sometimes when I'm tired of hauling things in and trying to find places for them in my very small greenhouse and very dark house, I wonder why I don't just grow things I know will do well. But that probably won't happen 'til I'm too decrepit to do otherwise! And for you folks who cover things up and then uncover them--they make freeze-protection fabrics that are good to 24 degrees and don't have to be removed to prevent over-heating--lets the rain in and keeps the wind off and I've kept LOTS of things that shouldn't over-winter here doing just fine with them.
I'm a few miles from zone 4. I like the tropical look, especially in aug and sept when the zone hardy perennials are boring me to tears, and everyone elses pertunias are just not cutting it for me.
I don't have a lot of $ or a green house to do much experimenting. But I'm always on the lookout for something to give a whirl. I love the rush of an accomplished gardener looking at a plant in my garden and asking me what it is because they have never seen anything like it before.
But it's not worth it for me to have a plant barely hanging on and making the garden look so- so. It's worth the trouble of digging up and storing for winter only if it comes back with a zeal for life and flourishes- and my soul with it.
I get a bit of a chuckle about the nay sayers, how many of them are out buying raffle tickets, some hit it lucky on occasion, I buy them, and if I'm lucky, I'll probably buy land in Florida,(underwater), However, gardening of any variety is a pastime that keeps you alive and kicking, don't knock it.
Casper1 age 70 and enjoying life.
If you're serious about trying something "Tropical" then try, Musa basjoo (Hardy Japanese Banana). With proper mulching I'll be willing to bet you can overwinter this bold plant. Warning: passers-by may suffer from rubber-necking and may lead to neck strain.
Cheers, Barrie
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Again, another great photo that only makes me more envious about people living out west.
But on a serious note, do you leave those plants outside during the winter there? And if so, do you protect them and by how much?
Secondly, when was this photo taken? Is this a Dec/04 pix?
Yes and no. Yes, these (Musa basjoo) bananas are left outside year round. They're pretty tough plants and will grow back from the roots if left unprotected. They are very fast growers if watered and fertilized well. You can set up a wire framework or cage around the stems and fill them with leaves to mulch. There's a number of stem protection methods gardeners have tried. This year with it being very mild, the bananas still stand at Xmas but look a beat up from the wind.
I'm not sure exactly when the pic was taken, perhaps late summer or fall 2004. You should be able to grow these bananas in your 6b/7a area with heavy mulch.
Cheers, Barrie (Vancouver Island)
I for one get tired of looking at the same plants growing in front of everyones houses in my area. No one ever seems to have any imagination. Part of the reason that I have become more and more interested in gardening is the challenge to do something different. One thing that I learned about "tropicals" is that many of them may not be foliage hardy, which causes many to treat them as annuals, but they are wood or root hardy. This means that many will come back on their own every year, even if not to the potential they would have in warmer climates. My goal is to grow as many tropicals as I can "in ground". If it means a little protection along the way, so be it. How many of us already dig and store different types of plants for the winter? One thing that I try not to do at all. Many of the common perennials that we grow are die- backs as well, just like many of the tropicals that we can grow
Musa Basjoos should do excellent in our area. They will grow faster than in B.C. in summer because they thrive in the long hot, humid summers.
I want to get a Windmill palm. Is there anyone in zone 6 that has them growing?
Cheers, Rick
Rickey, it's great seeing someone else in my zone. I'm new to the forum and would like to know more about growing tropicals In 6a. Have you found local sources (GTA) for the Musa or other hard to find tropicals? I am planning on trying bougies. I know that sounds crazy but I have a theory. The way I see it is, unless I try I will always wonder if... Last summer I planted the Castor Bean and it lasted through to the first really hard frost. My backyard faces S.W. Everyone wanted to know what exotic jungle plant it was... it grew over 6ft tall. That's what got me going. Any tips and suggestions much appreciated.
Wow! That must have been spectacular! Mine was planted late in the season as we had a late start here in SW. I was infested with the darn leatherjackets and rabbits looking for shelter from new construction in the area and was finishing my new bed. This season I'm planning on doing lots of containers initially in the Spring. We always seem to get very hot, weather in early Spring now and then it rains a lot in the mid summer. The Castor Bean was phenomenal and I will definitely try your suggestion. I actually didn't fertilize much as I wanted it to grow wild as they do in the tropics but I do use Miracle Gro in my garden so it must have gotten some.
I notice that you are a guru on tropicals any suggetions for me since I'm a newbie to growing tropicals here. I'm willing to try just about anything outside; I just have to find them first! How fast does the Musa grow if I should plant say a 2 footer in the Spring? I'm sure I can work my soil to keep it outside in the winter. I am not an expert but it does seem that I have many microclimates in my yard.
Hey Bougielover, are you in the GTA? I'm in Mississauga. I am rather new to this myself LOL, but I have a Musa Basjoo that I bought in October at Humber Nurseries at highway 7 and 27 area, and its in a pot right now. I hope to plant it this spring.
If you plant just about any Musa in a warm sunny area and fertilize HEAVILY (double strength Miracle Gro and a bit of epsom salts at least once a week, watered in well) that banana should grow to very large proportions indeed during the summer.....anywhere from five to 8 feet, I'd say. You should also try Canna musafolia (the banana-leafed canna) which grows to about 6 to 8 feet easily with large leaves. If you want a good perennial, go for Miscanthus sacchariflorus (aka floridus) which is also known as false sugar cane or false bamboo......this grass forms a slowly expanding clump....anywhere from 6 to 10 feet high.
I mix coffee grounds in all my beds every spring. It adds lots of organic composting material to the soil, and the plants love it. Fertilize weekly with miracle gro from spring to the end of July, since the tropical plants LOVE to feed.
You should also be able to get clumping bamboos, such as Fargesia which are tough perennials. I order stuff from Tropic to Tropic plants in British Columbia (www.tropic.ca). He's a nice fellow and I am satisfied with his plants and the prices. A company called "Guru Garden" in Quebec is a good source for seeds and plants as well. They have excellent service.
So there you go. Most of all......approach your gardening with a sense of fun and adventure........try not to turn it into an exacting science......as many of our fellow gardeners do. You will have failures and successes, but as long as you maintain your sense of playfulness, both you and your plants will end up happy!
Rickey, yes, I'm in the GTA. I know Humber Nurseries - aren't they pricey? I've seen someone on here mentioning that they have seeds for Musa. Can they grow from seeds? and if they do that must be a very long process. Tell me how yours do in the Spring. I'm hoping to get one.
Don, thanks for all those great tips. I have noted carefully. I knew that coffee grounds were great and used them before in my compost pile. Unfortunately when mice found the compostor last year I ditched it.
Question for you or anyone who can answer please.What is the best placement for the banana? Do they need much space at the base i.e. a bed or just planted in a spot? I plan to use plants at the base if I can to complement the growth habit. I face S.W. and get a lot of sun in the back yard however the yard has a sudden slope at the end for the last 8-10 ft. I have a 4x8 raised bed for veggies on the slope. The rest of the yard has two borders on either side with a mixture of perennials and annuals in summer. Not a big yard but I would like to add my tropicals, and the jungle effect will be good for privacy in the summer. Maybe I should use my raised bed for my tropicals and plant up the base of the slope with other tropicals. Do you think that they would be affected by run off at the bottom of the slope? How can I improve that area for tropicals? It is the end of my property line backing onto the neighbour and I would like to block the view somehow.
Oh, I should mention that I found a small asian fruit stand in a mall that sells a few tropicals and they actually had tamarind plants about 6" high for sale ($5.99)including other tropicals like philendron. I plan to return. They are very reasonable and I hope that they'll keep it that way.
Thanks for the tips and advise.
The tropicals like a lot of water, but also well-drained soil. If there is a lot of water runoff from the slope, they will probably be OK during the summer, but anything you try to overwinter there may rot, especially the basjoo - they hate to be wet in the winter.
Basjoo, like many bananas, has an amazingly small root system. You can definitely underplant with flowering plants or vines (I've used ornamental sweet potato) for a nice effect without upsetting the banana. You can also put it in a pot, but you will need to watch the watering and repot frequently as it grows. And the pot is likely to blow over if you get much wind.
Miracle Grow is definitely your friend with the tropicals. Apply heavily, especially when it is hot out. Have fun!!
Bougielover, and anyone else, there is a board for all tropicalesque, cold-hardy palm, banana and whatever else enthusiasts, have you been there? I post alot.
Here is a link that might be useful: Hardy Palm & Subtropical Board
Thanks everyone. This is so helpful. I'll certainly check out the site Rickey.
I am so excited! This tropical fever is in my bones! I stopped at the Home Depot at 9:30 p.m. last night and lo and behold! They are just bringing in their tropicals and did I have a hard time holding back! They have quite a variety including bananas! I bought 2 and the supplier is Colasanti Farms in the Lake Erie area. Had to check their site because Home Depot unfortunately labels everything only as tropicals and not with true botanical names. Colasanti. www.colasanti.com . I found the banana on the site and they say it Musa! They are only wholesale but they have a listing of many foliage plants they carry.
Can someone describe what the young Musa looks like so that I can have an idea if I really do have it. Mine is about 6" high and the leaves are a kind of spring green - not very deep green. The trunk is not red. It's funny how I grew up with bananas all around me but never bothered to find out what the botanical name was!
Anyway, if you are near a Home Depot you could save yourself a lot of money as I bought 9 x 4" plants for $33. The most expensive was the Rex Hybrid Begonia at $3.49 ea.
How fast does the Musa grow? Will these be at 8' by summer?
I'm ready for the challenge and I'm hoping that when my sister visits in the spring I can get her to bring cuttings of her bougies for me!
Happy shopping and thanks for the tips!
I know! I have it too! LOL.
Anyways, a young Musa Basjoo looks like this.
The link is to a Musa Basjoo plant that I bought at Humber nurseries back in October I believe. I haven't planted it yet, I plan to this spring.
Here is a link that might be useful: My Musa Basjoo
I checked the website for their supplier - Colasanti Farms and they had one banana plant on their site and it was named as a Musa. Now whether it's a Musa Basjoo that's another thing. I'm coming to understand that there are other species of the Musa.Whatever it is I have a banana plant and I'm happy! lol.
Hey Rick, yes I actually do listen to advise ...lol... I was impressed with that bamboo tree posted last week by the guy from Niagara. Awesome! I am going to look for bamboos like those. I couldn't find the home page for the other one and that's how I ended up on the Northeast one.
i for one like to try different things in the garden ,, I am afraid that one day i will wake up and the entire country will be planted with Bradford pears and the world will come to an end.
not everyone likes roses or those same old boring perrenials ,,,, and no more of those ornamental grasses !!
This is why! Look ~ Growing in Zone 6, N.J.
I could barely contain myself, had to hold on to the tree :). The gentleman grows several Trachys (this one pictured is the small one!), a gigantic Jelly Palm, bananas, gardenias, etc. ~ all in the ground ~ whoa, what a feeling, to see this, to EXPERIENCE this.... in New Jersey!
I live in Burlington, Ontario. My musa basjoo was fantastic this year, after spending its first winter in the ground. Last year it had a single trunk and was about 10 feet tall by September. This year there are about seven trunks and the plant is amost as tall. All I did was cover it under a large pile of leaves and a plastic tarp. It died back to the ground. I wasn't very hopeful when I saw a couple of tiny sprouts in May. But the plant really took off in the summer heat. I have it planted against a southfacing brick wall in semi-sun.
Has anyone found a successful method of keeping the stems alive over the winter? The stems of my plant just turned to mush.
My garden still looks pathetic at best in winter. That doesn't stop me from TRYING to overwinter tropicals outside. I've killed a fair number in my enthusiasm. My solution is to buy them at big-box stores for very little money and consider them future compost come mid-October.
I do want to re-try Musa Basjoo, though. It should have overwintered. It didn't. I think I gave it TOO much protection. I want to try a Trachycarpus as well. I'll probably pick up one on a springtime visit to the Sacramento, California area--at a big box store for not much money.
The original post asked our thoughts about if this was a reasonable and productive effort.
Some people spend their time and money hanging out at bars, others like to sit like potatoes in front of the TV. I prefer to spend my time and effort playing with dirt and growing things. Sometimes I'm successful and sometimes not.
As I tell my husband about this obsession; It's not drugs, booze or other men - it's just plants.
Ever since I was a kid I dreamed of having my own outdoor paradise. When the term "paradise"is used in reference to the outdoors, it almost always brings to mind tropical vegetation.
I love gardening and plants in general, but my tropicalesque gardening is also an escape from every day life for me. Its more than just about "doing what cannot be done" its about creating an alternate reality!
My garden reminds me of childhood visits to Disney, later trips to California, Mexico, Brazil, Africa, Puerto Rico, staying with friends in Florida,etc.
Whenever I am out in my "jungle" my job disappears, my bills disappear, my problems disappear.
Also, when Winter comes, my living room turns into a jungle too. There is nothing like citrus trees, palms, flowers,etc. to help brush away the Winter blues.
After growing outdoor palms in zone 4 for 20 years, it's definitely worth it. I now have a very slow growing 7 foot mediterannean fan palm with a large thick truck, 16 foot windmill palm that grows like a weed and looks better than most windmills that I see in desert climates, and a 6-7 foot California fan palm that's only been outside 3 years. I don't do anything to the palms but cover them with a styrofoam box with florescent light bulbs during the winter. Once the boxes go on the palms at the end of October, I forget them until spring, and they always look great when the boxes come off in April. Next year I'm planting a Mexican blue hesper palm, and a Pindo palm outside.
And a zombie thread mysteriously revives. Heck, why not repeat myself for the fourth time:
"What might have gotten lost in my first post was the suggestion that zone-pushing makes the most sense when the results justify the effort."
If you can wind up a large trunked palm in a cold temperate zone, that's a great end result. If on the other hand you get a few small fronds by the end of the summer as your reward for treating a palm as a die-back perennial, then maybe not.
Incidentally, the Chinese fan palm mentioned in my initial post back in 2004 has grown slowly and steadily through various cycles of planting out and returning to the basement for winter in a large tub, to the point that I'm debating whether it's worth it to lug it back inside this winter. I may yet, if there's room in my office at work.
Ive had 2 Trachys in the ground for 7 years. One is 10 feet the other 8 feet. My Washyis about 10 feet tall and usually puts out 2 or 3 fronds during the winter. I have watched and learned from many people including arctictropicaland I think that he everyone would agree it is a labor of love...
Here is a link that might be useful: okcpalms
"What might have gotten lost in my first post was the suggestion that zone-pushing makes the most sense when the results justify the effort."
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
-Albert Einstein
I don't see that this is true of zone pushers- The plants that work stay, the things you've killed a few times you give up on.
The point of zone pushing is NOT ONLY the end result (warmer zone plants) but also the process- if someone enjoys experimentation, studying plants, climate, weather,etc. then it "makes sense" to them even if some things they try ultimately fail.
This post is only about Live oak trees: Try Live oak "late drop" from Mossy oak natives. I am in zone 6 Pa. I have 3 of them that have survived, unprotected last winter. I have since planted 3-4 more. They are likely hybrids of Quercus Fusiformis X Quercus Virginiana. Mine have so far put out 14 inches of new growth, more is likely before the end of the growing season. Worth a try anyway. I will post a photo of one of my 2nd year trees.
Here is a summer 2013 pic of my live oak "late drop". I hope you can tell which foliage is the live oak. This coming winter will be winter #2 for this live oak. It made 2 ft + growth this season. I think after this winter if it shows good hardiness most people will be willing to give it a chance in zone 6. I have another of this same hybrid of Live oak that is in it's second winter. I will post more pics in the spring of 2014. I think these hybrid Live oak "late drop" will be fine in the spring.


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Sunday's election was marred by widespread delays, irregularities and the deaths of one opposition party worker and two policemen, although violent incidents were rare.
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During the course of the debate Perry met Heather Burcham, 31 years old, who was dying of cervical cancer. She was an activist for this vaccine because she wanted to make a difference and assure no woman would go through what she was going through.
Perry and Heather might have lost the political fight, but that didn't stop Perry from staying in touch with Heather:
Long after the order was rescinded and Perry lost the political fight, they kept talking. Heather had Perry's personal cell phone number and he invited her for a day at a friend's ranch.
Wilson, a friend of Heather's, recalled, "It was a great day, one of the great days of her life. She loved the whole thing."
Months later, when the end was near for Heather, Perry quietly snuck into Houston and sat by her bedside. No press, no statement — just the governor and one of his 21 million constituents.
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A push by rebels towards the heart of the Syrian capital has prompted the most significant movement to stagnant battle lines in months, amid reports that Iran is building militias on the ground in preparation for the fall of the regime.
The "Battle of Armageddon", as the rebels call it, saw the key eastern Damascus district of Jobar pounded by airstrikes again today after opposition fighters seized a base from pro-government forces. But while the offensive has brought violence a step closer to the centre of the city, analysts say that the push so far has not been "game changing" as rebels are struggling to hold on to their gains.
The civil war has grown increasingly fractured and chaotic as the conflict approaches its two-year anniversary. There was confusion today an after explosion struck cars queuing to cross into Syria on the country's northern border with Turkey, killing at least seven people and wounding 33, according to Turkish officials.
The blast hit a vehicle queuing to pass the Bab al-Hawa crossing, which is in the hands of the Free Syrian Army and is a key transit point for aid and refugees. It was unclear if the blast was a car bomb deliberately targeting the border, or an accident involving gas or explosives being transited into Syria.
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Opposition fighters seized the Al Musiqa base from loyalists on Sunday night, with videos posted online by activists showing members of the Armour of the Capital brigade arresting at least ten soldiers, making them lie face down on the ground. Another showed a large explosion as rebels launched their assault.
It was the third loyalist position seized in recent days in the Jobar area, which sits next to central Abbasid Square. Though the centre still remains largely unscathed, the offensive has increased nervousness in the capital.
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In the morning we went to Florence, a beautiful city where the statue of David lays untouched by photos from tourists. Anyway, we crossed a bridge called the Ponte Vecchio where tonnes of houses and restaurants are crammed onto both sides of the bridge (mostly jewellery shops though). The day was spent exploring Florence, looking through the many squares,small shops, toy stores, going to a restaurant and buying stuff at the leather market.
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Greek Chicken & Vegetable Ragout
From EatingWell: January/February 2008
Chicken thighs stay moist and succulent during slow cooking, infusing the accompanying vegetables with superb flavor. This easy braise has a luxurious finish of avgolémono, a versatile Greek sauce made with egg, lemon and fresh dill.
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Diabetes appropriate | Low calorie | Low saturated fat | Heart healthy | Healthy weight | High potassium | Gluten free |View Our Nutrition Guidelines »
- 1 pound carrots, cut into 1 1/4-inch pieces, or 3 cups baby carrots
- 1 pound (3-4 medium) yellow-fleshed potatoes, such as Yukon Gold, peeled and cut lengthwise into 1 1/4-inch-wide wedges
- 2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken thighs, trimmed
- 1 14-ounce can reduced-sodium chicken broth
- 1/3 cup dry white wine
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 15-ounce can artichoke hearts, rinsed and quartered if large
- 1 large egg
- 2 large egg yolks
- 1/3 cup lemon juice
- 1/3 cup chopped fresh dill
- Freshly ground pepper to taste
- Spread carrots and potatoes over the bottom and up the sides of a 4-quart or larger slow cooker. Arrange chicken on top of the vegetables. Bring broth, wine, garlic and salt to a simmer in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Pour over the chicken and vegetables. Cover and cook until the chicken is cooked through and vegetables are tender, 2 1/2 to 3 hours on high or 4 to 4 1/2 hours on low.
- Add artichokes to the slow cooker, cover and cook on high for 5 minutes. Meanwhile, whisk egg, egg yolks and lemon juice in a medium bowl.
- Transfer the chicken and vegetables to a serving bowl using a slotted spoon. Cover and keep warm. Ladle about 1/2 cup of the cooking liquid into the egg mixture. Whisk until smooth. Whisk the egg mixture into the remaining cooking liquid in the slow cooker. Cover and cook, whisking 2 or 3 times, until slightly thickened and sauce reaches 160°F on an instant-read thermometer, 15 to 20 minutes. Stir in dill and pepper. Pour the sauce over the chicken and vegetables and serve.
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Killarney View House, Killarney
Conveniently near the airport in Killarney, Killarney View House is close to INEC Killarney, Killarney Race Course, and Ross Golf Club. Also nearby are Killarney Cathedral and St. Mary's Cathedral.
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Guests are served a complimentary breakfast. In addition to a terrace and multilingual staff, Killarney View House features tour/ticket assistance. Wireless Internet access is complimentary in public areas. Additional amenities at this Mediterranean bed & breakfast include a garden, a picnic area, and coffee/tea in the lobby. Complimentary self parking is available onsite for guests. This is a smoke-free property.
The 13 guestrooms at Killarney View House include complimentary toiletries. Complimentary wireless high-speed Internet access is provided. In addition, housekeeping is offered daily and amenities available on request include hair dryers.
Lovely setting beside the river but could use some sprucing up.
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Hotel size
- This hotel has 13 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 2 floors
- Check-in time 2 PM-8 PM
- Check-out time is noon
Guests planning to arrive after 6 PM must contact this property in advance to arrange check-in. Please contact the office using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
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- Credit card or cash deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
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- No pets or service animals allowed
- Free WiFi in public areas
- Free WiFi in rooms
- Free extended parking
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- Smoke-free property
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- Free cooked-to-order breakfast
- Coffee/tea in the lobby
- Bicycle rentals on site
- Fishing on site
- Golf lessons available nearby
- Golfing nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Kayaking nearby
- Rafting nearby
- Front desk (limited hours)
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- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Year Built 1981
- Designated smoking areas
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- Individually decorated
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Great discovery
We booked the Rathbone for ourselves and our elderly parents for a special birthday weekend ladt month.
Most London hotels prove disapointing but the Rathbone was a little gem. Great location with a nice little pub opposite and a great restaurant over the road-Fino.
The rooms were small like most central hotels but comfortable and well equiped. The lobby was lovely and all the staff were incredibly helpful especially the concierge. The bar was small but sold great cocktails to begin the evening and breakfast was freshly cooked to order-no grease and curly toast!!
We booked a Thursday to Saturday deal through a website and only paid �119 per room per night well below the tarif price and I think at that price the Rathbone is a brilliant option.
Boutique Hotel that lives up to the name.
Having booked a double room at the Rathbone then read a highly critical review, we wondered if our choice for a weekend break for shopping and theatre would turn out to have been a bad one. We need not have feared - the Rathbone was an ideal choice. The staff could not have been more friendly and helpful throughout our stay. Our double room was very clean and tastefully furnished, immaculately and discreetly serviced. The airconditioning/heating was easily contollable, and the doubled glazed windows ensured the room was a peacful sanctuary of rest between the exhausting shopping treks.
Yes, the room was small by big hotel standards - but this is a boutique hotel, and a high quality one at that. The location is ideal for Oxford Street shops, and even more ideal (if that is possible) for the restaurants of Charlotte Street just yards away - one of the best range of eating places in London in our view.
The hotel is but a short walk from most of the cental London attractions - threatreland, Soho, Chinatown, etc. Highly recommended for anyone looking for a break to enjoy the very real delights of London's shops, theatres and restaurants.
Oh dear Oh dear
I am astonished that anyone rates this hotel, ok from the entrance it looks ok but then it just goes down hill fast. First of our room was smaller than the average broom cupboard & stank of smoke, strange considering we requested a non smoking room. To be fair we got moved even if the receptionist was far from happy. New room had damp, 1970's bathroom & the smallest TV in London. Came back from A1 service at The Ivy to have some drinks in reception. Ordered the drinks at the bar, 30 mins later still no sign. When we asked porter where the drinks were he informed us they had no coffee? what is that about. Still breakfast wasnt that bad we only had to wait 15 mins so they could prepare a table. Overall a joke, butlins would give it a good run for is money.
Great location, superb hotel
Just returned from 3 day stay in London staying at the Rathbone. Best hotel I've experienced in London - friendly, polite, efficient staff. Good sized, clean rooms. 3mins walk from Oxford St, 15mins Trafalgar Sq in quiet side street. 3 mins walk from Goodge St tube. Excellent.
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Stayed in Rathbone hotel for weekend visit to London recently. Great location within walking distance of Oxford Street; Regent Street; Soho; Leicester Sq etc. Lovely botique style hotel with plentiful array of restaurants, coffee shops, grocers etc proximate. Room was tastefully decorated and little extras like paper delivery in the morning made a difference. Breakfast was average - if you didn't choose the english breakfast then the buffet was pretty limited. The service was efficient. I would have rated this hotel above average except for a distinctly cold and un-customer-friendly attitude from staff at reception. For a hotel promoting itself as one of London's only remaining indpendent hotels, a courteous, friendly reception would have been expected. It's one of the reasons I had chosen to stay there. Pity - this aspect spoiled an otherwise satisfactory stay.
What a Hidden Gem - Fantastic!
I have stayed in many hotels in London over the years and all have dissapointed in many ways but the Rathbone is 'something special'.
The staff are immaculate and friendly - this goes from the front of house, through restaurant to the cleaning staff.
The breakfasts are well above average and service is generally slick.
The bedrooms are attractively decorated, with crisp clean and expensive looking sheets, pillows etc. No repaired holes in this linen, it looks brand new and no smells of other people in the large fluffy pillows. A very comfortable bed.
Nice bathroom and powerful shower with a better than average hotel, supply of hot water at busy times.
Some sophistocated energy saving electronics are present in the room which requires your room card to be docked on entry, to make things work.
This hotel is surounded by hundreds of fine cafe's and resturants serving every nationalities food imaginable. The 'pickiest' diner would be hard pushed here. Soho, Oxford Street and Theatreland are less than 5 min walk away.
The only downside with a hotel surrounded by so much attraction is - the bins of surrounding restaurants are emptied at about 6am in the morning. We discovered though, that if the rooms air conditioning was left on low - the gentle hum of the fan muted most outside noise and was not at all obtrusive.
4 Star Deluxe - are you having a laugh?
Whe I booked up to stay at the Rathbone I was looking forward to the comforts a 4 star "deluxe" hotel would give.
What I ended up with was a very small double room situated next to a generator that kept me awake all night and a television with no reception to receive the Sky channels I was promised. The room was cold and heating took hours to come through. When I complained they were polite enough and promised to send me a person to come and fix the television and temperature. No one came so I ended up having to complain again to get me moved to another room. Hardly 4 star deluxe so this is one hotel I shall not be staying at in the future!
Great Catch
Very friendly staff, really nice rooms for a smaller hotel in London. The buffet breakfast is more then enough to keep you going till lunch and the location of the hotel in Soho is excellent. Lots of small interesting and well priced restaurants in the area.
Simply Perfect
It's not often you can hand on heart hold high expectations for something as simple as booking a hotel room in a capital city and be so presumptious as to expect you will get high standards of accomodation, courteous staff and above all else value for money.
The choice of hotels in London is somewhat daunting so having chosen the Rathbone on the basis of a previous review I can honestly say that I was not disappointed.
The Concierge was polite on the phone, the reservations manageress was efficient and promptly emailled confirmation when requested. On arrival again the Concierge was (as were all the staff) friendly, courteous and polite. The room was comfortable, clean and exactly as advertised. Breakfast was very enjoyable and even the dining room staff were not put out by our late Sunday morning arrival.
This hotel is in an excellent location in the heart of theatre and shopping land.
The best indication of my satisfaction is that I would happily book to stay there again and will definitely recommend it to anyone looking for somewhere to stay in London.
Great place, but don't tell too many people!
The Rathbone is a lovely small townhouse hotel and in a great location in Fitzrovia which is just north off Oxford Street.
We booked with SelectBritain and got a rate of just �100 for a double room with breakfast included.
There was no restaurant open for dinner, but with so many places to eat on our doorstep this was not a problem.
Service and staff were both excellent and very accommodating. I'll definately be going back again.
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... English people feel the need to deny the existence of everyone around them while on public transportation. You do not talk. You sit or stand in silence and read your Metro. I actually went on to talk about this with a british man I met at dinner. He actually brought the weird habit up and asked me if I had noticed it. When I enthusiastically agreed he went on to tell me about how awkward it can be sometimes. When he sees someone he knows on the tube he is ...


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Commis chef wanting to learn classically in good pub environment
We are currently looking for a commis chef to come in and work alongside a brand new team in our pub in Hove. All we simply want from you is a passion to learn from very good chefs. If you are interested in a great opportunity then call Paul o
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