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Originally Posted by The Hollyberry Lady
Hers was an established plant however, but certain parts of B.C. are extremely mild throughout Winter.
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Somewhat of a misconception in my opinion. I've lived in Vancouver, Victoria, and Comox (on the island) for 25 years. Sure in the spring time you can easily see that places like Victoria warm up sooner. I believe they are about a month ahead of a place like Comox.
Every winter though we usually get a decent cold streak where the temps drop below zero. Sometimes we get a good dump of snow. The snow usually only lasts until it starts raining again. When it rains and there is cloud cover the temps are indeed mild. However in the dead of winter when it's cold, icy, and snow on the ground it is cold everywhere. There is no magic microclimate.
If the basjoos are indeed hardy enough to survive without ANY protection at all then I'll be truly amazed. Like I said the ground in full sun a few days ago was frozen solid at least a couple inches down. I have experienced them surviving under a very thick layer of mulch but it will be interesting to see what happens with these ones come spring time.
Anyhow I went to price some burlap at Home Depot yesterday and a roll of 100' is $30. For future reference how many wraps of burlap per stem? Or how thick do you wrap?