Bill those are some seriously huge palms you planted. Being that size should help them through winter. That`s a great idea with the underground wiring for soil heating. Look forward in about 6 months to seeing your protection above ground.

John

AMAZING Bill! Very inspiring! Beautiful palms, they are massive! Landscaping is gorgeous, fabulous job on everything! Hope to learn from your overwintering!

Heidi

Thanks for the long post, it was awesome 😀

Great looking Plants and landscaping 8)

Thanks for the photos!

Steve

All mulch is town compost 22+ yards worth, limed but makes plants crazy. Sounds kinda like me!!!!

I agree you are crazy but keep up the great work!

Wow! Very cool. 8)

-Jay

Holy Toledo, Bill!

Absolutely jaw-dropping gorgeous plants and yard...and ambition.

Glad to see new pics of your 20-20-20 Trachy.
It's sooooo healthy looking, as is everything else.

Those new palms are huge.

Bet the nursery in Florida thought you were crazy... 😆
like the rest of us here!

Thanks for those superb pictures...keep 'em coming.
Barb

Thanks for all the kind words everyone. I guess I am a little crazy but that's ok it's a good hobby to be crazy about. I'll keep everyone posted when the flowers start kicking in and things really get crazy. Hopefully the 80s are here for awhile.

Bill

Hi Bill,

Where in southern Mass are you located? I have lots of relatives in Rhode Island.

Hey Bill,nice job! esp-getting them in place without damaging them! They look like some heavy suckers,it will be cool to see what your planning on using for protection but thats al ong time from now so lets enjoy the season and see how much growth we all get,such a great hobbie! I love being able to look at my palms etc during the winter,makes the cold seem less and winter not as long,even though the last 2 winters have been rough.Good luck with your palms etc,can't wait to see how much it all grows this year-

Thanks Jim.
They were heavy but I think digging a million holes and mixing good sand/soil mixes/ cutting out sod was more of a pain that towing stuff around. Now it's time to enjoy!!! Almost time for fertilizer, I think the focus will be towards root growth rather than foliage. The more roots the better for a strong rebound next spring. Except for the bananas they get what ever I got with high numbers. Not sure if that's the best thing, but they have grown huge for me that way. I will be cheating a little this year with the banana grove. I'm starting with 5 gallons, what can I say there cheap. I'll keep the pictures coming if anything cool happens.

Phil, I live real close to 95 as it crosses into Rhode Island. Keep me posted if your in the area this summer.

Bill

It has been a few years since I've there. I will let you know if I do make it there this year.

Impressive haul there, that must have cost you loads! Very nice layout and nice selection of plants/palms

Are those Washingtonia robusta in the photo above? I try to get hold of Robusta because they so easy to maintain in a wet climate, but all they sell here is filifera which are not hardy by a country mile (then again I did plant mine in the shade thinking it was a robusta 😆 )

Thanks Stephen.
They didn't cost all that much. There are so many places in Florida that are cheap, the expense is getting there and getting them back.

The 3 big ones are Robustas. They are not as hardy as Filifera but that was all I could get. They grow faster than filifera from what I have read. I plan on protecting them real good this winter anyways. They do have something called a filibusta or something like that. This one is the hardiest of all of them. I couldn't seem to find that one either.

Zone 9 you won't have many problems with any of the 3 if you keep them on the drier side in winter. Thanks for the post and welcome to the forum.

Bill