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Now the Home Depot in lane avenue has Christmas palms and foxtails at a 30 gallon size

I also found a newly planted royal that has survived winter so far, in the Avondale strip it’s about 10 feet tall.

I drove past today and they are still alive

How things are looking here. My large Grevillea (right) has the vegas lights. Large cat palms, some dwarf Heliconia, and everflowering bottlebrush are on the left - they needed a serious haircut to get them to fit this year. Kangaroo paws and small Grevillea behind the car also have lights. Mountain bottlebrush and narrow leaf bottlebrush aren't getting covered this year, just a little mulch. Everything else gets mulch (or nothing). Arenga sp. usually get buckets over them, but they have now outgrown that. Cham. mircospadix. These seed grown ones are much more vigorous than a large one I bought. They just get mulch poured on them. Cham. cataractum and Cham. radicalis seed. Figured I should actually save some. Only a fraction of what they set this year. The large Heliconia just get mulch piled up around the base. There are three new flowers coming on x 'Coral Surprise' that I'm sad to lose. I'm not wrapping any citrus this year either, only mulch.

Holy moly - what a winner! 🤩 You do really well with this one - thank you for sharing! Lars

Man that is coooooooold!!

It takes patience sometimes . I have learned some tough lessons on easier palms than those . For many years I just grew easy ones , then built a greenhouse to make it easy for some more difficult palms . When I moved to this place with no greenhouse , it got real . I am learning too. Some good looking seedlings , good work there . Keep pushing the boundaries and learning what the little ones want . Harry

Eh I mean we are leveling off due to the forecast being within 3 days it won’t change as much, the -5F is in 4 days+ so it’s fluctuating. Now -4F but yeah I’d say within 1-3 days least fluctuation 4-10 days don’t trust it yet.

The situation with the ice storm is very very bad. This amount of ice in TN.. ALREADY is a very bad sign. Models could have underperformed this will be going on for a bit longer. I think the “catastrophic level area” has moved away from AR and more into MS and TN.

I’ll look into that. NWS is saying 20 tomorrow night and 21 the following. We’ll see.

They've been right all winter for me. Not ever off by more than 1 degree. The point forecasts are also updated throughout the day. They also adjusted accordingly during the 2021 freeze. And they haven't failed in the major freezes of the past few years either. Are you using the point forecast feature? Here's a random point near Lake Houston: https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lon=-95.175&lat=29.932 You can move the green square on the map to your exact location

How long is the wintery weather/storm expected to persist? Hopefully you guys don't fair too bad over this.

But 90% of your yard needing protection is usually far more interesting. Atleast protection from the last few years, not an eventual average one. I drove into Pearland and spent about 4 hours protecting various palms and other species, some didn’t need it, but there’s a good chance all will survive another year . Sounds like a lot but less than most have spent staring at weather updates. last summer

I’ve found anytime time you are talking temps near or below freezing they can never get it right. Horrible record.

looks like it's gonna start tonight

The various apps +/- track the major weather models from what I've seen. Local NWS is usually more accurate. I'd like them to be 5 degrees off too, hopefully in the warm direction 😅

@XenonEverything I’m seeing is low 20s with teens possible in areas north and west of the city. I doubt you’ll hit 15.

Sandias did the protection And a microclimate definitely helps 40f in ABQ 41f double eagle 20f Moriarty 6f in Amarillo 50f+ something in my backyard/porch with partial sunshine! Might be a different story if the low pressure was to our west.

ATL at 43° and dry all day

NWS even though they have the coldest forecast. Really hope they are wrong but they usually aren't.

I like the way it looks. Hopefully the damage will be tolerable. What weather app or website do you trust the most ?

In those conditions it’s hard to keep your plants safe . Even with lights and covering it will be colder than most living things can handle. Good luck . Harry

My mule spear pulled yesterday and ants moved in today and I’m not sure how get them out the crown and out of this dry area and of course this wants to happen when it’s below freezing and frozen rain is coming so I’m unsure if I can do anything.

The UK is the colder version of NZ in Europe. You have it pretty good over there while we get beaten up here , even in the South. We possibly could end up colder than predicted. I wouldn't be surprised if we go below 16f where I'm from. Send us some milder temperatures over here.