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elleng

(131,162 posts) Thu Feb 18, 2021, 02:17 PM Feb 2021

Icy 'tropicals' in southern MD!

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Icy 'tropicals' in southern MD! (Original Post) elleng Feb 2021 OP

is that trachycarpus fortunei? Gato Moteado Feb 2021 #1

Dunno, my landlord/neighbor likes to play with/test such. elleng Feb 2021 #2

Gato Moteado

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1. is that trachycarpus fortunei?

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Thu Feb 18, 2021, 03:37 PM

Feb 2021

chinese windmill palm. it's a temperate species and quite cold tolerant, but i wouldn't have expected them to be hardy in maryland.

elleng

(131,162 posts)

2. Dunno, my landlord/neighbor likes to play with/test such.

Reply to Gato Moteado (Reply #1)

Thu Feb 18, 2021, 03:50 PM

Feb 2021

This is southern MD, 60 miles south of DC, and this spot is protected from wind, facing SE; 32 degrees now both here and around the corner of the house facing NW, subject to wind, tho no wind now.

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