Mike,get those pups in soon!W wanted to dig and bring some in to get a head-start on Spring but I was so tired last night I said it could wait. Wrong!...

Bill,weather for Duncan, Jim and I is very different from yours there by the Gulf Stream. Wild fluctuations! I'll probably try one of my new W. filife...

Paul,that is the "big board"? I'm with Bill--I don't find it that useful. I posted a couple of replies so you know who I am there. Try this thread on ...

Jim,thanks for the good photos. As I have said before, we have similar weather, you just get it a day before I do and colder. My morning bottomed out ...

Duncan,our weather patterns are similar despite my being rather closer to the Gulf of Mexico (but not close enough!). Today we started at -3 oC but go...

Thanks for sharing, and do keep us updated. As I mentioned, I dug my little one up. It is in a pot next to my four new gift Brahea up against the west...

Yet another novice question: what is this "big board"? Can you give a link to your thread there?

As with Jim last night, I'm going to get it good tonight. So far all I've had is 31 oF (-0.5 oC) and that was brief. The forecast for tonight varies f...

Sorry for the thread hijacking but since you're ok with it...Firmiana is someimtes confused with Paulownia. Here is a Duke website with some photos:I ...

Thanks, Rob.I'm pretty busy right now, but hope to devote time to library work on cold-tolerance palms in January. If anyone else is interested, we ca...

Igor,very nice design--great colors and textures. The overall style reminds me of the gardens in Oregon (west coast of U.S.) where I grew up. All thos...

Speaking of light, the quality of your photographs is super. Those two you gave us just now as if they were snapshots were not easy to take! Can we ho...

Paul,do you know of anyone doing scientific experiments on palm physiology as related to cold tolerance? All the serious research I find on palms is, ...

OK, let the pestering begin. What do you do for light for them?

The pipe heating tape I use would be useless, assuming you are germinating seeds indoors. They are really only intended to keep a pipe from freezing. ...