Wow, nice pics...thk for sharing that 😀 ....

Ben

Holy smoke! What a nice collection of the exotic stuff! What is your monthly hydro bill in case of harsh winter?

Thanks for your comments Beny. Igor my palms go into my heated double garage for the winter.Not very expensive to heat it. Winter here has been very mild thanks to El nino this year.

Very nice collection.

Awesome. Didn't think palms would survive in zones 6 or 7. Do they have to protect them in winter?

Mike Palms do survive here with protection. They have to be cold hardy palms. My favorite is Trachycarpus fortunei.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trachycarpus_fortunei

John

John, those palms look awesome. 😀

John,
enjoying your pics on Flickr. They look super.

Thanks guys! I will try and post a little more often.

John

Hi John,
Wow...have those planted palms EVER grown since I last saw them.
Fabulous!

Sorry for lack of contact...a grandson born last year has taken up a lot of my time. 😆 😆
Kinda makes the palm hobby take a back seat.

A belated happy anniversary too!

Barb

Hi Barb. Great to get back to talking palms on PN. Thanks for the well wishes. How is that CIDP doing this winter. Mine barely survived last winter. I dug it up in Nov. It`s now happy in a pot and experiment is over. Now you get teach that little grandson of yours how to grow palm trees 😀 Congrats.

John

Hey John, what happened with your CIDP?
Your plastic covers are clear (versus my blue ones) so it would've been happy with the daylight.

CIDP don't need a whole heck of a lot more heat than T.fortunei, so I'm puzzled.
But maybe I'll take my protection off in March and mine will be toast. 🙁

Glad you were able to save yours though! 😀

Yeah, wouldn't it be cool if the little tyke liked my hobby... :occasion9:

Barb

Barb I mummy wrapped the CIDP with fiberglass insulation. That was it`s downfall. No light for 2 1/2 months and lack of air circulation caused spear rot. I sprayed the crown with hydrogen peroxide just in time. It took all spring summer and fall to grow
3 small fronds. It would not take another winter planted. Here it is when I planted it May 2013.
http://flickr.com/photos/67364497@N07/16212213579/
Just before I dug it up Nov 2014. Not looking so hot next to the Y. aloifolia.

http://flickr.com/photos/67364497@N07/15776038114/

Did you mummy wrap your CIDP?

John

Oh how gorgeous CIDP pic 1 is...nice long fronds.
Sad that all the longish fronds failed by the time pic 2 was taken.

Nope, I haven't mummy wrapped anything, even though it's the ONLY method we'll have when palms outgrow our enclosures.

Here's before planting:

<a href=" https://www.flickr.com/photos/southslope/13786271503" title="001 by edible_plum, on Flickr"><img src=" " width="500" height="375" alt="001"></a>

Here it is planted:

<a href=" https://www.flickr.com/photos/southslope/13786263893" title="007 by edible_plum, on Flickr"><img src=" " width="375" height="500" alt="007"></a>

Protection is basically a teepee frame made of 3 broomhandles stuck in the ground, covered in 6 ml vapor barrier, thermocube inside.
I only had one short string of C6 lights 😐 so it may be toast after -21C in Nov and -17C in Dec.
Overwrap is an old blue solar pool blanket, kinda like what I do for the brahea armata and both Washies.
Some light gets through the blue bubble blanket naturally.

Here's 50% of roots cut off (second time in 20+ years or so) and planted:

<a href=" https://www.flickr.com/photos/southslope/13590240275" title="006 by edible_plum, on Flickr"><img src=" " width="500" height="375" alt="006"></a>

Anyway, mine might be crispy toast...

Sure impressed with how your y.aloifolia has grown...wow.
And the others shown in that pic.
I always loved your driveway circle under the oak tree.

Cheers!
Barb

Glad your CIDP is OK