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We all learn something new everyday and never stop learning, dont be afraid to try anything in life especially when it comes to your garden. Having a great interest is all you need, most plant people or gardeners are always willing to share their knowledge you just have to start a conversation and a gardener will chew your ear off!

So I have dealt with the plants mostly. It is the lawn now. Mulching isn’t going to work. Suggestions?

Hi! I am wondering if anyone can tell me how old is that palm? Might it be older 20 years?

It's a common practice to prune palm's roots. You can prune most indoors and landscape palm's roots but be careful to not prune more than 1/3 of it's roots and make sure to give it best conditions to recover.

I hope too.

These are all in Pearland , south of Houston. Although they have seen Austin low temperatures the last 5 years. My parents live in a retirement community and I built them this garden. I drive in to protect what’s in ground and bring potted plants inside on average once a year.. They aren’t in physical shape to do that anymore, but enjoy having it 10-11 months out of the year. I think it’s a worthy investment

I see officially Lake Charles saw 6f and like 6 inches of snow. Robustas look near fully recovered. Impressive!

Great to see all the survivors Daniel. I'll be interested to hear at the end of the summer if the majesty's growth rate slows down after this past winter's cold. I've tried a few majesty's in Austin, that would survive sub 20F temps, but they always really slowed down after the experience. Hopefully that one is big enough that it can shrug it off.

To refresh soil and keep the palm in the same size pot, is it possible to prune the roots on these two palms? Is there a list anywhere of palms that can handle root pruning, and those that absolutely cannot? Thanks

@Mazat I mean if we are going off garden readings then my nearest PWS was 30.1C / 86F today… Obviously sheltered garden microclimates do not reflect the actual temperature under the correct Meteorological siting. Hence why my nearest Met station only recorded 26.7C at Wisley Gardens. I believe your nearest official station was in the region of 24C. Again, garden and street level temps… RAF Lakenheath 4pm… 25% humidity… St James Park 4pm… There’s no doubt it is going to be a hot one tomorrow. 30-31C is being forecast. As of 2am, the Met station at St Catherine’s Point near Ventnor is reporting 18C. As is the PWS in Ventnor.

@STEMI Welcome to Palmtalk! I can provide an update on my Heliconias this winter. We had two freezes this year. The first came with all the snow which took a full 5-6 days to fully melt at my place and wasn't great. We had another freeze in late February in the -3 C (27 F) range which caught me unprepared and cooked a bunch of things that I didn't protect. I lost a really nice Firebush I had been growing in the second one after it survived the first one. Large raised Heliconia bed: Heliconia 'Mexican Gold' (5) - all recovered fine. Heliconia latispatha 'red' (2) - this is a running form, both have recovered strongly. This one is basically a weed and I'm going to need to keep an eye on it. Its already going places I don't want. Heliconia x 'Siberia Lemon' (2) - one recovered, one died. The one that survived was much larger than the other that got crowded out and shaded. Heliconia x 'Coral Surprise' (2) - both have recovered. Heliconia latispatha 'Parakeet' (3) - didn't return, but when I went to dig them out all of the newer rhzomes at the edge were healthy. The ones in the centre of the clumps had rotted though. Might have recovered in time, but I tossed them. I didn't like the dull colour of the flowers nor the tall form of the plant that prone to wind damage. Heliconia 'Bleeding Heart' (3) - none returned, but they were planted fairly late in the year and got shaded by some of the others and as a result were much smaller than everything else. I'm pretty upset that I lost these and I think they are worth trying again if I can find them. Other Heliconias in ground: Heliconia latispatha 'Dwarf Orange' (1) - in a mixed bed that gets frost cloth and xmas lights, lost all its leaves but has recovered. Heliconia acuminata 'Super Chieri' (1) - same protection as above, actually retained some of its leaves and is slowly recovering. This was a much smaller and less established plant though. I overwintered my others in pots and put several in the ground this spring, including H. latispatha 'red/yellow' (2), H. subulata??? (2), another two H. acuminata 'Super Chieri', and then H. lingulata 'yellow' and H. champneiana 'maya sunrise' and 'maya gold'. All are doing well and have new growth. I killed several H. hirsuta, these don't want to grow roots for me. Some takeaways: I think size makes a big difference in their survivability. Cutting them back properly so that new growth doesn't get jammed inside the dead stems helps them recover. My pot culture of Heliconias is bad. Everyone else's photos of pots look great, mine get really rootbound and have comparatively few stems, and only look good when they get in the ground. I want to figure this out this year.

Will do. Thank you so much for your help!! Gwen

Here’s my biggest Chrysalidocarpus (Dypsis) plumosa, about 12 feet 4 M tall.

I do my best to try to build my soil health, I did look up Sul-Po-Mag, I'm not sure if I can find that kinda, Is it a specific brand?

I saw this Queen Palm not far from me. It in my neighborhood. I walked down to go McDonald’s. I happen to take a snapshot of it. I am amazed it has thrive in my area. I remember the house across from me bought some young Queen Palms at Lowe’s. But none of them have survived but the Washingtonia palms. With climate rising-I wonder if Queen palms can be viable long term in my area.

Here’s my biggest Cocothrinax fragrans. About 8 feet or 2.6 M tall.

hide the house ? hahahaha. thats what every guest said when they were trying to find our address too. thanks for the palm Expedition and walking us thru the place. i see you are having the same problem there. fotos of a leaf here, a trunk there. a bit of this n some of that haha. but in person its easy to admire, when u try to capture on camera its hard to do so. i always had issues trying to mature royal oleracs, afew years n they give up. fishtail faster than a syagrus ????? wow

That's awesome that you were able to pull everything through the winter alive. I am willing to protect one of two plants in my landscape in a given year, but I can't bring myself to plant too many marginal plants. I always smile when I see others like (like you) pull it off though.

Im not an expert but this actually looks fine! I could be wrong but they look like healthy roebeleniis to me!

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PAC MAN Donkey kong argh those where the days, oh and playboy

@jcvd hopefully you get some new spear movement in a few days! I agree with the above, leaving it uncovered is better unless it's supposed to be cold and rainy. You want the top to dry out any leftover water or fungus. Definitely water the palm...just not from above.

Hit bad but survived.

That’s quite an attractive bloom and plant. Tim

Mark the height of the green spear against one of the dead stems. You will see more easily how much the green is growing. Use a permanent marker