Looking good Tropicalzone7! Still looks like a tropical paradise. Shame the lights didn't turn on. Hope the palms make it through. Here in Maryland, we got to 1 degree F. My windmill got fried since it was only wrapped with burlap.

Thanks a lot! I was really upset that the lights didn't go on after spending all the time making sure that everything was protected well. I probably wouldnt have had any problems with my plants if the lights turned on, but I guess everything happens for a reason and maybe I'll find an amazing plant at a nursery this summer and have a perfect spot for it now haha. You never know.

Sorry to hear about your trachy. I really hope it recovers for you.

Thanks for looking!
-Alex

Incredible pics Alex! I personally think that a mature Trachy-say, over 8ft tall, would do well in the Bronx and require no protection. If you are interested, and have the means to pick it up from my installer in Westbury, I would gladly order what you want and sell it to you at cost. Least I can do for an enthusiast like you.

Thanks Kokomo! I would like to get a larger Trachy and was thinking about finding a nice larger palm for the yard. Not sure how much I would be able to spend this season since I'm working on getting a lot of other things done in the yard as I slowly start to renovate it. What's usually the price range for an 8 foot trachy?
Thanks again.
-Alex

A lot of stuff is still looking good. And some will pull through. So we will have a large group of us with bald palms come spring time. Hope your saw palmeto pulls through hate to see you have to remodel everything. I have already lost 4 palms before the storm ever hit. Luckily the storm just damaged fronds to my windmills and sabal palmetto. However, I have not opened the palm hut and looked inside to check on the chammy at all. For all I know it could be fried.

Alex, message me through GardenWeb, Tell me what you like and want and I will get you prices. If you like it, then I can tack it onto my orders and have it shipped up here.

Sorry to hear about your 4 other palms Chadec. I can definitely relate to having some fried up palms as you can see haha. There will definitely be more bald palms than usual this spring, but hopefully they'll be willing to start growing back and they will look nice again after a season or 2 of growth. I hope your Chammy is nice and green when you open it up!

I'll send you an email Kokomo!

-Alex

Gorgeous garden! I hope spring brings life and spirit to your plants so they return to their true beauty.

After several mild days, I can see that my Trachys are fine. (Will post a pic soon if it ever stops raining.) Rosemary survived but will have to prune out dead stems. (Not the worst outcome, as Rosemary has a tendency to sprawl and get bigger than one might think.) a even the Spanish Moss looks got go go (protected by a Hemlock grove).

Alex, you might have planted your Magnolia close to your house for added protection, but this is really not necessary in zone 7. You will eventually have a very large tree very close to your house. I did this years ago in a previous home, and the very first thing the new owners did was cut down my tree. Now, I plant them far away from the house. If you were to have a change of heart, it could still be moved (have done it most successfully on small trees, but then later they don't transplant well). Thanks for posting the pics!

Thanks a lot PanamaJack! Hopefully spring will bring lots of things back to life. I'm seeing a bit more damage on the frostproof gardenia today so I think I'll at least be seeing leaf drop on it. I cannot wait until warmer days. 45 more days until Meteorological spring and by then all the plants I have outside are usually in the clear from damaging cold!

Glad to hear everything is looking good for you NJ! The little spanish moss that I have outside is looking okay for me too. The duration of cold hasn't been as bad this year as it could have been so maybe it will surprise me and survive until spring! That would be very cool considering how cold our minimal temperatures were this year.
As far as the southern magnolia, I know it's definitely a tight squeeze there. I wish I had a better place to put it, but that's probably the most spacious part of my entire property. I wish I had more land so I could have the southern magnolia grow to it's fullest potential. The house you see in the pic is actually my nieghbors. It's about 10 feet away from their house from the outermost branches which I know is not going to be enough in the future. I'm hoping to keep it pruned to be as pyramidal as possible. The roots are a bit confined because it's in a raised bed so that could help slow down it's growth for a while. I'm hoping to get 5 years out of it before having to prune it a bit and hopefully it won't be a problem for at least 10 years (and hopefully I'll be living someplace warm 10 years from now!)

Thanks for looking everyone!
-Alex

Everything looks good! Watch out for that oleander. lol. Wouldn't surprise me if it grows like crazy by summer time. They are pretty tough and VERY hard to kill.

- US_Marine

Thanks Us Marine! The one thing I really love most about oleanders are they are very tough to kill. I'd imagine that being a negative characteristic in a climate where they grow very well, but over here any subtropical that's hard to kill is a good one for me haha.
Mine has made 1000s of seeds so I have to wonder if someone somewhere has some oleander volunteers in their yard. Those seeds get pretty good airtime, I'm sure they can travel a bit!

Thanks for looking!
-Alex

Alex, don't know if you are big on xerophytic plants, but there is a tricolor Y. Gloriosa variety that is just gorgeous. It looks like an Agave as the leaves are rigid. Excellent cold hardiness but it will take some space eventually.

Thanks for the suggestion NJ! There's a really nice planting of tricolor Y. Gloriosa a few homes down from mine and I really like it but I can't find them for sale locally anywhere. They seem to be very cold hardy here and definitely can pass as an agave. I would get one if I saw them locally at a decent price or online at a decent size.
-Alex

They were being sold at big box stores here last Spring and Summer. Got 2 at L's for a good price.

Thanks for the heads up NJ! I will be in and out of Lowes this spring to look at them. I'll probably end up checking the Lowes in New Jersey since the one by me isn't usually too good (and the people are nasty every single time!).
-Alex