Kris is in his garden as I type from 100 km away in Tulsa. He is using his handy iPhone to send me photos as he works:"Red Ferrari. 'If you have the m...

Speaking of which, the Lou had heat tape on the base but no C9 lights. Thus, it was protected like the two waggies, the jelly and the two Sabal mexica...

Barb,thanks for asking. I don't want someone to find this thread by a Bing or Google search and conclude that needle palms can take -30 C with minimal...

Kris, it was great to have you and your family over. Looking forward to photos of the Lou in place. And maybe invite us over in, say, October, to see ...

Thanks for making the extra effort to put your garden on video. It shows size/scale better than a photo. Hoping KrisK sees the contrast between Sabal ...

I'll be out there in 90 days and very much looking forward to it. Whatever the weather may be, as I know it won't hit 40 C even once. :lol:

My parents, my son, and my brother and his wife and their kids all live in Portland, Oregon. Not terribly cold, but much more snow than they are used ...

Keep us informed! The Poncirus is the only citrus I know of that can make it down here unprotected. Will you protect this in winters?

Andy,I really think a big Trachy is far and away your best bet for a trunked palm.I did manage to keep one of two untrunked Sabal mexicana alive in th...

Oh, that is sad.And preventable, right? With electric heat tape and lights, with wrap?

My parent's beach house got snow again Monday. The same day they flew to Norway. Odd place for a Spring Break trip, but warmer up there than in Oregon...

Yes, keeping W happy is very, very important. :D For the wedding, rent a potted palm for the reception and make sure the photographer gets a photo of...

This was the place with the biggest of palms:They had gigantic Sabal palmetto and Washy. Not sure what kind (see my comment above). I didn't ask the p...

The paired Butia were US$250. The Trachy as tall as the skyscrapers were US$799.95 each:<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a hre...