Heidi, any obvious dead plant material (fronds) can be cut back, as it doesn't provide any beneficial purpose. No 100% guarantees, but this is the bes...

Give the center spears a tug to see if they pull out. Remove and dead fronds. You can apply a fungicide following the label instructions carefully. An...

Heidi ... These are relatively new palm plantings aren't they. If not they're quite young and as such are suseptable to cold to a much greater degree ...

I did read your post John. Wind chill - a pseudo temperature which lets people know what the cooling effect of the wind would feel like.Plants / palms...

My Yucca rostrata took a beating here on Vancouver Island this year. A potted one in an unheated coldframe looks just fine, which leads me to believe ...

"Vancouver area have seen many winters in the last 20 years or so with "close" to these leathal freeze temps counting the wind chill for short duratio...

Not my only favorites, but certainly reliably hardy here are Trachycarpus forunei and Chamaerops humilis.Here's two shots from my garden.Cheers, Barri...

I was outside today. It was sunny, calm and -24*C. It felt so nice that I was tempted to unzip my parka--but I didn't.Allen Well I obviuosly have no ...

A the risk of sounding like a broken record, old man winter has settled in again here for a couple of days. Unseasonably cold weather of 25°F (-4°C) o...

John ... There was very little snow in much of metro Vancouver and southward through Richmond / South Delta. Pretty much all that did fall is gone or ...

"Parts of the Norwegian west coast can actually be classed up to USDA zone 8B and 9A." "but the growth season’s length and strength is very weak this ...

Well said Paul. :happy3: Another hardy palm with a great deal of variablity is Chamaerops humilis for much the same reasons.Cheers, Barrie.

CIDP is planted outside in a winter enclosure. This was the first time I chickened out and put a heater in there. I think nothing colder than about -5...

Barrie, great pics, great specimens.They simply shook off damage from December's weather. :D Well Barb, they where not damaged. Had they been damag...

If I understand the original statements regarding the circular leaf form, this is an example of one growing in my garden.These will grow randomly like...