I think it is probably Opuntia phaeacantha. It grows equally well here in zone 4b/5a!Allen, if you want to try a few pads in Edmonton, let me know thi...

Pretty crappy out right now. Neither of my locations were colder last night then earlier in the month. It's a bad time in Toronto, with no snow and co...

Well, the city of Toronto has issued a cold weather advisory for the weekend... We're supposed to get down to -13C tonight (not quite as cold as the l...

Not an expert, but with the bright white undersides of the leaves it looks like the 'white', or regular, princeps to me! I thought that the green form...

As impressive as it is that there are palms in Alaska, it's still a zone 7, right? The palms wouldn't be exposed to temperatures that cold. As cool as...

Ya, I thought the trachy was toast, but I decided to give it a chance to come back and then I started to feel sorry for it as it struggled to send up ...

Ha! Your Trachy is a few years older then I am! I haven't posted any pics of my palms... I have a few pics of the winter damage they received last yea...

Thanks for this Barb! I always have fun discussing/debateing the trachycarpus issue!How are your palms doing so far this winter?

Before the 84/85 winter, there was disagreement on what Beccari was growing.He wasn't clear on which of his three seed sources got seed from where...S...

Hey All! I tried to reply earlier but my internet connection crashed... So I'll respond in a shorter message.By rapidly evolving I mean genes that are...

I thought that I read in the originial paper that the takil palms grew between 8000-8500 ft on the north facing slopes? Am I mistaken?I agree about pa...

I hope you did get what you wanted. That one true takil that you see pictures of in books in rome was supposed to not be as cold hardy as T. Fortunei ...