KrisK, can't see your picture, but as there are not many palms in Wichita, I imagine you have the correct location;) Update on my Trachy, I moved it back outside today, however, we had a good 20 mph wind from the north (left in the picture) and it seemed to cause some drooping...will winds harm this palm?:/

Sorry, I had it listed as "private" on my Flickr. Let's see if I fixed it.

Wind won't hurt it. Wind may cause mechanical damage to the leaflets and cause the droop. Purely cosmetic though. Continuous cold winds can dessicate the fronds I suppose, but you're not leaving it out long enough for that to occur.

Wow, Kris! It's awesome pics show! Well done!

My big Trachy looked like hell, summer and winter, until I moved it out of its howling winds location.
Got as shredded looking as banana plants do in wind.

IMO, roots should never be the same temp, summer and winter, as the tops.

I'd move it to a sheltered spot against the house.

Barb

Hello KS these videos are for you-- palms and pindo palms in zone 5b different years totally possible for you
enjoy
mike
http://youtu.be/0knWbSmRVcM
http://youtu.be/tHGnaikMZ74

I just thought I'd thank you all! This community has really raised my optimism about growing these plants that my family and friends are telling me are impossible to grow here...hopefully I'll show them!! 😉

What an awesome hobby growing palms is! This will be my 5th season in KC and I love it!

an awesome hobby growing palms is

Ditto that.
Even with the disappointments.

I agree!! I'm going to Oklahoma City to buy a couple Sabal louisiana tomorrow:)) The things we do for palms:)

Hah! Cool!!
So did you talk to Don? What size are they? They're rock solid plants, no doubt.

Have fun!
I posted an account of my trip there to buy the Sabal "Lou" KrisK now has:
http://palmsnorth.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2910

The photos are no longer available, alas.

Dunno if you saw this picture before, please forgive if it's a repeat, kspalmguy, but it's the Louisiana sabal Erik gave me that came from Alligator Alley.

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I've got my size 12 flipflop there for scale. I wonder if Bryan has any faxon yucca still? They're on the alligator alley webpage still. I went to the store when he wasn't there and nobody knew anything about plants that day. Is OKC Don still around? I know he was trying to grow a tasty cold hardy citrus tree and had moved on from palms.

very nice..is that a stuttgart poking up behind it?

That's a nice looking Lou ya got there!! Bryan didn't have any Louisianas that were small enough to fit in my car, so I settled for a couple S. Minor McCurtain;) I do, however, plan on returning with a pickup truck this spring;) I didn't ask if he had any yucca, he told me he has not updated the webpage in years... Btw...his bamboo-surrounded Trachy is going gangbusters!

Glad to hear his Trachies out back are alive and well. My recollection is that he doesn't protect them. Did you ask?

As for your Sabal minor, they will do great for you! But, will do better if you do protect them.