Don't forget about sun burn, the sun can kill as fast as the cold, you might try exposing it a little at a time? It is such a guessing game with the weather, what ever you do is probaly best. 😀

Hi folks. Yup, think I belong here. Love palms and cycads and am determined to push my zone (a big stretch).
Will try to post pic of my T.fortunei (wearing a blanket).

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wes - I'd uncover the palm and be prepared to cover when temps dip. I think with it being wrapped it will get too hot and possible moldy if you allow it to heat up too much. Good luck.

Nice Windmill palm lucky1. Looks like a poncho or sarape on that palm!

Cheers, Barrie.

Thanks, Barrie, but I flipped when I saw the size of your palms at such a young age. It's obviously your experience that shows. Mine is 30 years old, I repotted it two years ago. Bought it as a little 4-inch plant in Vancouver.

I've never had the courage to have it winter outdoors (like the brave folks here). Just brought it outside early February; the building is unused in winter and kept at about 45 degrees F.

But after seeing them snow covered in Vancouver and Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia...I realize I'm a chicken.

My dream is to wake up one morning...in zone 10...without having travelled (the bright side of the dark cloud called global warming).

Lucky1 welcome to zone denial. Nice to see more people from the Okanagan interested in palms. You are doing something right to have that palm for 30 years. I bet if planted it would just explode with growth.
John

Thanks for the nice welcome. Zone denial...that's the best description.
"...if planted it would just explode with growth"...but then I'd have NO life at all, I'd be spending my days hovering over it to keep it warm."

Geez, I had told myself "no more palms" when lugging them in and out twice a year.
But after reading posts on this wonderful site, I'm off to the nursery tomorrow with my new list. 😕

How many palms do you have that you had to tell yourself "no more palms"?
Do the Okanagan nurseries stock palms at this time of year?

Cheers, Barrie.

Well I unwrapped and I was amazed at how dry it was in the spear and how there was no mold anywhere. I did not use a fungisied (sp?) or anything else on it. Emerging spear has a lil green on it. Hope this weeks warm temps get it going.

Barrie, I only have two left of the many I've tried over the years. Most succumbed to neglect, I admit, and they always had problems with spider mites when they overwintered in the too-warm house. But this site gives me renewed hope (and lots of cultural advice for which I say "thank you" in advance). Especially now that I have this other unused and barely-heated building in which they are doing well in winter.

This site has rekindled my long-lost passion for these magnificent plants.

After I get back from the nursery today 😆 I'll post a pic of my other remaining palm (it has a few problems).
Art Knapps in Vernon always has a good, but pricey, supply of palms. A shipment has arrived at Swan Lake nursery, but I didn't see tons of palms. Bought a 5-foot Canella (wild cinnamon tree) there last month for $59.00 which seems to be doing well after repotting. If I had more time, I'd head to Kelowna, have always loved their well-stocked nurseries.

But now, I'm on a palm hunt! Gotta dust off my Visa card. 😳

It's +4C and sunny today, I may take fortunei's poncho off.
kansas, wonderful that your wrapping worked so well.
Ciao for now.
Barb

Just back from my nursery trip! Wonderful 3 hours, followed by a forbidden greasy hamburger. Life is good!

Was looking for a needle palm, none to be found in Vernon. Here are my purchases:

still gettin' the hang of posting images...

Sago was $40.00 at Home Depot (while Art Knapp's, same size, were $70+)

Here's my years-old poor Sago barely making it:

Can anyone ID these other two purchases?

No tag. Clerk suggested its common name might be Ladyfinger palm (?). Price $45.00

I think clerk said it was a Neanthebella. She said these like to be in dry-ish soil, assuming good humidity. Price $24.99

And, yup, couldn't resist the Anthurium either. Needed a good home. Price $13.00

As expected, Art Knapp had some spectacular palms...but out of my league pricewise.
A 4to5-foot Kentia in a 12" pot was $349.00; Fishtail 12" pot was $189.00.
3 gallon Areca $60.00, and a nearly 6 foot tall Kentia was $440.00 (in a 14" pot).

Both Walmart and Home Depot had 5 foot tall Majesty Palms on, dirt cheap, at $16.99, but I had read somewhere on these discussions that a Majesty is pretty troublesome indoors. So I passed.

Now to my other old palm (name unknown) with problems:
It was bashed around during a vicious windstorm last Fall right after I had repotted it. Now 4 months later indoors, it's still crooked. See the exposed roots at base, they're very woody. I'm afraid to try to stand it back up straight in case these exposed woody roots break off. What would you experienced folks do? Maybe just turn it the other way into the wind when it goes back outside?

The birds brought all the clover into the pot while on the patio.