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)