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hey palmers, What's better than enjoying your palms throughout the day? Well Nothing, actually. But it's a nice touch to add a little low voltage system to your landscape, to light up the trees, and to thwart evildoers from doing their worst! Front yard during the day:

Bret, I'm waiting for a number of palms to start "trunking" then I'll light them up like the fourth of July...Until then, you'll have to live with the phonenix and butias being lit up. Dang... but if it makes you feel better tonight i'll shine a mag-lite on my dypsis pilulifera and marojejya darianii...

Bret, I'm waiting for a number of palms to start "trunking" then I'll light them up like the fourth of July...Until then, you'll have to live with the phonenix and butias being lit up. Dang...

Bret, I'm waiting for a number of palms to start "trunking" then I'll light them up like the fourth of July...Until then, you'll have to live with the phonenix and butias being lit up.

Looks great. Why haven't you lit up your trunking, blue crownshafted Dictyocaryum yet?

Just wondering what everyone else take on what exactly this is: These are located in Vienna VA, which is just outside of the Capital Beltway, and probably a SOLID 7b. These are not all that uncommon in and around the Washington Metro area though these two are some of the larger ones around at about 16+ feet tall. These two have been here for many years. What you see wrapped around the trunk are rope lights, and I do not think they are there for any sort of protection as they are on even in warm months, at least from what I have seen. Anyway... I think its a Yucca Rostrata, but a couple people have mentioned that it could be Yucca Rigida. I think it is Rostrata because of the somewhat droopy leaves, and is more green. While its not uncommon to see Y. Rostrata very blue, I think the Y. Rigida are much more often the blue color than not. What do you think it is? Also, this leads me to a question I have regarding these if anyone here has any experience with them. My question is fairly simple, can these be kept in a container, year round, outdoors, and if they can, can they go unprotected, in a zone 8a/7b? Thanks for any additional info / help with this question. Ken

Well now I can lay pavers, concrete in rock edges...I wonder if I have enough butch genes left to try my hand at electrical things too ? Damn gardens...before I got into them, I even had to pay someone to file my nails. Looks good however so rather than be envious I better think about trying it out for myself. Peachy

Whoa! Front-yard-at-night! Front-yard-at-night! Who-hoa! Whoa-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-hoa!

and a close up of the pony tail....looks kind of cool with the lenghty leaves drooping down..

Dang Braden, those rock walls are amazing!

A better choice is Yucca Thompsonia, they survived the last 2 terrible winters here and stay goodlooking also. Rostrata is borderline in the ground in zone 7 and 8. I don't think it will survive in a pot in a really cold winter. Ron...

Como puedo tratar?

They are Native to Texas in Areas that get reallllllly cold so I'm sure you can grow them just fine. They are extremely easy to grow and great additions to the landscape. They grow in pots too really well. The ones in the pics are Rostrata's

Excellent, really makes the landscape at night! Regards Stephen

Looks Awesome Eric. I bought some closeout lo-volt lighting kits a couple years back to install someday... still in the box.

Thanks to all! I'll try to take some more tonight of the ones in the back row, the butia capitata looks awesome the way it's lit up. Also the parajubea sunkha is pretty darn neat, too. I'll keep the pics rolling! I can't wait to get the planter in the back filled in, and light that up! FINS!! -eric

Eric, Looks great. This might be a good idea for a new thread if many of us have outdoor lighting on our palms. They take on such a different and beautiful look at night. You did a nice job!

That looks awesome. Yours are alot brighter than the kit I got at Lowes. I was thinking of hiring an electrician to replace them with commercial lighting.

i agree,landscape lighting can really add alot. great job!

And a close up of the reclinata and the canary...

Front yard at night!