tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430461288790146786.post301852268972343444..comments2024-02-05T23:24:54.601-05:00Comments on DC Tropics: First snow!DC Tropicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18325534376342345900noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430461288790146786.post-33124158949415194422013-12-08T13:33:47.752-05:002013-12-08T13:33:47.752-05:00According to the USDA hardiness zone map, I'm ...According to the USDA hardiness zone map, I'm officially in zone 7a but recent winters have been unusually warm and more like zone 8a. The map does show parts of downtown DC in zone 7b so I usually describe my zone as "7a/b". BTW I'm on a north-facing hillside so I have a relatively cold microclimate in the urban heat island; if it faced south I think I would be a solid zone 7b.DC Tropicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18325534376342345900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430461288790146786.post-63866077625624490652013-12-08T12:43:52.086-05:002013-12-08T12:43:52.086-05:00John, what zone do you consider your area?? I have...John, what zone do you consider your area?? I have been frost cloth wrapping my T. fortune here in north central TN Z.7( sometimes 6). It is so tall that I probably won't be able to wrap it next year. I don't cover my Sabals, Rhapidophyllums or Chamaerops humilis & they seem to do ok here. I have 3 seedlings of Trachycarpus takil in my greenhouse that I raised from seed from RarePalm Seeds. I hope to live long enough to see them get to a decent size. Also have a bunch of Sabal m. Louisiana seedlings from one of my plants. Nice pics of your garden. Paul Schneider, Eastern Sun Studio & Gardens, Portland, TNAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com