Yes my bananas survived. The cold spell only lasted the one night then it started to warm up slightly. It was a terrible winter. I did protect the bananas as I do every year. I went to Nurseryland and bought some banana jackets which are black plastic tubes stuffed with insulation. They work great. My biggest fear was palms like the chamaedorea radicalis, brahea armata and chamaerops humilis. These palms i was very concerned with but all survived. The waggies and trachies survived without protection. I put the balance of the palms in my unheated greenhouse but they are all right against the house and all the palms survived. I had various trachycarpus species in there, washingtonias, butias, chamaerops, numerous varieties of sabals. All survived.

Good to hear nothing was lost Wes. Last year was a tough one.

Bill

Wes, got a picture of those banana jackets?

Glad to hear all your stuff made it.
Proof yet again that Vancouver's THE place for plant diversity (*envy*).

Barb

Barb, I will post a pic this weekend.
I haven't put them on yet because it has been so mild here that I haven't seen any frost yet so everything still looks good.