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Creekside

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...but it was pretty!

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Catherine Presley

 

Old Miakka

& Phillippi Creek

Sarasota

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Even the pine needles looked interesting covered in ice.

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Catherine Presley

 

Old Miakka

& Phillippi Creek

Sarasota

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It's a good thing these are tough.

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Catherine Presley

 

Old Miakka

& Phillippi Creek

Sarasota

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FRITO

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cool shots Catherine. Its scary thinking about ice on your tropicals down there! Was this from rain or did you have the irrigation on?

Luke

Tallahassee, FL - USDA zone 8b/9a

63" rain annually

January avg 65/40 - July avg 92/73

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OldNed

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30º F at 5am today. First sub-freezing temp. in my yard since 1989. There's a Hard Freeze Warning for my County tonight. Around here, Hard Freeze usually means temp at or below 28ºF for 3 or more hours.

I've got more than 60 Palm Species in the ground here on East Merritt Island, Florida...28º21'06.15"N 80º40'03.75"W

If you Google the lat-long above, then hit terrain, you can see my yard with live Plants.

Most of my Palms are mature (have flowered) and most are Zone 10.

Knew I was zone-pushing when I planted them but the majority are from seed collected in travels or from Palms bought small-so there's no great expense involved.

I've only named a few of them-I hope George and David make it-I really like George and David-oh and Sue (she's beautiful)....and Tommy-can't forget Tommy.....

...we'll see.

Merritt Island, Florida 32952

28º21'06.15"N 80º40'03.75"W

Zone 9b-10a

4-5 feet above sea level

Four miles inland

No freeze since '89...Damn!-since 2nd week of Jan., 2010

Creekside Proficient

Creekside

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cool shots Catherine. Its scary thinking about ice on your tropicals down there! Was this from rain or did you have the irrigation on?

We just left this one sprayer on. It rained all afternoon and there were little bits of ice on the leaves of most palms by 4 PM, which might have been light sleet, but thankfully it dried up so I didn't have ice-encrusted palm leaves everywhere.

Catherine Presley

 

Old Miakka

& Phillippi Creek

Sarasota

spockvr6 Grand Master

spockvr6

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Funny signature line Old Ned!

Larry 

Palm Harbor, FL 10a / Ft Myers, FL 10b

_Keith Grand Master

_Keith

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Funny signature line Old Ned!

I missed that. Cool indeed.

In my post I sometimes express "my" opinion. Warning, it may differ from "your" opinion. If so, please do not feel insulted, just state your own if you wish. Any data in this post is provided 'as is' and in no event shall I be liable for any damages, including, without limitation, damages resulting from accuracy or lack thereof, insult, or any other damages

Lowey Experienced

Lowey

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Good to see some of you have kept your sense of humour in the cold :lol:

Bruce

Innisfail - NQ AUS - 3600mm of rain a year average or around 144inches if you prefer - Temp Range 9c to 43c

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Peter Pacific

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Catherine, the icicles are wonderful and I'm glad you took some photos. I can really sympathize with you...but, then, I remember the great freeze of '72 six feet of snow in Naples! The emergency plows were sent down from Minnesota to clear the streets and the coast guard worked through the night to crack the thin layer of ice covering the gulf...now, that was a cold spell! And, Old Ned, jeez, whoever heard of naming your palms...well, maybe just Willie, oh, ok, there's Santiago too...and Lola, and there's...I gotta go...

Peter

hot and humid, short rainy season May through October, 14* latitude, 90* longitude

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simona

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Wow - looks scary to me. :o

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Greetings from Amman/Jordan

Simona

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