Good question, but unless you can keep it above 20 degrees it probably would not make it. Cold hardy to about 18. Some other blue palms are the mazari palm, and some sabals, but none of these make a statement like a bismark. They are expensive, but if you find one cheap and are willing to take care of it during most of the winter, its worth a shot. Good luck

They seem to do fine in the Miami area and it's got to me just as humid (if not more so) than Tampa Bay. I grow mine as a indoor/outdoor containerized plant and find that it even puts up with northern winters indoors under relatively poor light. In a container they are moderate growers (faster than a sabal--what isn't) and slower than a Washingtonia. Their leaves obviously are massive so make sure wherever you put it, it has PLENTY of room for expansion. Ditto what others have said on their lack of tolerance for transpanting (so everyone seems to say), so wherever you put it--leave it. They have good drought tolerance, don't seem to mind dry indoor air and seem resistant to insects. Go for it!

Hi would suspect you have something digging up the roots?? Queens usually root very easily, 6 months tops Are you in florida?? maybe too much water?? gary

I didnt know the sweet potatoe vine actually produced a vegetable...thought it was similar to the name bradford pear tree which doesnt produces pears. Have you seen the purple and green veriegated sweet potatoe vine, its so pretty, it has a lot of pink in it, it is harder to find. I used to plant them in Charlotte, they would take over the flower beds....a little too much. They die in NC, I would pull them out in the fall but I never found a potatoe! Back to the green and white plant....I found the receipt from when I bought it at the nursery, they called it a flax plant. Recently I found it at Home Depot for a fraction of the price, the tag says variegated flax lily, dianella tasmanica variegata. There is a website on the tag...www.floridafriendlyplants.com. In my garden book, it looks similar to a plant called dacreana reflexa. It also reminds me of a spider plant, maybe its related. Only the spider plants my mother use to grow in hanging pots had smaller thinner leaves with tuns of shoots or babies. My new plants have not sent up flowers...yet.