First , our record snowfall of 12-14" . With the exceptions of some higher mountain elevations I was ground zero . The Weather Channel had a meteorologist here during the storm and was reporting on the storm last Sunday :
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My tent got ruined :
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Washy in early December and after a 24F :
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The Washy during the storm .
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Today , and it's now seen a low of 23F . I'd still call this respectable with more bronzing on the lower fronds . It's losing its Alfalfa look each day . I'd say there's slight lower frond bronzing at 25F , and little more at 24F , and about the lowest temperature it still looks respectable is 23F . I'm pretty sure 22F will fully bronze it out :

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The big picture on that Washy is it can look decent into January , but possibly could look bad in late November in a bad year , and a fair number of Decembers . It starts growing in late February but doesn't add enough new frond mass to look like a palm until early May . It looks great from June to mid December typically . It should give me 6 months of looking good and some years maybe 7 months .
It is only an eye sore from the time the fronds get bronzed in January to the date I protect it , when I cut off those fronds , and protect the trunk .

It will actually be an eye sore longer after the milder winters where the low stays above 17F , which is the trunk hardiness , which means I won't cut off the ugly winter bronzed fronds , and the new growth will have to grow out enough in the spring above those old bronzed fronds to look respectable . The old fronds become a skirt .

Thanks for looking .
Will