We had -22C this morning and we had 45 or more days below freezing.
If I had a palm (needle palm or trachycarpus) even with protection, I can not belive
it would survive this cold for this long.
They are calling for a cold spring for us but forecasts are showing well above normal.
Would a palm make this cold with proctetion or not?
Spring Outlook2007temperatures
With the winter that both of us have had, we would need a knock-down, insulated and heated 'house' for them.
We are lucky that we are this far south. My kids have had wider temperature swings and almost a foot of snow in the past week. Just NE of the city they had freezing rain then a sudden temperature drop that shut everything down.
I hope that the weather that shut down the 400 missed you.
Allen
You don't have to be crazy to grow palms in Alberta..... But it helps
Man you guys are some persistant! -22c (-30f) !!! I'm not even going to tell you how mild it was here in comparison. Winter protection you need is well beyond my scope.
Cheers, Barrie.
Hey Barrie;
-22 C( -10F) is not that cold. We don't go skinny dipping or anything rash and we do wear coats most of the time. 😆
Allen
You don't have to be crazy to grow palms in Alberta..... But it helps
Sorry Allen ... I reckon it was a typo on my part. Either way much too cold for my liking or my palms. I planted a pink blooming Nerium oleander today that was getting too large for it's container. I also got a nice (small) cutting from a gardening neighbor last fall of a deep rich, nearly red oleander. I planted that one too in fairly close proximity for comparison.
Cheers and stay warm, Barrie.
I envy you your oleanders. There is not much hope of growing them here.
Allen
You don't have to be crazy to grow palms in Alberta..... But it helps
I have two jubaea seedlings I want to plant out in the garden. They are one gallon size. Am I planting them too small? I had them out side for the last two years in a small unheated greenhouse and they made out fine. How big was yours when you planted it?
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