I just cover them with a sheet of burlap and some oak leaves and pile snow around them and remove it around early April

Ayone else have good luck with palms in this area ?

How has windmill palm done in your garden? I've seen hardiness charts that say they're hardy to around 12 degrees F.

, the first windmill palm I put out grew three new large leaves year

i brought most of the palms to CT from California and Texas.. i sometimes see windmill palms at nurseries , more often than not as house plants.. i leave them all uncovered until the night temps get into the upper 20's, then feel sorry for them and throw an sheet over first, then a piece of burlap and keep covered in snow until spring ... i removed the cover in March I think,, as soon as the snow melted off it

if i see any more this year i am going to buy them and plant them ,, they should be planted by about the 3rd week in August to get adjusted before the soil cools down ..

We're having a CT plant swap Sept 26. I'm in Greenwich and love going. Check the NE Exchange page.

Hedy

This is a hardy, tough banana. It's hardy to zone 5. Mine has been in the garden only one season - before that, it lived in a container, but I finally planted it this spring. It's well mulched and the soil is rich in humus but has good drainage. My only plans for winter are to cut the stalk once the top dies back with the frost, and wrap the base of the stalk and cover it with mulch.

I still haven't had the courage to plant the Sabal minor, as they are still small and I want to give them another winter in containers in the house. But, they'll go into the garden in a place with very good drainiage, next spring.

I build a "cage within a cag" system of hardware cloth and turkey wire and used leaves,hay and black landscaping cloth,as wll as tarps and greenhouse plastic. I used copper powder as a fungicide in the crowns of all the palms once a month.

I open the plams up if it goes above 50.so far so good.

This year I will plant a Mazari palm,Chilean palm (Jubeae) and try a few others, as well as a Yucca schotti, one of my Yucca rostratas died already this winter (rot). Any tips on other great yuccas??

Thanks,

DrZ

I purchased two Sabal Birmingham's and planted them near the other palms, so I hope they all do well. Amazing to grow palms in CT!!

IRIE mon!(as they say in Jamaica)

DrZnaturallydotcom

My Sabal minor are big enough this year to put in the garden, so I'm going to plant one of them and see how it manages. Did you do anything to protect them last winter - other than let the snow cover them?