Boots man! :D The bottom part of the frond that is left after trimming. On sabals makes the nice cross pattern up the trunks.
Sabals have to be my favorite palm. If my boots fall off you better believe I will be getting out the liquid nails.
I agree Barb, growing windmills should not be tricky here. Now when my sabals get that tall, lets truly hope they are hardy to single digits.
We bottomed at 4F this morning. Thankfully we did make it to 22F for some much needed relief. :D
Got my fingers crossed, but you know rain wasn't in the forcast either. But they are starting to reach over the top of the house, and had to get test...
Thanks guys/gals :D Barb, we had rain all day sunday. By no means were any palms dry in the spears. They will have a full 48 hrs below freezing , 12 h...
Your palms should be happy in there. Mine however hate me right now. If my windmills survive they will officially have graduated from all protection.
A few pics of palms after 4F. These sabal minors and agave ovatifolia show no damage.<a href="" title="Untitled by chadec7a, on Flickr"><img...
According to the website, they got down to -4F. Said that smaller windmills and most sabals were killed.
These photos are borrowed from Gary's nursery. Christmas 1989 freeze, windmill palm and recovery.
Yeah 905, I had a friend at work scare the crap out of me at 100ft in a sky lift and now my knees knock just climbing onto my roof. Last time I actual...
Check out his website at Gary's nursery ( sorry I dont know how to post links ). He has pics of it completely defoliated after a winter storm and the...
I am looking to plant mine this yr. It is only about 12" right now, does it need a part shade location or just supplemental water throughout the summe...
Ok, I am late to the party here. 1. Aloe polyphylla2. Agave Neomexicana 'Sunspot'3. Agave Parryi var. Huachucensis 'excelsior'4. Agave Potatorum '...
Its going to be interesting. Gary (Garys nursery) posted a warning about pindos on Facebook. He commented that windmills should be fine. But his are ...