Wow, Islandbreeze, I finally got to see your very impressive collection. They all seem very healthy.

I live in troy and have a trach. waggie that flourished for the last 2 years outdoors. Protection partially blew off this last winter. I had complete spear pull and no leaves made it. How can I tell if it going to make it. My Chinese Windmill Palm and Needle Palm both both it quite well.

Also, where can I get some of those Musa Basjoo, I am looking to try bananas again.

PLEASE HELP!

It's nice that you can enjoy all those palms even in Michigan. Everything looks great; it must be a huge job to bring in all those pots for the winter, but it's worth it.

They all look great congrats !

Whoa now thats alot of palms and they all look great. Talk about collection.

Very nice collection! I recognize that first picture. Trachy from Monrovia (the tag). I picked up another 4-footer from that same grower myself, that I'm going to keep potted for another year or two. Very nice quality and size for the money.

Wow, I'm glad you have most of those in pots, I couldn't imagine the job covering everything in the fall! I'm not looking forward to building a new box for my 7-foot trachy and 3-foot needle this year, I couldn't even imagine doing that for dozens of them...

Thanks guys. Yes, it is a lot of work to bring everything inside and out depending on the nighttime lows. Luckily this past spring I only had to move half my collection in twice with the threat of frost. I keep most in my garage, and some in the basement under grow lights.

Mnpalms- I think that trachy from monrovia is actually a waggie! The leaves are way stiffer than any trachy I've ever seen, even stiffer than my stiff leaf trachy. Great buy at only $22 for a 7 gallon. Found it less than a mile from my house.

Yardman- I'm down in Grosse Ile just FYI. Did you treat the crown with anything? If you don't see growth yet, I'd pour some peroxide down into the crown. Usually takes a few weeks from treating the crown for a trachy to start growing again, but be patient. Squeeze the trunk to make sure it's firm and not rotting. And as for the basjoos, I got some from Goldner Walsh before, I heard that Joe Randazzo's fruit market had 4 footers last year. Mine are all from last year. I bought them from Grosse Ile Marketplace, same place where I bought my waggie and hardy bamboo. They always have good stuff. If you can't find any, once mine start growing and putting out pups you're more than welcome to drive down here and I'll give you some.

Eveything looks great Islb! Good job,any of your yuccas make it through? Should be another great year!

Thanks Jim. Yes, all of my yucca filamentosa made it. They're bullet proof here anyway, with the exception of being eaten by rabbits to the ground. My Yucca Recurvifolia are starting to come back as well. This is their fourth winter I think. They're only supposed to be good down to zero as far as I know, but we reached -12 this past winter and they're still popping up. The Gloriosa doesn't look like it made it. I think I killed it by keeping it dry. I propped 2 windows against each other like a lean-to, but that left the plant exposed to the really cold temps. I think it wouldve been better off with snow cover. On the bright side tho, my basjoo made it and is making a nice recovery. You can see it in the pic with 3 pups.

I'm not sure that tree from Monrovia is a waggie. It looks about identical to mine, surely from the same season's crop. Mine came 7-gal also, I know it is hard to see scale in your photo, but it appears about the same size as mine, just about 4-feet to the highest leaf. Nice thick trunk. Mine is nice and stiff also, very resistent to the wind. We have had some freak wind lately, and it has been a real champ. maybe just a nice, healthy trachy? I have seen some significant differences in these trees, depending on where they have been grown. Then there has been talk of cross pollinating, hybridizing, etc. Whatever the case, nice tree, and great collection! For comparison, check the link I posted, the pic labeled as 4-footer is the one from Monrovia. The other 3 trachys are all from different states.

Here is a link that might be useful: April pictures

It's possible it may have some waggie blood in it(Ryans)but there is so much variation in these palms,my fortunei was putting out similar looking leaves but has since been putting leaves,well not so much putting out different leaves as much as the leaves have matured and lenghtened and look more like fortunei leaves now,time will tell-probably in a few months it's charactoristics will be more in line with Fortunei.Did that make any sense?
Ryan,glad to hear your Yuccas (mostly)did well,my gloriosa is really taking of now and has a long cone/spear with many leaves coming out at once,very cool!

Love the oleander. What do you do with it in the winter? Do they need much light? That dead needle was huge. How long did you have it in the ground? At least the pups survived.