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DC Palm Central: June 2007
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Friday, June 22, 2007. I just have to share two photos – taken just two months apart – of my rapidly growing, 4 year old Mexican Fan Palm (R. Robusta. The first photo was taken on Easter Sunday. The next photo, taken last week, shows the tallest frond reaching heights nearly surpassing my garage (7 feet). This guy grows so fast that I’ll never be able to build an enclosure around it this Winter. Time for some creative thinking on my part about how I’m going to protect it. A Tale of Two Windmills. The fir...
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DC Palm Central: June 2008
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Saturday, June 28, 2008. Washintonia Robusta Shows Its Stuff. The bananas, Muso Basjoo, which can partially be seen to the left, are magnificent. They have to have hit 12 feet by now, and I'm really hoping for some bananas. Unfortunately the size of the W. Robust on the one side, and the bananas on the other, is resulting in a mostly shaded siting for my Pindo Palm, which also is chugging along. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Washintonia Robusta Shows Its Stuff. View my complete profile.
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DC Palm Central: February 2009
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Friday, February 13, 2009. The Ugly Reality of a Cold Winter. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The Ugly Reality of a Cold Winter. View my complete profile.
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DC Palm Central: What Lies Beneath?
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DC Palm Central: Before the Freeze
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Friday, October 31, 2008. Well, tomorrow it'll be November first, and not a sign of a pending freeze, with the Weather Channel giving us the clear sign through the 9th of November. But a freeze will certainly come, and the fruiting bananas will die, and the shelters on some of the less cold hardy palms (. W Robusta, B. Capitata). Will go up. But before the freeze, one last photo of this year's growth. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). S Minor Thrives in the DC Sunshine. View my complete profile.
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DC Palm Central: S. Minor Thrives in the DC Sunshine
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008. S Minor Thrives in the DC Sunshine. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). S Minor Thrives in the DC Sunshine. View my complete profile.
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DC Palm Central: Chinese Windmill Palm
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Friday, October 10, 2008. The 5 and a half feet tall Trachycarpus. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). S Minor Thrives in the DC Sunshine. View my complete profile.
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DC Palm Central: September 2008
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Thursday, September 25, 2008. The Last Few Weeks Before the Freeze. Here are a few shots of my back yard taken yesterday afternoon. First, the W. Robusta is impressive, and will be quite the challenge to protect this year. The next shot is my Pindo Palm, which unfortunately finds itself squeezed between the Mexican fan palm on its right and the grove of fruiting bananas on the left. See the budding flowers and small bananas? Wednesday, September 24, 2008. The Fall Is Upon Us. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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DC Palm Central: November 2007
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Friday, November 16, 2007. Personal admission here. I chickened out. My intention was to abandon my tried and tested method of protecting some of my key palms(W. Robusta. That I’ ve. Used in the past and come up with some new fangled. Way of overwintering them. The change is being necessitated by the upward growth. Of the Mexican Fan Palm, which has fronds over 8 feet tall. I just haven’t been able to come up with any workable solution for protecting the crown of the plant that doesn. I had to throw in a...