Finnish palms :)

anttisepp

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Here's briefly my Palm Sunday affairs:

With best wishes Antti,
Suomi - Finland

Posted : 10/05/2009 7:28 am

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Everything looks so good, that is some awesome protection. 😀

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Posted : 10/05/2009 4:05 pm

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Very well done anttisepp!

Mikä sinun vähimmäis- kuume nyt kuluva talvinen?

What was your minimum temperature this winter?

Posted : 13/05/2009 4:32 pm

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You did a great job getting everything through,I don't recall if I asked you this before,how did your Mazari do?

Posted : 14/05/2009 3:44 pm

anttisepp

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Thank you, it's not me but palms... 😉
The lowerest temperature outdoors was probably -25 C this winter, but many days were temps about -20C, this winter was very long and spring has come only in april. (Meillä oli ollut alle 25 astetta pakkasta viime talvena (Finnish)).
Many plants survived, I've lost only washingtonias and silver Mazari, some other damaged but recover, most of plants in good condition. The worst time was when I opened them - day air temperature was sometimes abov e +20 C, but soil was still ice-cold, plants suffered from dessication (under the cover from sun, of cause). The first stress is over and most of palms are growing new leaves.

Posted : 15/05/2009 3:58 pm

Okanagan desert-palms

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That looks great. You are defintely breaking down stereotypes of Finland!

John

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Posted : 15/05/2009 9:09 pm

anttisepp

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Here's september 2009 picture of my biggest Trachycarpus fortunei (Europalms) (5 new leaves this season):

Posted : 26/09/2009 9:19 am

ronbruce

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It's a beautiful palm. Good job. 🙂

Posted : 26/09/2009 9:22 am

hardyjim

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Nice Antti-gotta love those Trachys!

Posted : 26/09/2009 12:59 pm

BILL MA

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Nice growth!

Bill

Posted : 26/09/2009 1:39 pm

Paul Ont

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Good stuff!

Hey, do you use artifical heating? Or are those small containers insulated???

Posted : 26/09/2009 5:22 pm

Cowtown Palm Society

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Very nice plant Antti! You've got to be a contender for most northern palm, in the ground, at your latitude. Great work!

Duncan

Posted : 26/09/2009 6:28 pm

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Great to see they made it through the winter for you Antti.

John

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Posted : 26/09/2009 9:36 pm

anttisepp

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Hi friends, thanks for compliments,
but I've made very few at all, it's all palms only. 😀
I don't use heating cables, only outer protection (usually our winters aren't very cold),
and the simplest (and cheapest) way to protect better is to throw some more snow after the next snowfall.
The most nortern palms grows Thomas Vestre in Ålesund, Norway.
Here's some more pics, september of 2009:
view on palm-bed from the west:

Dicksonia antarctica

Butia eriospatha

Ficus carica "Brown Turkey"

Passiflora coerulea

Phyllostachis aureosulcata "Spectabilis"

Musa basjoo

Musa yunnanensis

Camellia williamsii "Duchess of Cornwall"