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Really nothing you can do if a palm tree is in a flooded location, you just gotta hope the water drains quickly and also plant in spots that are less likely to flood or less likely to have standing water for long periods.

Yes it is. I have received many messages and they have been very helpful. Im hoping to get it in the ground as soon as possible along with the Pindo which is doing well. The area has shade in the morning and a bit of shade in the afternoons (depending on the season), i do currently have it in palm soil I had got from Lowe’s. Are there any recommendations of soils i should use and nutrients i should put in the soil that you have before I put it in the ground, as well with the Pindo?

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Options are much wider for you in the coastal zones. While Brahea, Pritchardia, Sabal and other fan palms might be attractive, they are also lower tier items on SAPW diet list. One of the faster growing large Chrysalidocarpus (Dypsis) is prestonianus. You can look up photos here. If you can find a large one, they do well and start getting vertical height once they form trunk. Any of the cycads i mentioned will grow well in Bay Park area. They will require more patience to gain height but you won't have worries about palm weevils. Buy time $$$ with cycads by buying larger specimens or save $$$ and get smaller if you have time.

For now, the models have me in the low 20s, however, I am not taking much for granted. Yes, in my experience, they're not too far off from Palmetto. I had no damage from 12F last year. Not even fronds. I am actually leaving mine unprotected this round.

Maybe instead of looking for one single palm to do what a giant canary did, because similar magnitude replacements are hard to find, maybe go for a set of smaller palms that will grow tall and when grouped together provide a similar effect? Just an idea…

I’m protecting my Trachycarpus fortunei for this upcoming cold snap in Pennsylvania, zone 7a. Under 20 degrees for the next three days. This is their second winter. I originally got them as a two pack from Home Depot. First I shoveled snow over them, then stuck a box over that, a blanket over that, and some snow and wood to hold the blanket down. I don’t think it’s supposed to be too windy. I hope they survive!

So I mulched mulched mulched as high as gravity allowed and covered the plants I care about. My kings, queens and raveneas! I ripped out my monstera from the ground. I know it will come back if i leave it but I want it to be big again next season. Also ripped out my areca palms. Didnt cover the elephant ears but mulched the bulb area... meh dont really care for them. I only mulched the bottom of the bougainvillea and left the rest uncovered, same with hibiscus. They grew too big anyway. The bananas are on their own... not worth even protecting as they do grow back. Good luck everyone. Lets hope those lows on wed dont go too low and lets hope we dont get freezing rain on electrical lines so we can keep our power on.

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I think active overnight snowfall isn't bad depending on timing of when things warm up. I think when it's really bad is when the snow stops and the cloud cover clears up overnight.

The cold air in the eastern half of the US is going to flare up the jet stream and send a powerful storm with hurricane force winds in our direction. I am seeing 150-160mph winds off the Atlantic coast later next week. Maybe 130mph at landfall. Not ideal at all. Also I have seen more people online (specifically on Twitter/X) who are saying that snow will protect their plants and garden. What they don't understand is that it will turn a dry freeze into a wet freeze for starters, and it will also lower temps by a good 5-10F under clear skies with laying snow cover. It could potentially even lower the temp gradient by 15F even. The coldest nights always happen with snow cover. I believe that is why Houston is seeing the coldest temps out of the big cities in TX, because they will have a decent amount of laying snow cover, followed by a clear night. All of my coldest ever temperatures here have coincided with snow on the ground and then a night with clear skies.So go figure.

Down here in the RGV it's kind of starting to look like not much. Models are all starting to look the same. Somewhere between 30F and 33F at my place. Cold, but not nuts.

Were looking at a 85 percent chance of snow Tuesday and a low of 21 degrees Wednesday. What is even the move when it snows? All I have done is mounded up mulch around the trunk of my plants. Is that cold enough to consider wrapping my plants with incandescent lights. I mainly looking to protect my guava, persian lime, and papaya. I didn’t expect this cold😭.

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@Keys6505 Yeah, your one looks great. How large was it when it was planted? Mine are all from seed and unfortunately are too far from the house to get xmas lights, so they have defoliated each year, and havent put on as much size as I would like despite some being in the ground since 2021. Its interesting that your one is in full sun, mine really seem to need some shade. I think Arenga should be far more widely planted in Houston, ideally to the point that we can get locally produced seed. I'm not sure how large they need to be to flower.

Dactyliferas have thrived in SA for years. It can survive down to 15F I believe. It's a shame it got down to 9F in 2021. Every winter since then they would survive with some burns.

I still am having a hard time with how this is possible? Like a bullseye right on Houston. ABC 13 right now is saying 3-6” of snow for Houston proper and as you get outside of Houston limits the snow drops off. So much for UHI.

I'm coastal, near Mission Bay.

Yep, ^this will probably be the biggest long-term discussion priority... How do we rebuild? Where? ..how dense, or not? ..etc, etc... I will say that honestly, it's time to ditch using sticks to build with.. Agree 100%, clearing it won't mitigate " the dangers " .. When you ( ..and / or anyone else who would like to educate themselves on the subject ) have some time, the link below, published in 2020, is a GREAT intro. primer into Chaparral.. Link: https://lpfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/2020_Baker-and-Halsey_Chaparral-Conservation.pdf Regarding the invasives, various stuff like Wild Oats, Bromus < non- native species >, Chetgrass ..among several other annual " foraging " grasses.. are well established sps that were introduced decades ago.. Same w/ Fountain / Pampas grass, which have also spread into areas outside of gardens, and can be extremely flammable. Stinknet, aka: Globe Chamomile, and Buffel Grass are fairly new players locally, ...to some deg at least. Unfortunately, both are quickly marching west / north in CA., ...and locally. Inat maps: Regarding grasses, Here's an interesting side note many people probably aren't aware of... in the Sonoran Desert, both here and in Mexico, grasses are a major component of the overall vegetation profile. That said, before the non native stuff was introduced and began spreading around ( Many of the same species seen across CA as well ), if a fire started in say a Saguaro / Palo Verde woodland, in many cases, one could walk behind the fire as it slowly crept across the ground, rarely seriously burning anything except the grasses themselves / other seasonal annual stuff growing at the time the fire moved through.. Why? because the native grass cover is more patchy / thinner, and far less dense in coverage compared to how the non natives cover the ground in many areas after a wet spring now. W/ the non native stuff invading more areas, you're seeing much more destructive fires that kill things like Saguaro ....and Joshua Trees out there ....as well as posing increasingly serious threats to homes here and across other areas of the state where fires were never a serious threat, even if they occurred on the valley floors from time to time... Regarding rainfall, there may be a brief window for some showers in spots in the near future out there, ..but, don't get your hopes up for anything significant. None of the longer tern models suggest any hints of a major pattern change that would bring an extended wet period. Infact, Quite possible a big ridge may set up over CA and the S.W. by the start of Feb. ...What is showing up in the models right now at least.. For now, looks like another serious Santa Ana event is on tap for the start of the week. Daniel Swain did a very long and extremely informative Y.T. session a few hours ago discussing it, among a bunch of other related topics. Lastly, ..more locally, i'm already pretty concerned about what lies ahead come spring. We already had an 8K+ fire up on the Rim ( Horton Fire / Payson area ) that started ..in December.. Snow pack in most areas up north, ...and in the mountains to the east, and down south is dismal -at best- this year and likely will be gone by March if it warms up as quickly as it may next month.. If a fire can burn 8k acres, ...in the dead of winter, up in a part of the state that is typically cool ..often w/ at least some snow on the ground at times this time of year, that is not a good omen of what may lie ahead. Day #149 .or 150 since we've seen rain ..Anything significant anyway, even where it has " rained " around the valley since October .... It's a long haul between March and when Monsoon season begins, ...IF it this year isn't " Super Dry Monsoon " ...#3..

Here’s the soaring palmy canopy.

Trimmed to death it looks like but it’ll regrow fine! Any citrus questions, ASK!

I still have three adult Rhopalostylis, and will just live with the frond drop. Where the two tall ones were I have now planted a Brahea edulis, it won't get tall in my remaining lifespan !

I have a dwarf Eureka lemon and it had gotten engulfed by a rogue Jasminum magnificum or Angel Wing Jasmine, so I hacked at Angel Wing and gave the lemon a nice trim.

Might be Syagrus schizophylla which is the only Syagrus species that has petiole thorns.

Those were EPIC! Hope you plant some new ones!