Maybe not overly "wintery" by most standards, but a large palm crown (female Windmill) taken just the other day.
Many of the seeds fall and self sow in the garden beds below, only to be pulled out by parksboard employees as weeds.
I could've grabbed some, but I have tons already.

Cheers, Barrie.

P.S. those are great pics Aaron. Makes me hopeful for my small seedling Joshua tree.

I could get used to winter pics like that Barrie. 😀

Nice pics guys!

What have your minimums been so far this fall/winter? Aaron, no protection yet for the brevifolias (if you ever do)?

I just love those J-Trees all frosted up!

Thanks!

Duncan

What have your minimums been so far this fall/winter? Aaron, no protection yet for the brevifolias (if you ever do)?

I just love those J-Trees all frosted up!

Thanks!

Duncan

So far our low has been -5.8 or 6.2? the official was -7f/-21.6c

And yes no protection for the large ones, but small ones will do much better if protected from cold and wet. I have grown small ones without protecftion, but if I would have had given a little protection I would have alot more j-trees. Also if it is going to get well below -0 sometimes I will put a towel over the crowns untill the real cold temps are gone.

Both of the large ones have seen -14f/-25.5c without protection and they were much smaller then 😉 .

That's amazing! You're definitely re-writing the book on the cold J-Trees are capable of withstanding! Nice work!

I think your summer heat goes a long way to helping the plants in the worst of the winter.

Duncan

That's amazing! You're definitely re-writing the book on the cold J-Trees are capable of withstanding! Nice work!

I think your summer heat goes a long way to helping the plants in the worst of the winter.

Duncan

Thanks 😀 I think you are right about them and the summer heat.

Great pics Aaron. My Joshua trees 3 gal now 4 years old.They should be old enough now to go in the ground without me worrying if their going to make it. Judging by how well they have done for you I should be OK. Thanks for posting those.

John

We are getting our wish for a white Christmas here in Oklahoma. My palms just love it!

They say we still have a few more hours of snow coming.

Merry Christmas everyone!
Jim

Tulsa had its first-ever NWS blizzard yesterday.
I made a picasa slide show of snap shots from last night and this morning.
http://picasaweb.google.com/terdalfarm/Christmas2009?feat=directlink
I'll try to post selected photos of palms (some of the photos in the slide show have horses).

All this snow from down south reminds me of here. 🙂

Great pics Aaron. My Joshua trees 3 gal now 4 years old.They should be old enough now to go in the ground without me worrying if their going to make it. Judging by how well they have done for you I should be OK. Thanks for posting those.

John

Thanks.

I think j-trees are going to do awesome in your climate, should be fun to watch them grow. 😉

Nice array of pictures everybody!

You're definitely re-writing the book on the cold J-Trees are capable of withstanding! Nice work!

I agree with Duncan's comment, Aaron. Your stunning photo(s) of the J-tree surviving -25C gives us considerable hope.
I'm going to plant mine out this summer, too. Low so far -20.6C -5F, so I'm excited it might work here.

Barrie, yet another great Trachy.

Jimmy and Erik, it was nice looking through all those shots.
Erik, p-u-h-l-e-a-s-e 😉 I'd sleep better at night if you tied up that trachy's fronds (gently) and completely wrap the whole thing in a length of old carpet, with a plastic garbage bag tied over top to keep it dry. It'll keep the fronds from shredding. Trachies hate hate hate wind.
Great seeing the horses frolicking.

Aaron's first pic with a CIDP reminds me to post my CIDP pic.

Barb

And a few more pics from the cold (barely heated) building where the CIDP spends winter.

The musa basjoo is peed off:

Three Washies (I chickened out again and dug up/repotted) are doing great, still growing:

Y.rostrata "sapphire skies" are healthy:

The smallest y.rostrata of this trio is two-headed, growing slower than the rest:

Barb

Barb,
I ran out and tended to my Trachy as soon as I read your post. I tied up the lower fronds (the ones that still manage to look good) with non-adhesive gardeners tape, then wrapped them in burlap, then inserted new stakes so the 20-gallon bucket can sit low and protect that bundle. The five longest fronds are still out in the wind and on their own. I doubt they'll make it, anyways. My photos above show just how sad they are.

I'll take another photo to show you. Hopefully it will help you sleep at night, but if not, I'll make whatever fixes you (and others here) suggest. I want to be able to sleep nights when I am down south 😀

As for your Washies and Yucca, you are doing exactly what my wife wants me to do each October: bring 'em in. He Washy is happily in the dining room, and her beloved Yucca is next to it.
--Erik