Hi Mario, welcome to PN 😀

Lovely to have someone from Washington (state) aboard.
Near the ocean? or inland?

Nice looking Washies and Trachies...did you just plant them?

That 15-foot Washy is probably a filifera? robusta?
I can never tell them apart. (Aaron's nodding 😆 😆 😆 )

Looking forward to hearing more about how you'll fill your house and yard 😉

Barb

Ya i live inland. About 4hrs East from Seattle and 20mins north of the Oregon border
Yes they are recently planted,I just bought the house last month and have started planting. My yard will be full of palms
That large one is a robusta u can tell by the slender trunk Cant wait for spring and summer. We have very warm and hor weather around here. Highs in the summer around 90-100 for most of july and august

That large one is a robusta u can tell by the slender trunk

Again, Aaron's nodding 😐

My yard will be full of palms

Yay!!!!! Good man!

What's your area's lowest winter temp?

Barb

All time record low. -19 F. Average low is around 25-30. We are a Semi Arid Climate. Solid 6b. Microclimate is 7a for this part of the Columbia Basin Wine Country

Those Trachies will be fine at 25-30 for lows.
But since their roots haven't yet grown down into the soil, maybe consider mulching heavily sometime in December.

The Washies may need a Plan B for a couple of years.

Barb

Ya the Trachies should be ok. But i know theyre sensitive seen they just recently got planted. My neighbor has a 10 ft windmill palm so it should do fine.
Ya the Robustas might die. No big deal if they do. Ill just get new ones in spring. Right now theyre only protected by the tarp and heat tape with thermocube. Which would be fine except my heat tape keeps acting up for no reason. I dont believe theyve shorted. So i might just go
With an enclosure with a space heater

and heat tape with thermocube

Might be your extension cord shorting?
...probably just too warm right now

😆

Maybe. The extension cord thermocube and heat tape are all brand new One was workin on one rubusta. Kept it nice and toasty and the other wasnt? Even when i take the thermocube off neither of them or coming on. Might try something else. Its 43f now and its supppose to get to 34f tonight so they should be fine for a while till i figure something out

Someone from the other side of the state, neat! Very healthy looking palms. Where do you get your washies from? I've only seen them in one place here in Seattle (a small shop that specializes in tropical and subtropical plants).

I get all my palm from local nurseries here in Tri-Cities. Theyre ordered from Monrovia. I brought a Mexican Fan Palm up from Redding,CA last year wen i made a trip to california

The new Usda map has you at a 7a I think - I can't hardly tell. Either way, the washingtonia is pretty zone- defining. Looks like its suffered some damage when younger but pretty awesome nonetheless. There are some Filifera in Albuquerque that took negative temps in the 2010-11 winter and survived because it was a dry cold. I think ABQ is a 6B? Is that how your winters are? Dry and usually above freezing in the daytime? Looking at that washy you posted, if its unprotected thru winter, then I would venture yes. I bet you could grow a lot of out of zone palms that would only require protection a few nights of the year.
Good luck on your new house, and landscaping.

We get less than 8 inches of rainfall a year.Our Winters are pretty wet tho with occasional snow.Our microclimate is 7a its a small sliver. 30miles away is 6b. My hometown Wenatchee,WA is a 5b and gets more snow.We mostly see lows in the 20s and 30s but sometimes it gets really cold in the single digits.That Large Mexican Fan Palm is protected in the winter by a large shelter ill see if i can take pix saturday it was planted from seed in 2003. Thanks you 🙂

Welcome Mario,

Good luck with your palms. Your climate is very much like the weather in Boise Idaho, but just a bit warmer in the winter. Robustas have made it through mild winters in Boise for a year or two, so you might have many years with your palms. 😀

Any trunking yuccas you see around there will make for great pics to share. 😉

Actually the winters here are quite mild. Cuz i knw idaho is COLDDD. Even spokane is pretty cold compared to here. I think one if my robustas died today. I went to go check on it after work and the top half literally fell over From the bottom of the fronds. Probably from rot. From a rain we had. Not yet my yuccas are new they are Spanish Daggers