Ron I have many palms for sale and a few yuccas. Cheaper than any commercial nursery.Pm if your interested.

John

Good looking out John! I wished I was closer and could have helped him out, looks like your his answer. How hard would it be to send things back and forth across the border? Just curious. That's awsome that your going to help Barb out too. Another devoted palm person 😀

Bill

Bill since my palm hobby (obsession) 😆 . I have way to many palms to keep just for myself so I have a hobby nursery. As far as shipping over the border maybe in the future. Phyto certificates and red tape ect.Nice to see many other people have the palm, zone denial afflliction as I do.

John

Looks nice Barb!
I wanted to post this for Bill,so he could take a look at what my Trachy saw in spring.
I would like to expose them to as much of winter as possible,at least that was the plan originally but you know how it goes,the more years in the ground the more fond(or should I say frond?palm humor 😆 )you get of them.

That's pretty cool Jim (literally) One of these days I'll let it happen, it's good when the snow melts quickly. I would feel more comfortable doing it in the spring rather then fall I think. We get a lot of cold rain in early spring here, not really to good for the crown.

Bill

Yea,strong sun and warming temps(I believe that was March 29th?) were the bigest factor in letting that happen,also knowing the snow would be gone quick.The palms had already seen colder temps in the fall and as winter went on I let them take more cold as they were already adjusted to it.
Some of my Trachys saw 5F for short periods,these were still covered so,no frost or accumulated moisture in crowns and no probs.Read what he says on th Colorado palms site about withholding water, drought mode and low soil moisture,also palms acclimating to cold.
The reasons most palms bite it is-as you mentioned crown moisture,wet soil,sudden cold before they acclimate.I mean these palms see 0F in there native land,so,all we need to do is find out whats -what!

Ronbruce, I should've mentioned John's nursery too...sorry John (I must've had a brain fart!)
John (Okanagan desert palms) has fabulous specimens of outstanding size!
Great variety that'll make a big statement in your yard right away.
Plus he's less than an hour's drive from your place!
And believe me, his stuff is better than the commercial nursery stuff.
Must be all that love he lavishes on 'em. 😆

Jim, "the longer in the ground the more FROND you get of them."
Great humor! 😆

Jeez, so now we're posting palm/snow pics????? OKAY!

Barb

Actually now that I think back to my first encloser I was around when the temps went to 5.6 and the palm looked fine. It really did get cooked in March-April in there. I watered last year just because it was so warm in there during the day when the sun was out like mid 70's even in Feb. with the side open for air. The ground temp under my coffee burlap bags was 57 degree's even in beginning March. I think I used the light every night through the winter so it was 50 in there most nights 🙄 . Talk about being a chicken. This year I will use way less heat now that I know more. I will read the article for sure and be very careful with the watering if any.

Bill

Thanks Barb-

Oucho.k o.k.-It's all wxmans fault,isn't it?
He's not here to defend himself so,thats how we do it in the painting buisness 😉