We finally had a mild week! It hit 80F in my garden on Long Island. In this post I'll show some of my garage plants & the plants overwintering in the garden.
Weather Summary
March 8 67/44
March 9 73/45
March 10 80/45
March 11 69/49
March 12 57/32
I took out the garage plants & they are looking surprisingly good. The garage temperature hovered around 40F for most of the winter so it was really quite cold and there's no sunlight in there. The subtropical made out great though
Mule Palm, Livistona, queen palm, trachycarpus latisectus, cycads, primrose
I covered my Washingtonia filifera with cloths a garbage bin and C-9 lights. It saw 20F but still looks green
Two Sabal minors, one is Sabal louisiana, the other is Sabal tamualipas... I don't remember which one is which! Whooops.
First protected with just a plastic bin (and looks great). The second was protected with mulch and looks pretty rough.
Sabal minors do not like being wet in my climate! They really need a dry winter spot.
My star jasmine is looking rougher than usual. I did cover it but not as fully as usual plus this was a pretty brutal winter. This cultivar is called Madison and should be more cold tolerant than the typical species
Fatsia Japonica had no protection and looks FLAWLESS so does the Fortune Holly Fern
Fatsia Spider Web
Cast Iron Plant
Hellebore breaking through snow
Livistonia chinensis saw 20F. It was below freezing for so much of the winter. Still has some green!
Not going to lie, the windmill palm was really well protected and so was the Chuck Hayes gardenia. I had a palm die in this spot last year and really didn't want to lose it again! The yuccas had a tent over them to protect from the snow load
This cast iron plant was covered, but the cast iron that was unprotected looks better!
My finicky needle palm. I covered with a garbage bin and C-9 lights because half the plant died last year.
Inside the house a lipstick palm I was gifted is unfortunately struggling a bit
My Tree Fern is flushing out for the second time this winter! First flush came in December
My dracaena fragrans smells amazing!
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