California Coconut!🥥🌴

[cocoloco]

Currently November 15 2023, and the winter rain has decided to shower down on Zone 10A/B Tustin, California in Orange County. Using soil heating cables in the pot of my Coconut palm (Panama Pacific Tall variety)

 

 

 

, todays addition of christmas lights for extra warmth has made its way into my garden. Here’s a silly video showing my coconut getting ready for this upcoming winter! (there’s an umbrella over the coconut so it’s not overwatered) 😛

[cocoloco]

Just seen the new 2023 USDA zone map and it seems most of orange county is now zone 10B rather than a split between 10A and 10B so this gives me a tiny bit more hope!