Microclimates on Salt Spring Island
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really great, what you do and post on youtube! its much more difficult here in Austria to grow trachycarpus. down to minus 20 and more in bad winters make us shiver if our winter-protected palms will survive. but well protected they do!
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@mcgyvr2009i Right on
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@BananaJSSI I'll try that too.
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@mcgyvr2009i Palm trees are fun to grow. You should also try Sabal minor as well. It is a very hardy species.
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@BananaJSSI Nope. Schenectady NY Zone 5a. I live about a 150 miles from the Atlantic Coast. I heard that the needle palm is perfect for my location and requires the slightest winter protection since it's zone 5b. But, I'm really willing to protect the windmill palm during cold winters. I just love palm trees. I want to bring Florida into my back yard.
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@mcgyvr2009i First of all I would have to know what your growing zone is? Trachycarpus fortunei always grow best closest to the coast. The farther you go inland the colder the winters. In colder growing zones they will need protection all winter. Are you near Vancouver?
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If I want to plant a trachycarpus fortunei in my yard and I have no microclimate, how do I make a microclimate so I can plant this palm tree?
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You didn't mention which plants can be used to separate SSI's mild microclimates from its colder ones. Certainly not trachys of course! And spring bulbs only indicate average conditions, not the severity of mid-winter cold snaps.
KarlBonner1982 1 year ago
That Grevillea you see in this vid will separate a cold microclimate from a cold one, believe me. In Dec. 2008 freeze many of those plants were killed along with some of the Callistemons. All which were not fazed at Grace Point and other milder locations. T.fortunei grows in one of the coldest regions of our island and it has been for over 20 years. Lowest temp. was -17.5 C! I have several vids of that Cusheon Lake location and one that vary palm tree.
bj616 1 year ago