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The official temperature for metro Milwaukee is taken at Mitchell International Airport. Because of it being about 2 1/2 miles from Lake Michigan, of...

Laaz--Thanks for the tip, I did not know that.Palmetto Man--I will as soon as I can get some pics. These are small-they were both 3-gal, and last win...

By the way, when I said it doen't get down to 35F, that's the temperature inside the structure. And, the milk jugs have water in them with their caps...

I have one T. Takil and one smaller T Fortunei I am overwintering using supplemental heat.They are both going through their 2nd winter in the ground. ...

We're still holding on to our 7b winter (6F low last month)--tonight's low down to only 25F; tomorrow a little chillier to 15F. My covered T. Fortune...

Nucci60-The only mature palms in the Milwaukee area are at "The Domes" downtown (enclosed arboretum). I just put in Milwaukee because it's my metro a...

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The Weather Channel seems to be pretty accurate--it's a pretty big story in those locations. If it's 33F at LAX, it can't be more than 35F-36F at the...

They do have them listed as T. Takil--I would think they would know the difference. Also, they have them listed as cold hardy to only 20F which is ve...

Through my observations, the takil is a little hardier. I'm not sure what the low minimum temperature was inside the enclosure, but I can't imagine i...