Barb,
I don't think the first pic clearly shows the extent of the damage. The break is right through to the center of the trunk, so the only clear option is to cut it down. Even if I could save it, one thing you learn early in Eucalyptus cultivation is to never stake a tree. They are lazy trees and will rely on it forever.
This occured in November last fall and I'm only just sizing up the damage now. There's plenty of seed I collected from it that have now started growing.
I wonder if a floral shop could use the foliage?

Cheers, Barrie.

Allen you are an inspiration for us all. You an me will work side by side to make Edmonton tropical. 🙂 I figured I'd post all my victories considering it was probably impossible for me to lose with all my palms indoors this year. My trachy fort. has grown 3 large new fans over the winter and my butia cap. is working on a couple new ones. I noticed that when I brought in my trachy, it brought some bugs in with it and I should have sprayed it down but I didn't notice until recently and now its back outside as long as it doesn't go below -5 again this spring. I bought a small sago palm a little while ago also, I love the look of these things. Do they grow outside in the west coast? They take ages to grow.

This summer will be the biggest experiment of my life. I wanted to share with everyone the plants that I am attempting this year and lets hope we have another 5a or warmer winter. The ones in which I am planting and think can survive are:
Agave parryi, berri-magic holly, crimson queen red maple, opuntia fragilis, yucca filamentosa, glauca, harrimaniae, brevifolia, elata, faxoniana, pallida, rostrata, and thompsoniana. I won't plant any yuccas that aren't at least juvenile though because they seem to be much stronger with age. I'm looking for a good size trunk in the ones that do.

Ones in which I'm planting that I have little hope for probably are:
Cordyline red star, musa basjoo, needle palm, sabal minor, trachy fort, trachy takil, and washy rob. I am going to supply major extra protection for most of the ones that I don't think can survive especially for the washy. I'll probably mummy wrap it like the guy from Iowa did. I'm going to post pictures of all of this in April when I do the landscaping. I'll post new pictures of my palms that I have right now soon to show the progress. Sorry for the really long post. Cheers.

Nate

Thanks Nate. I'll let you know when I hear from Kelowna Barrie as to what he can provide. Perhaps we can order from other suppliers together to save on shipping.

I look forward to seeing your landscaping project when it is finished.

Allen

Nate and Allen try canadapalms.com for a variety of smaller palms. They do ship. Say Hi to Jody and tell him you are a member of palms north.
John

Thanks John.

Allen

Barrie it's good you've got seed, but still a shame to lose a beauty that size. Their leaves' spectacular colour really draw the eye in any landscape.

Nate, wow, what a job jar...so exciting! Can't wait to see your pics. I think your daily newspaper should feature you two fellows and what you're doing...maybe you'll get other Edmontonians encouraged to join in the palm etc. craze.

I'm curious (having never had plants winter outdoors)...when you "mummy wrap" and generally cover stuff to protect them, don't they suffer from lack of light? I meant to ask macario that but forgot (I think his 900 lb and 500 lb palms were covered, laying down, in the greenhouse).

It's finally raining...light rain all day 😀
Ciao.
Barb

My Holly, I. meservea China Girl/Boy, came through with flying colors as did the Yucca filamentosa Golden Sword and the remaining Rhododendrons, Rampao and Helikki.

My cacti look rougher than normal. that is probably due to snow cover from November til now.

Now to wait out the freeze coming April 2nd and 3rd and hope that nothing further dies.

Allen

Yup, it's nice during the day but cold at night.
Long range sounds like no change right through to April 4th...I'm not putting the longjohns away yet. Brrrrr.
But then again, I love heat!

Barb

Im new here, but I shall chime in with my success and failures. I had reasonably good success wih 4 queen palms, single christmas palm. I way overwatered a 3 truncked pot of christmas palm and lost 1 of the three trunks...bummer. New additions this winter included several king, purple king, a pink Dypsis ,and a bunch of cattail palms most recently . Mexican fan palms did little but are still alive awaiting placement back in the sun and heat. I started california fan, true date, medjool date, ponytail palms as well as musa ensente and castor bean. I cant wait until its warm enough out to get em all out into the yard.... 😀

Hey Cedardave from Winnipeg...welcome.

Can you post some pics of your palms?
Barb

Welcome. It's nice to have another palm nut from the prairies.

Allen

I will post some pictures as soon as I can figure the how to post a picture part out

Welcome Dave
Let us know what you got growing out in your yard.

Welcome to the forum Cedardave. 🙂 If you need a place to upload your pictures for free you can use my image hosting service at http://imagehostdirect.com

Regards,
Jay

http://s149.photobucket.com/albums/s65/cedardave/

Here are a bunch of cuurent pictures