Trachycarpus fortunei (palms in the arctic)

Bbbrrrrrrrr!

Lol......(palms in the arctic).

just doesnt look right!

Misplaced somehow , lovely specimens though !

its a beautiful shape and the snow highlights that

Down to -12 here tuesday night, but these 2 palms survived -15 2 years ago so shouln't be, a problem, more snow tomorrow :-(

My Mum reckoned it was -17 in Marham, Norfolk yesterday [she doesnt live there]

Met office said it was the coldest place in the country -13.1c quite chilly!!!

mum lives in devon ~ not sure how she had heard that bit of news ~ the reason she would have remembered/noticed it is her mum was born there ~ a loooong time ago! She probably didnt hear it quite right.

Sometimes these things get exaggerated, car thermomerters etc. are not always that accurate then get reported as fact, but I can confirm it was pretty cold!!!

very true about the exaggerating! its easily possible she was mistaken ~ they may have been talking about something years ago!

it was milder here today ~ too cold to snow ~ but its snowing now ~ about an inch so far!

Too cold to snow? It gets colder in the Arctic and Antarctic and it blooming well snows there

thats true andrew ~ i forgot that ~ but you often hear 'its too cold to snow' dont you?

great pic...its too wet for snow where i am...

Pleased to hear the tracy can survive that low, ours is still a baby, so it will be some time before it reaches those dizzy heights.....

I think i've had these about 12 years, in fertile clay soil they grow surprisingly quickly, my OH, has one in sandy soil is growing much slower as does my one in a pot.

Ours is in fairly heavy soil, we should have bought a larger one really, time is not on our side lol

Thanks Marguerite, it's warmed up a little since I took this pic, but not much!

It hasn't here.....

It's supposed to be the worst winter since 1962/3, but that
was MUCH worse

The worst one for me was just 2 years ago..

Mmmm.... not sure about that, but thats when I lost a lot of plants.