A few recent yard pics...

[Zone7Bpalmguy]

Most of these pictures are of windmills but if you look closely in the second pic you'll see a palmetto and maybe the brazoria.

[Ben G.]

Very nice and healthy looking windmills. Great job.

[SailorBold]

Nice! Really healthy fronds!

[KPoff]

On 5/15/2025 at 5:41 PM, Zone7Bpalmguy said:

Most of these pictures are of windmills but if you look closely in the second pic you'll see a palmetto and maybe the brazoria.

@Zone7Bpalmguy what type of cycad is that under the deck? It looks healthy. How has it done in your winters?

[Harry’s Palms]

Good job , the yard and palms look very nice! Harry

[GregVirginia7]

The condition of your Trachy fronds is great. They must get good protection from the wind. My Trachy, though somewhat protected, gets a bit beaten up but the new fronds are coming out fast so I’ll trim it up a bit and clean it up. Nice job on the palms.

[Zone7Bpalmguy]

@KPoff My sago palms are both just regular revolutas. It has done well but I do protect it. This past winter I dropped to 10'F. Here's a video of what I do with them. I will be doing a video of them later on after they completely flush out. Thanks!

 

[Zone7Bpalmguy]

56 minutes ago, GregVirginia7 said:

The condition of your Trachy fronds is great. They must get good protection from the wind. My Trachy, though somewhat protected, gets a bit beaten up but the new fronds are coming out fast so I’ll trim it up a bit and clean it up. Nice job on the palms.

Thanks. A sheltered microclimate is the only way to go in my marginal zone 7B climate. These windmills are growing on a southeast and southern exposure. They did have a few cosmetically rough looking fronds (about 1/3 of the frond length) from the snow and ice in the winter but they are growing nice normal fronds now. 

[KPoff]

1 hour ago, Zone7Bpalmguy said:

@KPoff My sago palms are both just regular revolutas. It has done well but I do protect it. This past winter I dropped to 10'F. Here's a video of what I do with them. I will be doing a video of them later on after they completely flush out. Thanks!

 

@Zone7Bpalmguy I planted a little $15 one I got from Walmart last summer. It made it through this rather cold winter although we didn’t see anything colder than our 8A rating. It was small enough I covered it with a bucket and some leaves and it did just fine. I think 12 F is the coldest we saw this year.