I can't say one way or another,my needles showed no damage from 12F but I am overprotecting because although they are 7g size almost all the spears ha...

The real test will be when temps drop below 0F and stay below 0F during the day,then it will be interesting to see how warm it stays under there,thank...

Anttisepp,good to hear from you!how are the palms doing? (especially your Mazari?)mine is a little discolored but doing great and solidly rooted.SNO...

It has formed an icey coating kind of cool actually,I hope it stays there through the -5F low they are predicting for Sun-Mon.The funny thing about th...

Sounds like 30F+ worth of protection! I would imagine that my leaf cages lose a little more as the tops of the needle palms are 30" to the top,still I...

Yea, :lol: or to the plants! I looked at the palms again today by the plastic that pulled down and they are looking good! I 'm glad I kept an eye on t...

Had a close call Sunday night......On thursday I planted a new C.humilis in the large G/house,I was planning on keeping it from getting to cold right ...

Looks like they are going to be o.k.maybe it was a brief exposure which is quite different then a prolonged event.I planted my C.humilis in the larger...

Thanks Kent,I have learned alot from reading everybody elses post as well as yours,its amazing what can be done when we all put are heads together.It ...

I pretty much order everything off e-bay,you can find some great deals.Needle palms are the most cold hardy,some of the sabals are pretty bomb proof t...

Definitely a good sign that spear and newest leaf are vital,yea,don't cut any fronds off until they start to turn yellow.If you see any movement out o...

Gary,when you transplant a palm in cold weather(or warm weather for that matter)the roots get damaged,if you then expose it to cold weather and the ro...

I can'y think of any blue colored plants that don't handle heat well,this is a feature( the blue coloration) in many cactus too

Thanks DZ,the imbricata seems to be hanging in there too!

I have read(palms won't grow here etc)that to,I have also heard that they usuallyy don't survive below middle teens but I think people sometimes are n...