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How to protect every tropical I have

ChicagoPalma

By ChicagoPalma
in COLD HARDY PALMS

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I have a lot of tropicals this year and other than the palm trees, I don't know how to protect the rest. Any tips will be welcome for protecting in-ground, bananas (basjoo and xishuangbannaensis), new type of cold hardy cannas, and a new type of experimental cold hardy elephant ear that I got from Poland, its a variation of pink china but it looks like Aloha variety (don't know the name of it but you can find it online). So in general, any tips will be welcome!

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ChrisA Proficient

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Mulch, mulch, mulch, and pray!

Goes without saying that you’ll have to cut the tops off all those following the first killing freeze.

Maybe google for others who are doing it in a similar zone, 6A?

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Like I said last year mulch and a tarp.  Plants must be planted in spring and have vigorous growth (lots of healthy bulbs and multiple shoots) and not a tissue culture plant from nursery that hasn't grown bulb yet.

YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@tntropics - 60+ In-ground 7A palms - (Sabal) minor(7 large + 27 seedling size, 3 dwarf),  brazoria(1) , birmingham(4), etonia (1) louisiana(5), palmetto (1), riverside (1),  (Trachycarpus) fortunei(7), wagnerianus(1),  Rhapidophyllum hystrix(7),  18' Mule-Butia x Syagrus(1),  Blue Butia odorata (1) +Tons of tropical plants.  Recent Yearly Lows -6F, -1F, 12F, 11F, 18F, 16F, 3F, 3F, 6F, 3F, 1F, 16F, 17F, 6F, 8F

 

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The dryer vent is nowhere near the plants and all plants have vigorous growth. OF course I wont be trying the red cannas again as they died last year and only one sprouted up and the rest died so i had to buy some new local ones. Same with aloha EE.

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