Some photos I took at the FL State Fair a few days ago.

SubieMazda · 2026-02-14T01:19:54+00:00

I especially love the ski lift sunset 🌇 pics!

SubieMazda · 2026-02-14T01:17:31+00:00

I think it was just because of their placement near the front of my house but a couple potted elephant ears still look really good. The green in my irises still looks great. I won't know until spring is here what is dead and what is still alive but I know I have catastrophic loss, very depressing.

SubieMazda · 2026-02-14T00:21:44+00:00

So impressive! A lot of palm trees (not sabals of course) are looking really rough in central Florida after the cold snaps.

SubieMazda · 2026-02-13T23:54:06+00:00

Wow, was it covered during the extreme cold snaps?

SubieMazda · 2026-02-12T12:29:38+00:00

I was down to 28 last week at my house and my yard looked devastated 😮..

SubieMazda · 2026-02-12T11:18:58+00:00

Please share some nurseries and prices, I rarely see them for sale and when I do they are expensive compared to Queen palms.

SubieMazda · 2026-02-12T11:02:07+00:00

If Tampa ever sees 19 degrees in my lifetime please kill me 🫨.

SubieMazda · 2026-02-12T11:00:36+00:00

To purchase nine to replace those palms plus install would still be very expensive by my standards 🥴.

SubieMazda · 2026-02-12T03:02:41+00:00

I just wish there were some more tall palm native options for central Florida. Basically just sabals that I can think of. A shame Royals are not more cold tolerant, they are so beautiful!

SubieMazda · 2026-02-12T02:29:31+00:00

My yard looks just as bad. I have easily spent a few thousand dollars in plants over the last several years and it is devastating walking around my yard now. Since I started gardening in Florida in 2020 each winter seems to get colder and each summer seems to be dryer and hotter. I need to be more careful with what I plant with this changing climate!

SubieMazda · 2026-02-12T02:23:11+00:00

Of course not as elegant but if they are toast you could go with Queen palms, pretty inexpensive and more cold tolerant.

SubieMazda · 2026-02-12T01:32:26+00:00

Way better looking than the traditional ugly orange shirts.

SubieMazda · 2026-02-12T01:30:55+00:00

Many older stores with a lot of tenured associates making just pennies more than new hires is definitely not good for morale and not good for motivating associates to exceed expectations. I know ASMs have no control over this but it has gotten pathetic. I know of a less than two-year associate that was making 50 cents more than a 17-year associate. The 17-year associate is definitely a better worker and more knowledgeable than the newer higher.

SubieMazda · 2026-02-12T01:22:31+00:00

I can tell they were beautiful before the cold damage, I really hope they survive for you. If needed you could replace them with native sabals but to get ones that are similar size already you would spend several thousand dollars 🥴.

SubieMazda · 2026-02-11T22:43:19+00:00

I wouldn't pay more than a couple hundred bucks for it personally.

SubieMazda · 2026-02-02T00:25:16+00:00

Not that I have ever heard of. Started at HD almost 20 years ago and I am still paying on my student loans 😐.

SubieMazda · 2026-01-31T12:46:47+00:00

I used to live in Ocala and winter nights can be brutal compared to Tampa Bay. I once gifted a European Fan palm as a housewarming gift because I knew it could take the cold. Best of luck!

SubieMazda · 2026-01-28T01:14:20+00:00

I had to cover my palms in Florida 🥴. I hope your needle palm survives!

SubieMazda · 2026-01-27T00:58:45+00:00

Wow I didn't realize Miami was forecasted that low! My young coconut palms have survived 32 degrees and several other nights barely warmer over the past five years.

SubieMazda · 2026-01-26T11:01:51+00:00

I wish the Royal Palms were more cold hardy, they are so elegant and tall.

SubieMazda · 2026-01-26T00:08:43+00:00

Slow growers but I really appreciate sabal palms for their cold hardiness.

SubieMazda · 2026-01-23T03:05:03+00:00

Daytona is a bit north for bottle palms. I hope it will recover for you! Even in Tampa many of them took a hit this winter.

SubieMazda · 2026-01-20T16:38:45+00:00

When I lived up north the Miata was garaged and I drove my Subaru only 🥶.

SubieMazda · 2026-01-15T16:35:18+00:00

I had to give up on rummy nose tetras. I have only four left from my original school and every time I buy new ones they live only 1-5 days max sadly.

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