According to national finnish holiday of Palm Sunday, I opened my palmbed today.
😆 😆 😆
Surprisely most of the plants are safe and alive as mice as frosts didn't kill them. Here's february 2010 foto (frosts almost about -20C 3 times -30C):

This photo shows exotarium before opening today:

And satisfied enough sir Biggest Trachy: 🙂

With best wishes,
Antti

that trachy looks pretty good for going through -30 C 😀

Beautiful Antti
I guess all that snow helped insulate.
Man-that first pic is like a tsunami of snow-UNBELIEVABLE! 😯

Nice to see such rarities in Finland too 🙂 I think we had at least the same amount snow this winter than Finland, but I think Finland holds the record due the northern location. On front of my garage the pile of snow is still 1.5 metres but it is melting in fast speed. I hope spring and summer bring some warmth into northern locations. The heat is too much to ask for I guess but I´ve heard that after a very cold winter only hot summer can appear 😀

antti, loved seeing your pictures.

Wonderful winter protection, a great job.

Sad you lost a Washy and a Mazari.
Maybe heating cables on the ground would have saved them?

What a horrible winter Europe has had.
But your plants look fabulous!

Barb

Antti, could you tell me what the plant beside this fortunei is? It looks like cordyline australis.

Nice job with your protection! That Trachy looks flawless. How did your Dicksonia antarctica fair over the winter? Jim planted some this year
and I'm sure he would like to hear about it as would the rest of us.

Bill

😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀

Very well done, nice trachy. 8)

Thank you, all friends, Cameron_z6a-NS, DesertZone(Aaron), for kind words. 🙂
To hardyjim: Jim, the mass of snow was fantastic last winter, there were cases of roof crashes in Finland because of snow, but without it don't sure that plants survived.
To Corrosion: I also hope that coming summer will be hot. 😉
To lucky1: Barb, heating cables should be especially effective if there wouldn't be much snow. If I knew how bad winter is coming I'd put the cables. 🙁 Nevertheless I'll think again about it next fall. And many thanks for pretty words for my plants! 😀
To serj: Sergiy, you're right, it's Cordyline australis, I've got it from Scotland.
To BILL MA: Bill, Dicksonia is OK and wish all the best for everyone, espesially for hardyjim 😆 , I show it's photo under:
Greetings, Antti

The spring of 2010.
The fall follows.

Lots of growth this year, Anttisepp.

A wonderful microclimate against the bricks of the home.

Barb

Hi all and a Happy New Palm Year!

Here's some pics I took before the covering in october 2010. All plants from spring 2008 oudoors, 3 different Trachy fort. and 1 Butia eriosp. as Dicksonia:

Great pics as always! How old is the B. eriospatha?

Happy New Year to you too antisepp 😀

All your plants look wonderful, and grew a lot in 2010.
Nice that you're able to "visit" them before March (last year when you had so much snow).

I'm also impressed with that Butia...beautiful.

Barb