Palm Protection and Opuntia Harvest

[Cameron_z6a_N.S.]

Due to the relatively mild weather we've been having, I've been able to let my palms go an extra month without protecting them! Since they're small t. fortunei, I usually protect them when it gets down to -10 C (14 F) or lower. We've had a couple nights of -9 C in November, but the t. fortunei are doing great. The only reason I'm protecting them now is because I'm going to Toronto for a week, although the long-term weather looks mild too.

I didn't take any recent pics of the palms, but they're a few inches larger than this now:




I just did the same thing as usual to protect: mulch on the bottom, dry leaves on top, and covered by recycling bags:




My O. humifusa also flowered for the first time earlier this year:




I cut open the three fruits, and got about 150 seeds between them!:



Cameron.

[Cameron_z6a_N.S.]

As a warm-up pic, here are some Phoenix, washies, cycads, and Delonix in Luxor, Egypt:

[lucky1]

Cameron, nice that your weather's been mostly mild so far.
Didn't you folks just get 3 inches of rain? The "rain train" at both coasts (we got only a "spit"...damn mountains west of us).
Trachy juniors will appreciate that plastic cover if that much rain is occurring before serious cold hits.

Oooh, that warm up pic felt wonderful.

Congrats on the nice cactus that flowered!
I've never seen cactus seeds...look easier to clean than palm seeds.

Barb