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Old 11-10-2014, 01:21 PM
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Originally Posted by kittygilchrist View Post
http://sumter.ifas.ufl.edu/pdfs/Cold%20Protection.pdf

So are we really in the tropics and nearly immune from freeze? No.
Ifas, UF info based on data and research...see link.
The average lowest temperature for this area, is 26 degrees F. The queen palm can handle several hours at 22 degrees, and even an hour or 2 in the high teens.

Temperatures in Ocala (North of here and not in the same zone) have been the high teens only 7 times in the last 40 years.