`I have definately tried them in the past, but it's our cool wet winter they seem to dislike. . I do know where one grows near our main town. It has been there for about 5 years or so, but I haven't checked on it in a while. If gown close to a building under an overhang in a sheltered microclimate they have a better chance
There are a bunch of them growing in midtown Manhattan in a large plant bed (I believe around 56th & Madison). However they are nothing compared to what grows in B.C. I have seen some small, ragged looking Fatsia growing along the Jersey coast in Edgewater near the Whole Foods. There is a difference between thriving and surviving. B.C has much more consistent weather than most of the 8B/9A locations east of the Rockies.
Right on! I know they can grow some decent Trachycarpus fortunei in sheltered microclimates of NJ. I have never seen winter damage on Fatsia here on our island. However areas away from the ocean on the mainland I saw damage on them from the Dec. 2008 freeze. Here on our island it never gets cold enough.
@bj616 The problem with "tropicals" here is that they may make it for a few years but they never endure. In the Northeast you must protect, even in the mildest coastal regions here there is little (no) chance for long-term survival.
I suppose if someone were to cheat a bit each winter it would be more possible. Heat cables, old school C-9 X-mas lights work well too. I do know of a tall old palm growing in a court yard in Maryland and also another in Reading, PA. It was planted in 1988. I'll share the most recent vid. made of it going through a snow storm.
There are people in zone 6 who claim they also grow Fatsia. Heck, it's aot hardier than I assumed. I posted this on the Hardy Palm & Subtropical forum and had alot of response from Fatsia growers in much colder zones.
I'd imagine that zone 7 Fatsia would start to run up against one of two difficulties. In the interior West it would have to deal with hot dry summers and east of the Rockies, hot humid summers. About the only zone 7 locations without a ton of summer heat are here in the PNW, but nearly all of those get a ton of snow in the winter, and have to endure extended periods of moderate cold.
I'd imagine that too much of either would greatly stress out the plants.
do you carry a gun in the holster?
snorlaxx1337911 2 months ago
@snorlaxx1337911 No need for guns where I live.
BananaJSSI 2 months ago
Oke, here in Holland it can be very wet to, last year we had a very dry winter, maybe that's the reason it survives.
3 weeks of frost and the Cycas Revoluta was still alive. It even produced new leaves this summer.
Btw, Good luck further, I hope to see some more videos from your garden!
orcie12345 2 years ago
I am uploading two short vids. I made today.
bj616 2 years ago
Great garden you have there in Canada!
Why dont you try to grow some cycas revoluta?
It survived -9 last year in my garden.
orcie12345 2 years ago
`I have definately tried them in the past, but it's our cool wet winter they seem to dislike. . I do know where one grows near our main town. It has been there for about 5 years or so, but I haven't checked on it in a while. If gown close to a building under an overhang in a sheltered microclimate they have a better chance
bj616 2 years ago
There are a bunch of them growing in midtown Manhattan in a large plant bed (I believe around 56th & Madison). However they are nothing compared to what grows in B.C. I have seen some small, ragged looking Fatsia growing along the Jersey coast in Edgewater near the Whole Foods. There is a difference between thriving and surviving. B.C has much more consistent weather than most of the 8B/9A locations east of the Rockies.
russianintrigue 2 years ago
Right on! I know they can grow some decent Trachycarpus fortunei in sheltered microclimates of NJ. I have never seen winter damage on Fatsia here on our island. However areas away from the ocean on the mainland I saw damage on them from the Dec. 2008 freeze. Here on our island it never gets cold enough.
bj616 2 years ago
@bj616 The problem with "tropicals" here is that they may make it for a few years but they never endure. In the Northeast you must protect, even in the mildest coastal regions here there is little (no) chance for long-term survival.
russianintrigue 2 years ago
I suppose if someone were to cheat a bit each winter it would be more possible. Heat cables, old school C-9 X-mas lights work well too. I do know of a tall old palm growing in a court yard in Maryland and also another in Reading, PA. It was planted in 1988. I'll share the most recent vid. made of it going through a snow storm.
bj616 2 years ago
I saw a Fatsia growing on a north wall in The Dalles last spring...somehow it survived Dec. 2008 at about 5F with only minor damage.
ComradeSephiroth 2 years ago
There are people in zone 6 who claim they also grow Fatsia. Heck, it's aot hardier than I assumed. I posted this on the Hardy Palm & Subtropical forum and had alot of response from Fatsia growers in much colder zones.
bj616 2 years ago
I'd imagine that zone 7 Fatsia would start to run up against one of two difficulties. In the interior West it would have to deal with hot dry summers and east of the Rockies, hot humid summers. About the only zone 7 locations without a ton of summer heat are here in the PNW, but nearly all of those get a ton of snow in the winter, and have to endure extended periods of moderate cold.
I'd imagine that too much of either would greatly stress out the plants.
ComradeSephiroth 2 years ago