Scotty- Turns out I'll be around all weekend. Just let me know when you'll be dropping by.

Those palms look great! Where did you get them?

Any idea how cold that Crape Myrtle got this winter? As for the MAgnolia, you really can't tell until the leaves start to form. If you really want to push your luck you can try bending the outer stems a little. If they've frozen back they'll snap quite easily (they'll snap anyway, so don't do this too hard). The traditional scratch test tends not to work for So. mag!

The Sabal looks pretty standard for a non-heated one in our climate. Mine froze back a little even with heat last winter... It looks better this spring...

Cool Paul. How about Saturday around 11??

The crape myrtles were in the palm hut so never saw below freezing. I did pull on the stems and they didn't snap. Not too stiff as well.. Hope they turn out well.. Good to know about the Sable..

By the way. The one larger Pindo is from Florida, the smaller one from SC. The med fan palm from Florida and the trachy from Niagara..

Nice Scott,
Glad to see the palms you packed into your honda 😆 Looking good in Ontario!

Have you dug out your basjoos yet?

Bill

I think the Basjoos are toast!! I'll dig them up this weekend. Thinking about puting my trachy in the ground. Might as well, it looks awful right now!

Scott,
those are some nice palms. I'll enjoy following them over the summer.
Your crape myrtles especially impress me. I put three small (1 gal.) in the ground last May. They did great all summer. I gave them no protection other than mulch this winter, expecting moderate temps.
They have not shown any sign of breaking dormancy, unlike the Spirea next to them (also small plants bought from the same store at the same time). I doubt they died, but they may have to regrow from the below-ground portion. In short, good thing you took such good care of yours!
--Erik

Thanks Erik. Hope your's turn out well! Hopefully with the warm weather you should start to see something happening. I think mine have a head start since the palm hut didn't go below freezing and was usually around 45f. Everything in the palm hut looks amazing! Just like when I put it on! Honestly didn't even notice a change in my electric bill with the heater running. I am going to put that small pindo and med fan palm in that garden. Looking foward to your updated pics in the future!

I bet you'll find your basjoos are alive and well with the protection you gave them. If there's a hole in the ground where
they where before you might have a problem. If you poke in there and there solid game on 😀

Bill

Not solid! Went right threw! Gameover..

Is that how your one Mag we were talking about looks too???

No crape myrtle buds here yet either Eric! Natchez & Tuscarora are very much alive and well here. No die back on Natchez and very little on Tuscarora
here. Yours will surely pop before mine here, mine are all over 8 feet tall with fat trunks 5 feet high though. Die back at 5 feet is welcomed! Bring on more
flowers.

Bill

Hey scotty,

I'm pretty sure your mag will recover. In the past mine (DD Blanchard) fully defoliated and then came back nicely. This is the first year that I didn't wrap them and they did much better with no defoliation. I'm hoping they will flower this year. What variety do you have?

As far as your Sabal goes....like Paul said,pretty typical coming out of winter-
hopefully this year you'll have the warmth for recovery.
Mine always seem to grow after a rain,so with that in mind
after the soil warms up...........

My Magnolia is a BBB. Hope it looks better soon!