Here are some pictures of a Trachycarpus takil that I picked up at a palm sale last weekend. I’ve been looking for this palm for several years so I snapped it up when I found it. I’m taking it back to Indiana, but I don’t know if I’m going to point it out in the yard permanently yet. Let’s see how the palms survived this harsh winter in Indianapolis. #palmtrees #coldhardypalms #trachycarpustakil #palmeiras #palmeras #palmen #palmier #subtropical #tropical (at Palm Beach Gardens, Florida)

If you struggle to grow palms up in colder climates, you might find this interesting. I drive back and forth between Indianapolis and South Florida for or five times a year. These windmill palms growing in front of a Mexican restaurant in Bowling Green, Kentucky, are the very first inground palms I can see from the highway on my way south. That’s why I have been tracking their progress. As you can see between the first and second pictures, the leaves have been burned by the frigid cold this winter. When I passed by at Christmas, they had frost cloth around the leaves, but it didn’t save them. The trunk of the tree is still wrapped up and has Christmas lights around it for warmth. There are seven windmill palms there. I assume most will be fine. I’ll take another round of pictures when I come back to Indiana in mid April. Despite several attempts, I have not managed to overwinter a windmill palm in Indianapolis. I have, however, had a lot of success with needle palms, dwarf palmetto palms and saw palmetto. I’m trying again this year. #palmtrees #windmillpalm #trachycarpusfortunei #palmeras #coldhardypalms #palmiers #northernpalms #elmazatlanbg (at El Mazatlan)

I am on my way to South Florida from Indianapolis and noticed these windmill palms off the highway in Bowling Green, Kentucky this morning. These are the most northern palms I have seen on my numerous trips back and forth. They are all at a Mexican restaurant. Six tall ones and six small ones in pots. #kentuckypalmtree #windmillpalm #windmillpalms #trachycarpusfortunei #palmtrees #coldhardypalms #palmeras (at El Mazatlan)

Here are some before and after photos of a sabal minor (dwarf palmetto) palm growing literally on the 5B/6A line in Indiana. The first two photos are from late April, the third photo is from today. By the end of summer it will probably put out 3 to 4 leaves. This is the fourth year in the ground. #palmtrees #coldhardypalms #indianapalmtrees #dwarfpalmetto #sabalminor #carmelindiana #palmeras #palmiers (at Carmel, Indiana)

A Mediterranean fan palm in its fourth season in a pot in my backyard. #mediterraneanfanpalm #chamaeropshumilis #coldhardypalms #indianapalmtrees #palmtree #europeanfanpalm (at Carmel, Indiana)

So I already posted the obligatory snow on the windmill palm on Monday, but just one more... it looks so much more impressive today. Only two more days till I get to sunny Florida! #snowonpalmtrees #windmillpalm #trachycarpusfortunei #indianapalmtrees #coldhardypalms #palmeras #palmeiras

Seeds on a windmill palm #windmillpalm #fruitingpalmtree #palmtreeseeds #trachycarpusfortunei #palmtree #palm #coldhardypalms #palmera #palmier #palmeiras (at Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden)

Saw palmetto is the ground in Charlotte, North Carolina. #sawpalmetto #serenoarepens #coldhardypalms #palm #palmtrees #palma #palmera #palmeira #palmier #tropical #danielstowebotanicalgardens (at Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden)