Looking forward to Josef's opinion on cold hardiness.In the meantime, a good site on Y.rostrata / rigida / etc winter hardiness:Barb

Finally 10 degrees cooler and lots of rain overnight.Have a look at last night's sky:Barb

Welcome anttisepp,Yippee...another poster from overseas! :D Barb

Hey !!!! :shock: EXACTLY WHAT MY NEW ONE LOOKS LIKE (minus the trunk!)Josef, what's the Y.rostrata x rigida cold hardiness? Barb

Dean, here's the article.Tom sharing his many years of experience means we're less likely to make mistakes with our precious cycads.Barb

Dean, Tom Broome's excellent article is here:There was an additional article that I couldn't find...perhaps just speed-read the horticulture and care ...

Kent, much like we did in high school :roll: :lol: Are your fluorescent lights broad spectrum? or just cool white? I was planning on putting them ...

Aaron, especially with spiny species, it's critical to know canopy size.I'm up a creek with this one, as that was the ONLY area it could possibly go ...

Arctic, after the unbelievable heat we've had, I'll trade with you in a heartbeat.A thunderstorm just went through, unfortunately dry, though we were ...

Ooooh, probably my goof (writing it down incorrectly).Couldn't have been all the beer we consumed. :lol: :lol: Thanks Barrie.Barb

Thanks Aaron.Only glitch in my plans is the area I was going to put it is fairly small.Cultural info stated its head gets 8 feet wide...it's already g...

From what I've heard of the rampant deforestation of Madagascar by a population hungry to earn farming dollars, it's wonderful that a lot of the palms...

What's the proper name for the stringy things?You can't keep track of your 200 palms???? :lol: :lol: Sheesh, I'm having trouble with 30-40 plants!Th...