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A Welcome to - *TONY'S (~tropical~?) CORNER*
Where it's TIME to grow the un-growable
~ ~ ~ God Bless the U.S.A. ~ ~ ~
And may God Bless our Troops
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Hi! I'm Tony O. from N.E.Oklahoma. . Did you know that even in zones 5 & 6 that it is possible to grow Palms, Bananas & other tropical looking things? Here, east of beautiful, down town Jay, Oklahoma, (zone 6) is a small piece of the "tropics" in the North Eastern corner of Oklahoma!
The above palm photo was taken spring of year 2000. It is a Washingtonia robusta on the pond edge, that was over-wintered there for the 2nd year in the ground (with minimum protection) here in zone 6. That shows that it CAN be done. It lasted 3 years till I didn't get around to protecting it before a HARD freeze.
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I now have several Sabal varieties, 2 of which (Texas S. minor & S. Louisiana) are producing seeds this year, & some needle palms planted with no more than a little mulch at the base. I'm starting some trunking yucca as well. Also a few other (small) palm trees planted.
I have a few banana plants, citrus, and other tropical type things planted here in zone 6 (with winter protection) I plan on adding a lot more. This will be the 9th winter for hardy double yellow Oleander, Canna, Elephant ears, & also M. basjoo (banana plant) in the garden. There are lots of other things growing here that they say "won't grow here" like Calla lillies. I plan to make a photo page as soon as I get to it.
Do you have things that I may be interested in? Contact me to see if we can work out a trade.
Here's a link to a trade page. There are some pictures on it.
Tonys Plant & Seed Trades
Bananas.org International Banana Society - Bananas.org contains many ongoing discussions about bananas, banana care, banana identification, recipes, members from around the world. Photo Gallery, Map, Resources for the banana enthusiast.
Also check out this True Banana Facts link.
Here's my Musa Basjoo at year 7 in the ground:
It bloomed & produced little bananas before it froze that year.
The photo pictured above is mine, ~NOT~ part of a collection from ~ 'Tonys' Cold Hardy Palms in Dallas ~ . That's another Tony. He DOES have an excellent site with a very LARGE selection of good photos. If you like palms & tropical type pictures, check it out. A link to his web site is below.
'Tonys' Cold Hardy Palms in Dallas
He has some GREAT photos.
Also, if you have (or are thinking of getting)a mobile home & are looking for a place to put it, I have a small mobile home park. I will probably have a space available here. (Especially if you're a plant nut)
Sorry, I'm temporally out of spaces but have a 2 bedroom and a 3 bedroom units available as rentals.
If you would like to move anywhere into this area & are going to be buying a mobile home, the link below will take you to a place that can set you up with one. If you have one that you need to move, he'll do that too.
Went off line.
If needed, you can call *Designer Homes*
at 1 (918) 253 - 8005
or 1 800 - 406 - 8005
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I'm also interested in fancy fowl & exotic poultry of many types. I'm even thinking about getting some monks parrots to release here. Now THAT would really give it the tropical feel.
As you know, there is usually a bug problem in the country. You know, Ticks & Chiggers? Well I haven't had even ONE tick or Chigger bite from here ALL last summer. The reason is - - - We have Guineas here that eat them. As for the garden, it turns out that the Guineas LOVE grasshoppers. If you're interested in learning more about them, there is a link under this, to an excellent web site. It will tell you everything you ever wanted to know, but were afraid to ask, about Guineas. (and then some) Enjoy Frit's Farm -
Gardening with Guineas
Let's talk about animals & plants, planting times, what (& where) to plant, the best ways to do it & etc. Open discussions are encouraged. If you have any suggestions of things that you'd like to see on this site, please go to my message board & let me know & I'll see what I can do. I had to re do it because of a lot of spam being put on it. I saved a few of the older posts. It's almost like starting over again.
Visit my message board, click below:
Tony's Corner Message Board
Below are a few of my favorite links. There is a page set up just for links of "Message boards" and pages of "Home page & Nursery" links just below. ~ NOW ADDED ~ Poultry & animal links too!
I'll continue up-dating, as time permits.
Please, any webmasters, or friends, with new message boards, or anyone knowing the addresses of them, send me the information so I can place it on the "Link" page below. Thanks.
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Lots of 'MESSAGE BOARD' sites
I started my page on 1/10/00. I will be adding, changing & up-grading as time goes on. (I should say, as time allows) Stop by as often as you like & if you have any comments or suggestions, please feel free to either E-mail me or put it on my message board. Email link at very bottom.
Oops, Because it's a free service, I can't add much more because of space limitations. So I'll add links for other pages soon, in order to continue expanding my site. I'm just starting to work on some of the links. Others are old & need up dating. It's gonna take some time though, so please bare with me.
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CodeAmber.org
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(I'm having trouble with that server, They've now shut down, so as time permits, I'm beginning new pages with another server. Sorry for any inconvenience)
Finally starting on a new one.
All About Palms
Here's imformative links about computer virus, what to watch out for, and what can be done about them:
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HAY!!! I don't know what happened to the counter. When it hit 8000, it disapeared.
OOooops, there it is again. The sponser must have done some updating, because it does look different. I wounder if it'll stay around for a while this time ~! LOL
Damm, it's gone again at 19714.
Add that # to the new one for a total.
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Updated 09/26/07
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