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Pines, Magnolias, cacti Posted by Jason Western PA on June 26, 2025, 7:38 pm Update on my BBB Magnolias. These are planted at the farm entrance. They are starting to get flowers. So happy to see them doing well. Also, not pictured is one of the mimosas Rob gave me a start of. Those TN mimosas are hardy. It must be 12 high now. So these long leaf pines are fun to watch grow. The one on the left is one I got at Thomas Gardens near Chincoteague VA. He told me when I got it, that the seller told him it was a long leaf, but it had crossed with something. It had a faster growth rate than all his other long leaf pines. So the one on the right is from a MAryland nursery I got at a different time. You can see the VA pine took off really strong this year. I'll be excited to watch it grow. Also, they all were planted pot and all in the garden to see how they would do here. They were frozen solid this winter. I mean, a block of ice. The root balls were solid ice. So, the smaller ones got a little burn but the big one had no burn at all. Fun thing for me to watch. Last, one of my cacti in bloom. Don't judge me by the weed growing in the middle of it. I was able to latter pull it with out any blood. haha

Re: Pines, Magnolias, cacti Posted by Alvin, z6 on June 26, 2025, 9:04 pm, in reply to "Pines, Magnolias, cacti" Looking good, Jason. Is that Mimosa blooming, this year? At that height, you'd think it would be. My Mimosa flower buds are nearing opening. My tree is roughly 20 ft , and wide. I estimate it to be between 15 and 20 yrs, in the ground. It was a seedling, when planted. Over the years, it got damaged, twice, after z5b temps. I double up my gloves, when having to work with thorny, or spiky plants (a latex pair inside a pair of leather palm gloves). Makes touching, or weeding around such plants, much much easier.

Re: Pines, Magnolias, cacti Posted by Lloyd IA on June 27, 2025, 11:38 am, in reply to "Pines, Magnolias, cacti" Jason, One of these can be useful in tight, treacherous spots. Lloyd

Re: Pines, Magnolias, cacti Posted by Fred SC on June 27, 2025, 5:04 pm, in reply to "Pines, Magnolias, cacti" Jason, one learns with experience how to coddle and work around the Opuntia, otherwise you Woolf have glochids all over the body. They are hard to remove. Glad you are growing long leaf pines. They are beautiful. Not sure how they may do in heavy snow when they get taller. There were a few in my hometown in SE Kentucky beside a Baptist church that got very tall snd upright, I saw one in a neighboring town sll twisted from winter snow, good to see your magnolia ms are starting to bloom.

Re: Pines, Magnolias, cacti Posted by Tom in PA on June 27, 2025, 7:23 pm, in reply to "Pines, Magnolias, cacti" Your Longleaf pines looks great. I’m curious see what the hybrid will look like as it matures. Love the cactus and southern magnolias. That hybrid may be part slash pine which is very fast growing or maybe loblolly.

Re: Pines, Magnolias, cacti Posted by Jason Western PA on June 28, 2025, 4:51 pm, in reply to "Re: Pines, Magnolias, cacti" Yeah it could be. I figured loblolly but we will see.

Re: Pines, Magnolias, cacti Posted by Jason Western PA on June 28, 2025, 4:56 pm, in reply to "Re: Pines, Magnolias, cacti" Hopefully they do ok in snow. The cold sure didn't bother them much. haha

Re: Pines, Magnolias, cacti Posted by Jason Western PA on June 28, 2025, 4:56 pm, in reply to "Re: Pines, Magnolias, cacti" OH, that's cool.

Re: Pines, Magnolias, cacti Posted by Jason Western PA on June 28, 2025, 4:58 pm, in reply to "Re: Pines, Magnolias, cacti" It flowered last year. Nothing is out yet.

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