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Yes thank you for the pictures. Maybe I'm wrong but it seems pictures has been taken some years ago. Winters 2011/2012 and 2012/2013 has been long and cold in Europa. Do you have news of this palms? You can register very low temperature with no stop freeze for days or weeks.

Dear all members, I am working on Plantaexotica, a french e-journal devoted to exotic gardening. This is the n°2 here : http://www.societe-francaise-acclimatation.fr/plantaexotica/2013avril.pdf I will prepare the n°4. And I want to present some crazy examples of exotic protection. So if you have n ...

canadianplant wrote: Thats pretty bad ass..... You have the characteristic med. climate there right? Hot dry summers and mild wet winters?

Yes that's pure med. climate. With a lot of rain since October 2012 till now. So it is difficult to grown succulents like globular cacti.

In fact my garden is public. It is a zoological garden (www.zootropical.com) so presentation is important.

Yes protection from rain. About cold I think it's marginal. Perhaps avoid ice to form on the plants.

Thank you for the Archontophoenix photo, JM, they are a lovely palm. I have heard that they are highly desirable and quite expensive. Your English is a lot better than our French-speaking abilities! Barb Thank you. You can find this palm size from 25 US Dollars in Spain. I paid mine around 50 US ...

Wow, JM, that is spectacular! :shock: Wish I could roof my entire yard like that. How long have those cactus been in the ground? Barb This bed is a new one, created in spring 2012, and plants has crossed there first winter. But I have another bed similar that protect Ferocactus stainesii and they ...

Dear members, Here in south-east of France our winter are constantly wet. It is the major limiting factor (frost may be in second for many sp.). So I build this small portion of rock garden to keep some cactus in dry condition. So far it seems to be right. Other unprotected Echinocactus grusonii has ...

Here picture of the 2 Archontophoenix

igor.glukhovtsev wrote:A good thing is you KNOW zone 9's plants! It's more important...

Don't understand. Sorry my english isn't good.

Great pages. I will try to do experience with a Archontophoenix. Do you know people that grow this sp with protection in zone 9?

Thank you for your welcome.

[quote="Cameron_z6a_N.S."]Welcome to PN!

Est vous aussi un membre du groupe "Fous de Palmiers"?[/quote

Yes I am member of the french palm society "fous de palmiers".

Read you soon!

Jean-Michel

Dear all members, My name is Jean-Michel. I am from south east of France and grown exotic plants 2 miles from the sea. The local climate is mediterranean and know to be 9A/9B. But in the past cold waves with temperatures down to 10/12 °F has been report. So I am growing palms sp. cold proof like ...

Very interesting. Is it expensive to keep it above freezing? What kind of heater has been used: cable or light?

Sincerely.

JM