Tim,you're welcome. I loved it down there and can't wait to go back next month. W has a mandatory training nearby in Arkansas so we're hoping to make ...

Paul,Tim has a point. I don't link to huffpo. Next time, link closer to the original (e.g., this summary story: ). Nobody has accused of Nature of be...

Uh, shop for needle palms? I don't live in such a balmy palmy climate as Iowa or BC :lol:

With hindsight, I should have taken them out of the "palm hut" (=temp. greenhouse) and put them in the house three weeks ago. Then piled up hay over t...

Interesting!I guess I thought the "warm" Brahea would have grown more. My five Brehea, all in pots, are in the "palm hut". They get good light and kep...

Wes, Sabal minor is irritatingly difficult to obtain here. No nursery in the Tulsa metropolitan sells them even though they clearly grow here, and the...

Man, I picked the wrong year to plant a So. mag!Paul,southern magnolia down here got that cold and are all going to survive (mature ones) with less le...

:lol: :lol: :lol: We have 'gators and palms in OK!I am willing to bet that 99% of Okies don't know it. :shock:OT:If you want to read more about the...

I saw one, and heard a splash from another. Basically, I think the Alligator population came through as well as the native palms. I am about to start ...

Oops--I have been to Nigeria. I meant Prince Rupert, BC.No shovel. I think Sabal are hard to transplant. :(

Scotty,I have been drinking some of W's home-made muscadine wine and so have (mis)interpreted your question as a request for a travelogue. Context fir...

Paul,the mesonet site (mesonet.org) lists +9 F for Idabel. The site where the possibly cold-damaged palm was found was a little (30 km) north and up h...

We'll be there as long as you promise to meet us for a drink by our pool in July. --Erik & W