Wow! That's stunning. --Erik

Stefano, good questions, and ones I had myself as I was getting started. I'll try to explain. If I cannot explain well enough with words let me know a...

Palms in Norway!I am trying to get my cousin who lives on an island south of Bergen to try a palm. --Erik

I have not been to Germany in a long time (10 years?). I remember a few Trachy in the ground plus abundant Chamearops in very large wooden pots on pal...

If you have Francko's "Palms won't grow here" book you may have seen the Washies in Plate 20. Here is the winter protection they used to get:The last ...

I hadn't thought of that!Give us a link to a nice view, or save a screen shot to share as an image. --Erik

We have a forecast of 4" - 5" of snow for tomorrow. Lows only in the mid-teens, though, the next couple of nights. There is still a bit of green on th...

Barb, thanks for the encouragement. February always seems like the longest month. My hens and roosters are totally dependent on bagged feed but they r...

Jim,the link took me there once I signed in. We have never-ending light and cold rain so I'm keeping the poor Trachy as protected as possible. I have ...

Darn.I'll add photos of my Trachy when I have the heart to do it. --Erik

I must be a hopeless optimist, because both corrosion and Barb's Trachy's look much better then my outdoors-for-its-first-winter Trachy (which was exp...

I agree with Barb: they look good to me. Or at least better than my outdoors Trachy or my unheated Butia. --Erik

It sure looked like it worked great. The bulbs on the ground serve to keep it warm, too. I don't actively heat my ground as I assume heavy mulch does ...

Thanks, Jim. That was interesting. I figure I'll see what I have been seeing continue: wave after wave of cool (not cold) and wet weather moving here ...

Jim,that Butia does indeed look splendid. To review: a small strand of C9 lights (6?) on the ground at the base of the trunk, a plastic can, then a 35...