Lots of good stuff-hopefully some day it will warm up and they will make a speedy recovery.

I bet your mailman or lady loves delivering there-or will soon-LOL

I have left my Trachys unprotected the last two winters and they are fine.

However, they are much bigger than yours. If you wait until they have grown more, I think you could probably leave them unprotected.

Everything is looking pretty good! The trachys definitely gain cold tolerance as they age. My unprotected trachy hasn't shown any damage so far this winter, it is a slower grower than my protected trachys though. My oleander went through this winter with just some frost cloths over it and it got some damage but definitely will make a full recovery.

Hopefully things will all start growing soon and we can start planting things by April. This weather has definitely been pretty cold this month and Spring is on hold. The average high for this month in my yard so far is only 45F and that will probably drop after this week if the forecast is right (March's usual average high is 51F). It looks like December will end up being a warmer month than this March was!

Can't wait to start seeing some 70s and 80s. My guess is that won't happen for another 3 weeks.
-Alex

Man those trachies took a beating. Hopefully they all pull through. All the cherry trees are in bloom down here so it shouldnt be much longer before spring.

Thanks everyone. I will definetly protect the palms next winter. It is colder than usual but as soon as it warms up the trachys will take off. Next month ill start to bring plants outside and plant bulbs. I keep the cactus trimmed so it doesnt get in the way.

Crazy what a difference a year makes- I had all my palms outside and the Washy had been uncovered for a week and a half by this time last year....already had the Agaves in the ground too!

A lot of my plants were out too Jim! This March has been really cold and it's looking colder! Actually right now this month has been colder than ANY month last winter! Right now it's 34F and cloudy, it looks and feels like winter out there!

Now its actually snowing here. This cold weather needs to warm up.

It's sticking too! If I didn't have a calendar, it'd be hard to tell the difference between this 10 day forecast and one in early February.
-Alex

May be a major snowstorm coming early next week-I hope not!

I checked the forecast for my area it should be almost 50 by next Thursday. It looks like it going to warm up soon.

Here is last years weather for the next 10 days. It was alot warmer.

16
Actual: 51 : 44
Precip: 0.02
Average: 51 : 33
Precip: 0.14
17
Actual: 60 : 41
Precip: 0.00
Average: 51 : 34
Precip: 0.14
18
Actual: 66 : 46
Precip: 0.00
Average: 51 : 34
Precip: 0.14
19
Actual: 77 : 48
Precip: 0.00
Average: 52 : 34
Precip: 0.14
20
Actual: 72 : 56
Precip: 0.00
Average: 52 : 35
Precip: 0.14
21
Actual: 67 : 56
Precip: T
Average: 52 : 35
Precip: 0.15
22
Actual: 79 : 56
Precip: T
Average: 53 : 35
Precip: 0.14
23
Actual: 77 : 57
Precip: 0.00
Average: 53 : 36
Precip: 0.15
24
Actual: 63 : 53
Precip: 0.00
Average: 53 : 36
Precip: 0.14
25
Actual: 53 : 46
Precip: 0.06
Average: 54 : 36
Precip: 0.15

Today's high was 38 the lat time it was this cold on march 19 was 1997 with a high of 39.

Yea I am dying to unwrap and bring plants outside.