Some ‘Before’ Winter Photos of the Garden

[Xerarch]

These were pretty much all planted in Spring/Summer this year.  Most of them made it through last winter outside in pots. They’ve had one full season in the ground so far, nothing too impressive yet but I’ll be able to track progress, these should all be fine through an average winter or even a slightly below average one. 
 

I’ll start with the coconut, marginal here but should be ok but with some cool spotting on an average winter. This one is looking great at the end of the season, with some cool damage still showing from last winter. 

[Xerarch]

Here’s the Foxtail, put on quite a bit of growth this year already. 

[Xerarch]

This is my seed grown mango (Champagne) I planted it maybe 9 or 10 years ago in West Virginia and have been lugging it around all this time in a pot and finally got somewhere where I could plant it in the ground. It flowered for the first time ever right after I put it in the ground, I removed the inflorescence since I wanted to get it established. Also pictured is my Blue Java/Ice Cream banana, grew like crazy since planting, can’t wait to harvest from it. 

 

 

[Xerarch]

Ruby Supreme guava and Mule palm, guava produced quite a few fruits even on its first season in the ground  

[Xerarch]

This papaya, and two others were so big and beautiful before being being flooded, I lost two of them and this one barely survived. I don’t know what to do to help it during the next deluge as we are subject to here. Dow this row I have a number of citrus varieties, a couple queens, couple crotons, Brahea. 

[Xerarch]

This is one my Franken Braheas I grew from seeds obtained from @DoomsDave, the two I have planted really took off after planting. 

[Xerarch]

Royal, Majesty, Alexander, all in a depression getting plenty of water, I posted about that before, Royal growing like a rocket. 

[Xerarch]

Bizzy doing great, little ratty at time of planting but new spears look great. 

[Xerarch]

A couple more mules and another Bizzy

 

[Xerarch]

Raja puri banana, amazing growth for only being in ground for a few months, a couple figs back there too, I would have eaten a ton of figs this year but the blasted grackles get them first almost every time unless I pick them a little too early. 

[Xerarch]

Strelitzia juncea

[ZPalms]

Everything looks awesome!

Lots of great plantings but the majesty caught my eyes since I barely see anyone plant those or talk about them much in the ground. 😍

[Xerarch]

37 minutes ago, ZPalms said:

Everything looks awesome!

Lots of great plantings but the majesty caught my eyes since I barely see anyone plant those or talk about them much in the ground. 😍

Thanks, lots and lots of majesties at big box stores but you don’t see them around town much, although I have seen large ones in town in the past. I don’t think most people give them adequate water, they like a lot. @Xenon has stated before that they are more bud hardy than they are given credit for so I’m optimistic that it will do well. 

[Mr. Coconut Palm]

On 11/4/2022 at 8:31 PM, Xerarch said:

Thanks, lots and lots of majesties at big box stores but you don’t see them around town much, although I have seen large ones in town in the past. I don’t think most people give them adequate water, they like a lot. @Xenon has stated before that they are more bud hardy than they are given credit for so I’m optimistic that it will do well. 

There were a few nice BIG ones here before the Big Freeze last year.

John

[Mr. Coconut Palm]

On 11/4/2022 at 7:07 PM, Xerarch said:

These were pretty much all planted in Spring/Summer this year.  Most of them made it through last winter outside in pots. They’ve had one full season in the ground so far, nothing too impressive yet but I’ll be able to track progress, these should all be fine through an average winter or even a slightly below average one. 
 

I’ll start with the coconut, marginal here but should be ok but with some cool spotting on an average winter. This one is looking great at the end of the season, with some cool damage still showing from last winter. 

Looking nice and better than mine, but mine was in the ground this past cold winter.

John

[South Carolina palms]

On 11/4/2022 at 8:08 PM, Xerarch said:

Here’s the Foxtail, put on quite a bit of growth this year already. 

What was the lowest temp this foxtail has seen? I’m worried about mine with this cool spell we’re about to have here in Charleston. 

[Merlyn]

@Xerarchlooks great!  I need to do the same thing here.  It's supposed to rain on Friday, then go down to 31F and only get up to 49 on Saturday.  I'm expecting heavy frost, so there are a few palms that are going to get a big honkin' cardboard box over them.  That worked great on several palms last year, since the frost was the big killer of fronds and palms.

@South Carolina palmsany temps below 30F (especially with frost) can severely damage or kill a small foxtail.  I had several at the size of Xerarch's one in the photo.  Last winter the front yard saw ~27-28F for about 4 hours with frost, and 6 out of 6 defoliated and eventually died.  My bigger 20+ foot ones in the backyard were only slightly damaged, but they were closer to the house and had a neighbor's 70' tall oaks for some frost protection.

[Xerarch]

3 hours ago, South Carolina palms said:

What was the lowest temp this foxtail has seen? I’m worried about mine with this cool spell we’re about to have here in Charleston. 

This foxtail has seen 30’s but not freezing, last year during my only below freezing temp of 29 it was still in a pot and brought inside. Other ones in the neighborhood looked undamaged or only slightly damaged after that event. 

I do see in Charleston’s forecast though that you have temps forecast to be around 25. That is danger zone for sure for a Foxtail, especially a young one, I would protect it. 

[South Carolina palms]

52 minutes ago, Xerarch said:

This foxtail has seen 30’s but not freezing, last year during my only below freezing temp of 29 it was still in a pot and brought inside. Other ones in the neighborhood looked undamaged or only slightly damaged after that event. 

I do see in Charleston’s forecast though that you have temps forecast to be around 25. That is danger zone for sure for a Foxtail, especially a young one, I would protect it. 

Yeah I plan too, going to wrap it with burlap, moving blankets and frost cloth. And probably going to get a propane heater for them. I’m going to town big time on this