I meant that under a tarp it won't get ANY light at all.Is that good for a Nainital?Barb Its good when the temperature stays below 50F under the tarp...

If the environmental conditions are much different, its probably the plant adjusting to the changes. The old leaves are optimal to the old environmen...

The European fan palm is the hardiest. The other two will can only take the lower 20's. Robusta should be easiest to recover.

Where are you located in NC? I'm guessing your in the coastal area since you have a Washingtonia growing. You may also want to consider Sabal Palmet...

So do I need to dig them up and add perlite?Yes I have earthworms the soil there is very humus. I called the guy that sold them to us and he said to a...

You probably made the soil even worse when you added pea gravel into it. The weight of the gravel actually compacts common peat-based potting mediums...

There are native Sabal minor in VA but they only exist on the southern most portion of VA on an Island which I think is a refuge or some sort of prote...

The two hardiest palms for your area would be Sabal minor and Rhapidophyllum hystrix. Sabal sp. Birmingham would be the hardiest trunking palm you co...

Hopefully you get both male and female flowers! Mine bloomed for the first time this year but each blossom is female.

I purchased this palm at home depot about a month ago. It had a price tag on it but no name. I think it was the last one left. What kind is it and wil...

Its a paper wasp. I'm not what the exact species is (maybe Polistes annularis?).

Looks like normal water stress. Should be fine - looks healthy!

OMG !! I can only wish my babies are still around in 30 years !! I planted 2 , they are Trachy/Butia I believe. I purchased them from a ...

Adding sand to clay just makes it worse. Trachycarpus can do well in clay. Bone meal isn't needed unless you barely have any phosphorus in your soil...

Did you protect them?