Good point Barrie.You folks are gonna call me crazy... :lol: :lol: but a few days ago I chickened out.Yup...I dug the bugger out of the ground and po...

Barrie,I'm always amazed how the jet stream swings further north in the Fall.Likely from changing ocean currents.The northern coast of BC gets nailed ...

I'd forgotten you had the Brug parent still.How that 6 inch cutting grew this year!Let's hope for mild weather until Christmas!Barb

Steve, so sorry to see that Brug gone.It was a beauty.Were you planning on digging it up and putting it in the GH?Barb

Ooooh, nice palm!Arrived in very good shape, too, considering it was in the mail.Did you buy it through the internet?Barb

Steve,...glad to see you got more space in your new GH :lol: :lol: BTW that Areca will be a beauty.Barb

Joshua tree park beauties...Barb

That Robusta sure sprang back after what it went through when someone unplugged the heater last winter.It's going to want a taller winter house soon. ...

Hi Alexander,The picture is from the Black Sea area called Naberezhnaya Lenina.Beautiful palms there!Barb

Barrie, this is from the Royal BC Museum...similar, but still not clickable.Barb

Todd, thanks for the Crimea link.Look at the palms!!!!! :D Barb

Barrie, nope, couldn't get "closer" than this, which explains native plants in my zone:The map wasn't clickable for me...Interesting nevertheless. Th...

Barrie, do you have the link for that study?i.e. the rest of the province?I like that format.Barb

Trachycarpus fortunei grows well in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada with no winter protection.Many of us live in colder areas where palms need hea...