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I was searching for something and this thread popped up. I decided to update this phot of the entryway, since it has changed a bit during the intervening period from March of 2018 to March of 2026. 8 years will do that... to gardens and people. This is the Leucadia house. I will have to get some updated photos of the garden in Carlsbad at another time.

Hello. I’m worried about my Chinese fan palm (livistona chinensis). I’m near San Antonio TX. It survived the winter freeze (we covered it) but then recently, most fronds started turning brown. There’s still green growth coming out of the bulb but it still seems weird. Ideas? Thank you!

These are my dypsis decipens f2 hybrids and one normal dypsis decipens that I’m gonna grow in Lancaster California zone 9a I got them from floribunda palms I hope they are going to survive we almost only get to low to mid 20s in winter only 1 -2 times a year I hope they do well any tips I know I guy from Modesto grew them so I’m confident I’m also gonna try the coco queen palm next

Looks like my 2 good Washingtonias might just make a steady recovery, almost certain the first one will but iffy about the second one as it has white at the bottom of the spears but won’t pull. Replaced the dead windmills in new spots with better holes this time. Good luck to everyone else, apparently we will be seeing the 30s again later this week hopefully not below freezing though.

It's like we live in alternate realities. I'm not seeing anything remotely like the damage you're describing. I drive by tons of mostly abandoned Chamaerops and Butia every day and there isn't a scratch on any of them. Maybe the frost cloth is hurting your palms? All no protection: Livistona nitida - zero 0.0% burn on all leaves except for spear pull on 2 newest leaves, already pushing up growth. Livistona decora - 16-18 inch high seedlings, slight tip burn on a few Livistona chinensis - mostly undamaged Sabal rosei - no damage Sabal causiarum - no damage Sabal guatemalensis - tip burn to 30% burn on older leaves Bismarckia - mostly defoliated but pushing growth Queens x2 - one is only 30% burned, another is mostly defoliated but pushing growth Chuniophoenix nana - defoliated but pushing growth Bonus Lytocaryum hoehnei covered with a cardboard box (no heat) - no damage

Clinostigma samoense Clinostigma with Astrocaryum, Pritcharia, and Attalea in the foreground. Tim

It was actually by my Sabals that’s what I thought it was probably 200’ from my Butia!!

it's about 11 inches caudex in 25 gallon pot.

My minimum temperature was 13F this year, accompanied by freezing rain. My results were as follows. Chamaerops humilis (unprotected): No damage, actively growing. Chamaedorea microspadix (unprotected): Burning where ice accumulated, but actively growing. No damage to leaves that did not ice over. Chamaedorea radicalis (unprotected): Burning where ice accumulated, but actively growing. No damage to leaves that did not ice over. Sabal minor (unprotected): No damage. Sabal miamiensis (unprotected): No damage. Sabal miamiensis Leu garden hybrid (unprotected): No damage. Sabal uresana highlands form (unprotected): No damage and actively growing. Sabal uresana green/silver form (tarp wrapped around the spear base): No damage and actively growing. Brahea dulcis (covered by a tarp): Minor discoloration, but actively growing. Cycas revoluta (unprotected): Exposed leaves are burned, normal for temperatures below 14F.

Everyone is doing well. 🤗

Dioon spinulosum finally getting its first frond. Took over 3 months

Are we getting one last cold front? My 10 day shows a drop into the mid 40s next week. I’m hoping it doesn’t end up being anything too severe I already took a bunch of plants outside.

Two new Dypsis procera certainly got my eye attention after I planted them today!

Bismarkia

Yellow latania

Yes I did sell my plants, so the sallehana and Geonoma where the only real purchase, a fair trade off my collection increased and the other sellers sold more plants!

I wanted to share the current status of my 4th-floor balcony collection here in Arbon Stachen (Lake Constance). Despite the central European winter, my Washingtonia robusta, Phoenix canariensis, and Phoenix reclinata are thriving in their elevated microclimate. Current Stats (06:55 AM, March 9): Outdoor Temp (Arbon Stachen 425m, solar-ventilated Bresser) 3.7 C / 97 % humidity Balcony Temp 443m (4th floor, shaded Intertronic): 8.5 C / 61 % Pressure: 1021 hPa (stable). We are also successfully keeping a Howea forsteriana (Kentia) and Saribus rotundifolius on the balcony, protected by fleece and sagex. The difference between the garden level and the 4th floor is the key to our success as a 'Light-Bringer' for these species.

My twin sister Lisa gave us a greenhouse as a gift when she visited us last weekend. Dimensions of all greenhouses: width x depth x height - 69 cm x 49 cm x 159.8 cm / 27.1635 in x 19.29134 in x 62.91339 in, 3 shelves inside. We already had one. Then we got another one for $11 and another one for $8.90 from friends of the store manager at a discount store, and at the same time we got another one completely reduced because it had already been opened by customers. Now we have four.We placed them back to back and put the heating mats on Sagex today at the bottom. This way, the heat rises and heats everything from the bottom up, or so we hope.