Ugh! Don't get me started on the "DNA tests" done on the Trachycarpus genus... It's all very confusing and probably not as well done as it could have ...

Love the marginals! the real possibility of growing what shouldn't be there is a real thrill!FYI, I think it was Lorek who has proposed that Trachycar...

End of winter! HA! Not so here. I use the middle the March as the time when real damaging cold is no longer probable. Our low temperature last year ca...

Call me Mr. negative... Or anti-zone denial... Or whatever... But there is NO WAY that my location north of Kingston is in zone 5b! Were other factors...

It's terrible here right now... I ust got back from a run and the temperature is -9C with hard wind gusts... Here's hoping that we maintain our 'mild'...

Yuccaman,Are you talking Canadian zone map or the real map?Th entire north shore of lake Ontario is zone 5a according to the USDA... But, I felt they ...

Allen, Wow. Wow.Keep us updated as (if) the cold comes.Cheers,Paul

Right now we're at 50%... I must be honest I expected more of a bias toward T. fortunei with the number of PNW posters! I voted for Sabal palmetto, as...

Hey! If you have he option I'd say head for Gary's nursery in New Bern NC (I see that you're in VA)... I realize that it could be a 3 hour + drive, bu...

Can't really weigh in on hardiness or trunking here... But, I do have a Yucca glorisa variegata that I am testing this winter. So far it has seen temp...