My palms....(Illinois)

[fr8train]

Far left Phoenix loureiroi var. humilis grown from seed, T. princeps center, Sabal palmetto (from seed) far right.

Princeps from hortus119 on right, and from palmswholesale on left, both much greener than the princeps above.

I got lisa seeds from a fellow palm enthusiast a few years ago : )

Trithrinax

Waggie

[Hammer]

Very nice! Your palms look great. What's the story on the palm in picture 1. Do you leave it in the ground year round? If so, what do you do for winter protection?

[sonoranfans]

nice palms! I especially love those trachycarpus princeps!!

[fr8train]

Very nice! Your palms look great. What's the story on the palm in picture 1. Do you leave it in the ground year round? If so, what do you do for winter protection?

Thank you. Yes, it stays in the ground. In the winter I wrap the trunk and leaves in christmas lights and bury the entire trunk in mulch. I then put two garbage cans over it. Here is the same palm a few years ago...

nice palms! I especially love those trachycarpus princeps!!

Thanks (:

[_Keith]

Very nice! Your palms look great. What's the story on the palm in picture 1. Do you leave it in the ground year round? If so, what do you do for winter protection?

Thank you. Yes, it stays in the ground. In the winter I wrap the trunk and leaves in christmas lights and bury the entire trunk in mulch. I then put two garbage cans over it. Here is the same palm a few years ago...

>nice palms! I especially love those trachycarpus princeps!!

Thanks (:

Nice job. That is a lot of dedication.

[sarasota alex]

Nice palms and welcome to the forum!

[fr8train]

Nice job. That is a lot of dedication.

Thanks, I had more palms in the ground, but I had moved out and left them for my parents to take care of, and subsequently most of them ended up dying this winter. ):

Nice palms and welcome to the forum!

Thank you! I actually registered back in 2008, I just rarely post.

Edited June 15, 2013 by fr8train

[WestCoastGal]

Your palms look nice and healthy fr8train.

Aside from the one in the ground do you move everything to the garage or indoors during the winter? Too bad about the ones that were lost while you were home. What else were you growing then?

BTW are the Illinois photos from the north or south part of the state? Curious what zone that is.

[fr8train]

Your palms look nice and healthy fr8train.

Aside from the one in the ground do you move everything to the garage or indoors during the winter? Too bad about the ones that were lost while you were home. What else were you growing then?

BTW are the Illinois photos from the north or south part of the state? Curious what zone that is.

Thanks, and yes the potted palms go indoors for the winter. My parents have had to put up with my obsession for a few years now, even more so now that I'm between houses, so I don't fault them too much. They do their best, I'm not really sure why so many of the palms didn't make it this particular winter. I had a robusta and another butia that didn't make it. Not pictured I have a needle palm and butia whose leaves were burnt pretty badly, but they're still alive.

This is all in northern Illinois, on the outskirts of the southwestern suburbs. I think it's zone 5a.