http://www.palmsnorth.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5574
In brief, I am starting a palm (etc.) garden at my parent's cabin on the northern Oregon coast, where I hope to live some decade. It is on a south-facing hillside about a kilometre from the Pacific ocean, and up about 300 meters above sea level. I was recently moved to the northern most tip of USDA zone 9, which led me to take foolish risks.
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I was out there last week to check on the plants and to move potted tender plants inside. Per my plan, I do no winter protection at all. None. Zilch. No mulch, fungicide, cover etc. I want to limit the garden to plants that do not need any special care.
First photo, the view from the driveway, with a fire going (it was chilly, but above freezing); some potted plants visible along retaining wall (the lot is very steep):
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