look my butia capitata -trachycarpus F. and my rhapidophillum H.

Henry

😳

Pretty Solid for zone 4 Henry! I think there's a guy in zone 4 Utah who is also growing Butia... Does anyone have a link for that?

Cheers,
Paul
Zone 4/5 Kingston, ON.

Henry,
looks super! Have you done all that this year?
--Erik

Wow Henry you have been busy! Looks awesome! That rock outline really makes things jump out at you, love the vertical ones. What a great idea!

Bill

By the way can you add some more organic matter to your soil it doesn't look rich enough 😯

Pretty Solid for zone 4 Henry! I think there's a guy in zone 4 Utah who is also growing Butia... Does anyone have a link for that?

Cheers,
Paul
Zone 4/5 Kingston, ON.

That was Paul's way of telling you, he thinks you live in zone 4 😯

You have a real talent for design,looks great!

Link to Arctictropicals pics-

http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/tropesque/msg011214498206.html

Jim- I was trying to be subtle... There is relatively little 'true' USDA zone 5 in Quebec... Only the downtown Montreal heat island is 5a (barely), long-term. There is, however, quite a bit of solid zone 4 along the river in the Montreal area. When you get down toward Brockville ON you get back on the USDA zone 5 border!

But, to get back to what matters, the palms look great, and take a hard look at what Arctictropicals does, but, keep in mind, that he is quite a bit south of us, and the cold is less long lived and his daytime highs are much warmer in winter!

Looks awesome!! Let me guess, did you visit Mike?? Is this the first year your palms will be in the ground???

I dunno but this is where I get my info..
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/gardening/caqc0206?ref=topnav_weather_gardening

Scotty, that's Canadian zone, not based on the same criteria as the USDA zones (and the cause of much confusion)... Here's what it says about Sydenham, which is right on the border of zone 4b and 5a long term: http://www.theweathernetwork.com/gardening/caon0671?ref=topnav_weather_gardening . The Canadian zone is generally, (in the east) one full zone colder than the USDA zone. A few exceptions are found in nova Scotia, where places like Yarmouth (USDA zone 7a) http://www.theweathernetwork.com/gardening/cans0167?ref=topnav_weather_gardening . This has to do with the multifactorial nature of the Canadian map.

Ain't no way Sydenham is a 5b, the only long term USDA 5b stations in the area are Amherst Island (barely) and Point Petre (Barely). Ok, enough of my negtive attitude... I'll save the zone realism for the noobs.

Thanks for all your replies and comments but i have just a wish , to be able to keep each one alive ❓

Thanks again

Henry

Henry- In terms of protection Scotty on this board overwintered non-hardy palms in zone 5 Kingston, ON. He'd be the one to talk to about heating and protection!

Henry- In terms of protection Scotty on this board overwintered non-hardy palms in zone 5 Kingston, ON. He'd be the one to talk to about heating and protection!

Paul a BIG BIG MERCI for your help

Henry