Barrie, That is a lot of snow, maybe it will at least help buffer your plants from the extreme temps.Here's hoping that your,(and everyone else...

A heated soak for 3 days, the outer shells swelled up & were removed.Then into the propagator between 85F - 95FHere we are a couple weeks later,St...

John,Looks like a perfect trip, besides being too short a stay :D Thanks for the photos!Steve

Zone 5 in North Central Kansas,-5F / -20C on 12/17/08(the coldest so far, the really cold stuff usually arrives in January :D Steve

Barb,I'm not absolutely sure, but I think the caudex darkens up with age. Yours is looking good! Is that the same one whose fronds dropped last winter...

Here's the two in ground Sago's,They haven't flushed since planting, but the stems have gained size,The robusta in the second photo was planted at the...

Hope your Sago does well! (and everything else too)I have a couple planted inside the green house, but still have yet to keep one planted outside, let...

wxman, Everything looks well protected! I'm curious to see how your Sago does, are you using the same set up with it?Steve

Kent, With your ceiling height you should be able to keep that Foxtail for quite a few years, Let's see how large you can grow that Coconut too ...

Barb,Already tried WD-40, I don't go outside anyways till the sun has warmed things up :D The icicles are worse this year with the larger water featu...

I haven't used Picassa to host photos, do they give you an option with the IMG tags?BTW ~ Nice looking Palm! Steve

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jaydeebee, Yes, it has plenty of sharp thorns :D Randall, Thanks for the input, with all the trauma this one has gone through, it is noticeably small...