Received this from a palm friend up in Wilmington, Delaware. He's half to nearly full zone cooler than me in winter, so he wanted to give his two Waggies a fighting chance since he doesn't want to winter protect palms any more. I had a standard blue pot trachy fortuni there, but for some reason it suffered spear pull last summer. Confounding as it breezed through winter. Anyway the stiff upright fronds will withstand nor'easter winds better out front. The rest of my palm collection is more protected in the fenced in back garden.