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It's gonna be too cold to take your shirt off, twist it round your head and spin it like a helicopter.

Stacks of canopy around here guys, and a stack of kerriodoxas. When is the best time to create a canopy 25 years ago!

I’ll post a picture of mine tomorrow I’ve been kind of busy lately. Nice photos!

Ok just my thoughts. I think I put a Styrofoam box over the big Washie and the Trachy hybrid, maybe the Bermudana. Everything else will either live or get replaced. Other thoughts welcome. Probably shoulda done it today since it's rained all day long.

How life feels growing palms in Texas this decade lol . (Alvin robustas fried to a crisp with the crowns collapsing years ago 🥲. I wrapped my Alexandre kings purpurea majesty mule just because it’s still soooo small bismakria x2 Sylvester pigmy dates x3 kinda skeptical if they survive with how I half ass protected them 😹🤞. The good ole tundra

It’s supposed to be on and off tomorrow and trail off into early Monday, I got everything wrapped and weather proof so nothing should snap and burns. Will see how things do

Geonoma schottiana is another palm I want to try again (also clumping). I had two grow very well for me for over 2 years until some mechanical damage/easement bs took them out. Yes, would take another Floribunda order to acquire most of this stuff again haha

His went from worse to catastrophic to just flat out psychotic this is in TN….. that’s insane…. This shouldn’t here ALREADY

@Xenon Yeah, I'd love to track down any of those, along with Caryota monostachya, Wallichia oblongifolia, and that new marbled Lanonia from southern China. Also lots more Rhapis to try. I actually built a large new garden bed this year just for these guys, but they are all just hard to find. I've tried Lanonia dasyantha from seed twice, one seed package just got lost in the mail (had permits) and the other batch I didn't get any to survive, although in fairness I didn't do a great job with them. I'd pitch in on a Floribunda order if they had a couple of them in stock. Chuniophoenix nana have done well at Mercer and I think the chances of finding some of them for sale are decent. I cover my Cat palms because a little protection goes a long way. They can be back to full size by midsummer as long as they don't completely freeze back. I think Cat palms are seriously underused in Houston.

Hey I noticed in the Leu Gardens thread (I also went there a month ago, great place!) you're into clustering semi-dieback perennial palms. I have a Chuniophoenix nana in a suboptimal/very low light spot that has managed to come back looking decent through the past 2-3 cold winters unprotected. It's surprising how vigorous it is, it's faster to recover than Rhapis imo. More tropical looking too. I also have Lanonia dasyantha, Licuala fordiana, and Chuniophoenix hainanensis since 2021 but I'm too scared to test them so they get covered for the two days of zonebusting winter weather. The Lanonia does cluster quite a bit but I'm not sure its vigorous enough to come back year after year of zone 8. Same with the Chuniophoenix hainanensis. Licuala fordiana is a leaf making machine though and the growth point stays at ground level for a loooong time. Maybe I'll risk some seedlings when it finally does flower. I chickened out with the Lytocaryum hoehnei and put a box and plastic over it (no heat). It just looks too good right now. No covers for the cat palm (came back fine last year) or radicalis (not a scratch). Didn't cover or mulch my dozen or so citrus trees either. Survive or die!

it starts at 12 for us tonight Sorry this was an accident didn't mean to put this here

We shall see. I'm at 16f at the lowest. Not really what I was hoping for but hopefully it gets a little bit warmer. Fingers crossed.

ugh, we got down to 9F last winter and it was pretty brutal. I'm sorry for the loss, man.

Did you do it? Are they still alive if you did?

More royals in Avondale strip, Jacksonville.

Dead. We got down to 9F in the coldest winter in 30 years. I lost a lot of palms that winter.

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.