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Does anyone protect their palm trees from the freezing rain? Also, I wish everyone good luck in southern parts of USA🙏🙏🙏

actually Lake Constance 4.7 C / 40.46 F

actually 3.7 C / 38.66 F down in the community garden

We took a short walk through the community garden today and the exotic plants are doing well, the cold doesn't seem to have affected them... The big surprise, at least for us, is that the yucca gigantea has remained healthy at its core and is sprouting new shoots. It will survive the coldest winter here in a long time. Joy reigns supreme 🤗

My palm got torched on the leaflets but there’s no spear pull and the actual frawnds are still green. The little palm however looks fine. I protected with blankets and frost cloth on both although I ordered more for the upcoming cold, also found out on radiational cooling nights I’m on the bottom of a hill on my road so it gets a lot colder mainly where the big one is. Planning to wrap the big one which heating blanket. I still cut off the useless completely fried tips off some of the frawnds

off into the bush, wonderful, Richard 🤗

Wonderful, congratulations, and best wishes!

Good question. Why did these weevils evolve continents apart and develop the same diet which includes palms both from each one's natural habitat as well as palms native to different parts of the world? A different way to approach the question is what characteristics do these palms share that attracts boring weevils and provide a nurturing environment for their young larvae? Is it relatively easy access to the meristem for the boring adults?

Dear friends on Palm Talk, I am back from the ice age, literally in every sense. Like everyone else, I've been going through a rough patch, and not just because of the freezing cold weather here. But as always, I'm picking myself up and staying positive in my feelings, thoughts, and actions, because nothing else will help... I'm also looking forward to the extremely interesting posts and communication with everyone here. I really appreciate it and am grateful to be a part of it. Mazat

Is that forecast for Katy?

I wrapped my first-year Washingtonias - they had already taken a beating in December hitting 15F, now looking at a 7 day stretch with lows between 13-22F, and barely getting above freezing as a high. Possible 0.75 inch of ice. This will be a stress test for anything claiming hardiness to 8b! Unprotected plants include S. palmettos, Butia, multiple windmills, oleanders, and other agaves and cycads. Good luck everyone!

Are those Basselinia from the batch of seed I got or an earlier one. Mine are nowhere near that size.

Gotcha! Canopy is what I am lacking too. Big issue

I just don’t have much sense canopy yet. Anywhere I plant out would currently be exposed to frost and sun (and wind). Keeping it a pot I can move it around depending on time of year and I can keep it under my deck area or in a temporary unheated greenhouse over winter.

I see that this kind of weevil, has same preferences with rpw despite the different origin. Actually not only same but identical. Why not both spp sharing more similarities?

I am a bit confused. Since it is outside all year round, why not plant it in the ground under canopy? What difference will it make it? It has already seen 44C you said!

Couple of nice varieties, the masoala has been a bit tricky to work out there specific needs, Iam learning they are a bit like Howea species, in my soil and climate. And I got the basselinas worked out they seem to like my soil and climate. You learn your palms after a while some are tricky others are easy.

I can dream @realarch I can dream, one day! Lucky Hawaii growers!

Dypsis saintelucei a nice bit of colour.

Thanks Tim. With lower humidity and cooler nights, I might have to try a Jubaea up there 🤣. I was recently gifted some Dictyocaryum sprouts so hoping I can keep them alive long enough to plant up there. It's pretty hot and sticky in SE Queensland at the moment, made all the worse as the aircon is out of action until the 29th January. Cool showers, cold drinks, and ice packs are my life right now. 😩

Your welcome!

We’re ready for it

I have a stack of spinolosum around the garden already, the revoluta that’s a possibility for sure, I have a few great cerotazamia and Zamia varieties, perhaps another Joey or two perakensis perhaps. But as you say the best will only do. I have some great licuala varieties. Decisions decisions oh to be spoilt for choice!

I don't really know how to answer that, but what I can report is where it occurs naturally it seems to be mostly in heavy clay soil that gets very wet in winter. I have never seen nor heard of them being grown as garden specimens here. The somewhat similar in terms of being tropical looking, Pūriri (Vitex lucens) , I have occasionally seen as a planted specimen.

Yes I see your cooking down south, iam used to that heat. Water water and more water, I shall say how cool your kerriodoxa is still going strong keep up the stats on temperatures, good for sales pitches. Couple more years if growing in that heat and you will have a kerriodoxa looking pretty good like this one.