There’s nothing wrong with planting palms in winter, provided there are no frost in your garden. They seem to do quite well and when spring hits them they take off. It was a wet winter so all the palms recently planted had a good watering in. Soil was amended and a good planting hole was dug to give the best start possible. And a good irrigation program has been implemented to back up the amended soil and lack of rainfall. carpoxylon macrospermum licuala pelata var sumawongiiDypsis tsaravoasiralicuala fordianachamaedorea Ernest augusti kerriodoxa elegans Chambeyronia divaricata licuala magalonDypsis speciesCalyptrocaly yamutumenePinanga disticha Dypsis poiveanaJohannesteijsmannia altifrons Marojejya darinii

How beautiful, Richard! You'll have to protect them with frost-proof netting in winter. That way, they'll grow protected and more robust, especially the more sensitive or delicate specimens. I don't know when I'll have these beautiful specimens. I'm already germinating some. I'm wasting time. Until when. Until when. Perhaps. Perhaps. Perhaps. I'll have these beautiful specimens.

7 minutes ago, Hu Palmeras said:

How beautiful, Richard! You'll have to protect them with frost-proof netting in winter. That way, they'll grow protected and more robust, especially the more sensitive or delicate specimens. I don't know when I'll have these beautiful specimens. I'm already germinating some. I'm wasting time. Until when. Until when. Perhaps. Perhaps. Perhaps. I'll have these beautiful specimens.

No frost protection will be required I don’t get frost. It takes a lot of research and online looking for seeds and plants. Prior to palmtalk I researching and searching for seeds and plants. It’s not easy finding them, and a lot of top growers whom I respect,  it has taken them a lifetime of collecting and building there collection, not to mention there contacts and that is something I respect in those growers they deserve that respect and not to be fooled around with when it comes to them knowing there stuff. 

You're right, Richard. I think I need the frost protection mesh, and above all, a well-shielded glass greenhouse.

14 minutes ago, Hu Palmeras said:

You're right, Richard. I think I need the frost protection mesh, and above all, a well-shielded glass greenhouse.

Plant large plants they stand a much better chance of survival in the cold. 

You're a very lucky man, Richard. More so than I am. Imagine my cold climate, and I still have species that are miraculously alive. Like my date palms, Howea, and Archontophoenix. My newly germinated Chambeyronia and Bismarckia are growing very healthy. I hope everything goes well with the other palm varieties. It's a miracle, because my climate is extreme and nothing compares to yours.

5 minutes ago, Hu Palmeras said:

You're a very lucky man, Richard. More so than I am. Imagine my cold climate, and I still have species that are miraculously alive. Like my date palms, Howea, and Archontophoenix. My newly germinated Chambeyronia and Bismarckia are growing very healthy. I hope everything goes well with the other palm varieties. It's a miracle, because my climate is extreme and nothing compares to yours.

I look at the gardens in Hawaii and tropical locations, they are the true tropical garden masters! 

2 hours ago, happypalms said:

I look at the gardens in Hawaii and tropical locations, they are the true tropical garden masters! 

Every area has its trade offs . Tropical ( Hawaii ) is amazing , varieties the warm temperate or subtropical folks can’t grow . There are species we grow that do not thrive in tropical climates. My latitude (approx. 34 degrees north) combined with the micro climate I have at this location gives me a wide variety that thrive here. You are , I think , about 29 degrees south , also a bit of micro climate edging in your favor . We have beaten the odds more than once! I have lost more palms to gophers than climate. Harry

1 minute ago, Harry’s Palms said:

Every area has its trade offs . Tropical ( Hawaii ) is amazing , varieties the warm temperate or subtropical folks can’t grow . There are species we grow that do not thrive in tropical climates. My latitude (approx. 34 degrees north) combined with the micro climate I have at this location gives me a wide variety that thrive here. You are , I think , about 29 degrees south , also a bit of micro climate edging in your favor . We have beaten the odds more than once! I have lost more palms to gophers than climate. Harry

Yes they certainly do in the tropics vs the subtropical to temperate climates. Each offers its own unique microclimate perfectly set for certain varieties of palms that require that just right microclimate to survive. Every garden has its own microclimate, that a gardener learns where they are in his garden, and uses those spots to his advantage. I have more survivors than failures! 

Richard