Newbie here from Colorado!
Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 10:52 am
I'm essentially a newbie. The last time I posted was when this forum just started a few years back! I'm planning to become an active member again considering I'm experimenting with hardy palms once again.
I'm in Aurora, Colorado, what is basically a suburb of the Denver area.
This spring, I decided to try planting a 15-gallon trachy, a couple of 5 gallon washies, and a 5 gallon mediterranean fan palm. I'm going to build a tee-pee type of structure around the palms, mulch them well and put a light bulb during the very cold periods during the winter. I decided to just plant the pots and all, to minimize any type of transplant shock.
Interestingly enough, I saw a bunch of trachies and these mediterranean fan palms at a local Wal-Mart. I have never seen these type of plants sold at one of these stores up here. They were mislabeled though! The trachies were labeled "needle palms," which I know were incorrect. They did have a green sticker labeled "hearty palms" on the pots. I'm curious if they are recommending these to be planted here in Denver? Of course, without protection, they wouldn't have a chance.
Anyway, I'm enjoying reading many of these posts!
I'm in Aurora, Colorado, what is basically a suburb of the Denver area.
This spring, I decided to try planting a 15-gallon trachy, a couple of 5 gallon washies, and a 5 gallon mediterranean fan palm. I'm going to build a tee-pee type of structure around the palms, mulch them well and put a light bulb during the very cold periods during the winter. I decided to just plant the pots and all, to minimize any type of transplant shock.
Interestingly enough, I saw a bunch of trachies and these mediterranean fan palms at a local Wal-Mart. I have never seen these type of plants sold at one of these stores up here. They were mislabeled though! The trachies were labeled "needle palms," which I know were incorrect. They did have a green sticker labeled "hearty palms" on the pots. I'm curious if they are recommending these to be planted here in Denver? Of course, without protection, they wouldn't have a chance.
Anyway, I'm enjoying reading many of these posts!