Good observation. No, that fried leaf is new this year (as they all are on all three). I suspect---sun damage. That one gets the most sun. I did add e...

I'm outside in the cool air (just 92 F at sunset!) making up a wheel barrow of potting soil. So, add some K, eh?

W built a greenhouse over them and I put in a heater and IR lamp on a thermocube. Worked great all through January (photos on another thread). They we...

And I needed Barb to explain the pot joke. About the bird of paradise: I don't have one, but W has a traveller's palm she adores (photo). Sort-of rela...

Barb, thanks for sharing the pain. That's part of what we,re here for.Sun damage: I had some of that in spring to triangles and the Caryota. Also, th...

Sun?Strange. Mine are all in full sun. Fewer hours/day than in Canada, but higher in the sky. Weird. --Erik

Yes, bottles palms are stunning. -- easily the stars of my garden.They do not mind full sun and high heat with strong winds.

My avatar Butia came through its 4th winter great (its first with heat tape, thank goodness) and shelter. Most of the damage you see here to the older...

The huge cabbage palm (Sabal palmetto) died in autumn last year, but I gave it heat tape and mulch in case the base survived. This little side shoot l...

I planted three cheap "blue pot" needle palms from Home Depot in spring 2010. All were covered but not heated. One died; the largest is survived by pu...

The Sabal "Louisiana" planted out of a 30 gallon trash can from Alligator Alley in September was mostly defoliated despite electric heat tape on the b...

The first photo is of my largest T. fortunei, which endured its 2nd winter of defoliation. It has pretty much stopped growing with the heat, despite a...

Will do!