Cameron, i'm waiting for pics. It is so interesting to see it.

Nice!

Can't wait to see your pictures! Warm weather here so I'm sure it's headed your way 😀

Bill

Nice to see Nova Scotia has got the palm bug.Some pics please. Especially the W. filifera.

John

Amazing to hear a Washy made it with no heat.
One word of advice, protect it from moisture at all costs,until it is warm enough for it,they can be very finicky
coming out of winter cold.

I really think keeping palms around 35f all winter in dark is an amazing way to get them through,
very easy and very gentle on the palms.
I have one Trachy I used no heat on that stayed around freezing all winter in a 2" thick
styro cooler-it has yet to spear pull but.....it looks like shite,because it saw much lower temps.

Cameron, i see that your winter was pretty warm.

Here are a couple of shots. Sorry for the bad quality, I was using my Blackberry.

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This is the area where the palms are planted (they're basically 1 year old seedlings). It's in between my house and my fence, so it is fairly sheltered. Also, it's in a south-facing location.

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This is basically all I did for protection. I forgot to take pics of the protection before I removed it, so I had to set it up again (minus the mulching at the sides) 😆 I put around 4 inches of mulch at the bottom of the palms' trunks. Then I piled some dry leaves up to the top of the palm fronds. I then stuffed the recycling bags full of dry leaves, and placed them over the palms. I followed this by mulching the sides of the bags to keep any moisture out.

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Here is my row of small trachys (I still haven't cleared out some leaves and mulch). The trachys lost around 1 leaf each, but other than that they look fine.

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Here is the b. capitata. The leaf on the right is damaged slightly, and the palm has a couple of brown tips. However, the leaf on the left wasn't even there when I covered the palm up.

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Here is one of the w. filiferas (sorry for the quality on this one). I think they both fared alright since my dad (thinking they were blades of grass) mowed them over in the summer 😡 It has slight browning on the tip. In the picture it looks like it is yellow near the base, but it is actually very light green new growth.

serj: Yes, we have been having a fairly mild winter. There was one week in February where the temps were -15 C every day, but that was the coldest week.

Hi Cameron,

Hey, congrats on those successes!
...and we always heard more mature plants would survive better than 1 year old seedlings!
Your photos show that's not true. 😀

You do definitely have a microclimate between the fence and the house, but -17C is still -17.

thinking they were blades of grass) mowed them over in the summer

Thank goodness he wasn't holding a can of Roundup. 😆

Nice job!
Looking forward to pics of how much they grow this season.
Barb

Take my congratulations, Cameron! All palms look very well.

Wow man. I had a feeling some palms could survive in NS. But when you said 1 yr old seedlings i though " Aw man their so toast ( not to be a pessimist seedlings are usualy way less hardy hen older specimins). But after seeing the pics, im very happy for ya, and pleasently surpised. I also thought " well they might look good now, but wait a few weeks..." , but once again, they look VERY good dude. Congragulations. Its always nice to see other canaidans crazy enought to try this kind of thing.

My Fargesia bamboo was multched exactly like yours ( i think its here in a thread). The lowest temp was -31C here. I uncovered my bamboo, and its 100% exactly the same as it was before i buried it, with a new leaf or 2. Just friggin amazing....

Thanks everyone 😀
Barb, I'm glad it wasn't roundup either 😆
Serj, do you have any palms planted outside in the Ukraine?
Canadianplant, thats good to hear, as I'm planning on getting some Fargesia later this summer !

Get Fargesia Rufa or fargesia Maurele. I say the Rufa, cause thats what I have. If it survived here, you wont have any problems whatsoever, even without protection there.

The maurele gets bigger, and is hardier then the rufa. Check that out.

I would reccoment looking at Pseudosasa Japonica, or most Phyllostachys. The japonica may need some protection, but tons of they phyllostachy can take -25 or lower easily.

Good job Cameron!
How about this weather we've had this last week unbelievable! 70f here the last two days YES 😀 😀 😀
You should have a real good shot at long term survival of those palms since they will get more and more
established as the years go on, bumping there hardiness too.

Keep us all posted on your bamboo project to come.

Bill

Thanks Bill 😀

Yeah, the weather's been great! It's supposed to drop down to -5 C though next wednesday, so the covers might have to go back on 😡
I'm also planning on trying some zone 7 hardy citrus (Citrumelo) from a place called Logee's in Connecticut.