COLD HARDY PALMS
Selecting and growing palms for colder climates.
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Mule Palm Initial Watering Requirements
by Cool Mule- 1 follower
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Hi All, We just had three field grown mules planted around our pool yesterday and wanted to get some advice on watering requirements at this early stage. They range in height from 12-15 ft overall with 4 to 5 feet of clear trunk. We have bubblers going to each palm that can vary the water output. These bubblers are on a separate zone for our irrigation. Is there a certain volume of water I should be targeting? Planning to water daily for the first few weeks but also want to make sure I don't overwater. My plan was to see how quickly the bubbler filled a 5 gallon bucket and adjust the water rate as needed to achieve the appropriate volume/hour. The palms…
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Potted Trachy survived 4f!
by MonkeDonkezz- 0 replies
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I will add pictures, but I am genuinely surprised it survived. All I did was put it in a greenhouse and that's it. It even survived when I accidently left it out in the open on my screened porch after a 9f snap. It did suffer spear pull though and lost 3 leaves, but it there is a new spear, though with brown tips, growing.
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Radicalis next to pool?
by krishawkins- 5 replies
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I planted a small palm (c. radicalis) by my pool - a friend came over last night and I told him I had intentions of doing a row of palms by the pool. He told me not do that he knows someone who had the palm roots go through concrete and destroy the pool. Everything I read online says palms can be planted near a pool and the root system shouldn’t be disruptive. What are your thoughts?
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Filifera seeds
by Ltapia- 18 replies
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Any one know by chance a reliable source we’re to get some pure filifera seeds ?
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Palms in Iceland
by Alex High- 1 reply
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Hello all, It looks like I may have the opportunity to go to Iceland this summer, which I am super excited about. Despite its very high latitude, it's surprisingly mild due to the Gulf Stream, and as such I know a few palms have been planted in Reykjavík. I have been doing a lot of research trying to locate these to visit and film for my YouTube channel, Palm Planet, and I think I have found 3 so far. The first palms I found in an article from 2019, and it says they were planted on Sunnuvegur street, so I will try to find them. Unfortunately the streetview for Reykjavík has not been updated since 2013, so the palms are not visible there. If anyone has any specific de…
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Mississippi River
by PaPalmTrees- 2 replies
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Is this dumb or why not?
by N8ALLRIGHT- 2 replies
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So my needle palm has flowered this year, he's a boy. My cerifera has flowered also, she's a girl. So I'd seen the palm family diagram and Rhapidophyllum and Chamaerops were somewhat closely related. So why not. My needles flowers are on there way out while the blue med isn't ready. How would you go about collecting, storing, and applying to the female when she's ready. Just winging this here, my plan was to cut off the last inflorescence from the needle shake it on paper,fold and store in the fridge. Then apply when she's ready. Pretty much zero chance for any other pollen contaminating this as I'm in Missouri . Thoughts
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Chamearops cerifera
by Abbi- 14 replies
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Anyone know when chamearops cerifera start to produce seeds? And has anyone had fast growth in there cerifera palm in cold climate? I’m in uk I bought these 2 they are in bigger pots than the photo now but I’m not sure how old they are??
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Welp after a mild winter (I think previous low was 14) an arctic blast 2 weeks ago dropped temps to -6. Protected them with burlap and plastic wrapping, no supplemtal heat, planted in front bed about 4 feet from house. Looks like larger one faired a bit better.
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Trachycarpus 'Manipur' 1 2
by sashaeffer- 3 followers
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Getting this beauty next week(one on left) and was wondering if anyone here had any growing experience with this palm long term. While I have 7 T. Fortunei in the ground here in my climate this one will remain potted(into larger one than shown) when I get it. It has experienced down to 14f in cold frame so far Anyone have one of these long term? Scott/Omaha USA
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Whats this near the spear?
by MonkeDonkezz- 3 replies
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My trachy has been recovering from spear pull since late march, and in the last couple days this appeared: is this a good or bad thing?
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Neelde Palm flower spike!
by DTS- 1 follower
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Just noticed that like 5 minutes ago! Too bad it needs a male and female plant to *produce seeds :(. Is there a difference between male and female flowers?
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What do you think?
by Alex Zone 5- 15 replies
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My wife is saying "that's too many minors" Is there such a thing as too many 🤔
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Trachy left to fend for itself in Sweden
by Ringil- 1 follower
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Hi everyone, First post in this forum for me. Hardy palms and other exotics are something I've been interested in for quite some time (decades) and I've tried my luck planting them out north of Stockholm - in a cold city called Uppsala (just south of 60N latitude and lot colder than Stockholm in winter) many years ago. Through the years it went surprisingly well - every time we had a big freeze I just covered the Trachycarpus and other exotics in snow, which we had a lot of some decades ago. They survived this way for quite a few years - until I moved to Stockholm for work. To my knowledge the fig trees are still there - turned into fat bonsai's by now. A few y…
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Just planted this beast this morning…AB giant
by orlandozone9b- 3 replies
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Purchased this Alfie a few months back and just installed it near the shores of lake Apopka earlier today. Does anyone have an idea as to how large this specimen will be in 5, 10, 15 years??
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Best Quality Fertilizer for Palms
by MarcusH- 2 followers
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With so many fertilizer brands on the market it's not easy to pick the right one. For now I'm using a Big Box Store brand ( Miracle-Gro) . What brand is the Mercedes under all fertilizer?
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This is a Jubaea Chilensis grown from seed and it’s officially putting out a first leaf. These things can be tough to get sprouted and can easily rot with too little sunlight or too damp soil. soil mix: peat/top soil/earthworm castings mixed together and then the resulting medium finally mixed with 50% perlite. pots are deep “disposable” plastic pots from Amazon. humid zone 8a Alabama.
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Progress for the Zapped Medi.
by GregVirginia7- 2 replies
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No big deal but really happy with the recovery of the Medi so far…after total defoliation on the big trunk, I thought it was a goner but spear growth is like a rocket… I fed it good with PalmGain in March and will do it again mid-June…mulched and watered well but not too much water as it likes things a bit dry. Smaller trunks are really growing as well…this palm has such a great history…from garden center greenhouse, three fronds covered in mites and about 10” tall…delivered into the hands of a complete palm newbie and into the ground…it is now two 12” and one 3’ trunk…very glad it didn’t die. Will make sure to keep close tabs on it this winter…if El…
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Washingtonia filifera seedling variation 1 2 3
by Las Palmas Norte- 2 followers
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I started some Washingtonia filifera recently from two different trees. A friend gave them to me who'd been in Arizona, both in Phoenix and Scottsdale. Even at this very early stage there appears to be a distinct difference in coloring at the base of these small starts. The one collected in Scottsdale is a white / cream color, while the Phoenix seedlings exhibit a reddish color, very reminiscent of W.robusta. I've also started a reliable "filibusta" hybrid which has about 95% of the seedlings showing the reddish cinnamon color. My question is it too early, even at this very early stage, to make any certain determinations as to a true species ID? Should I wait till th…
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Sabal Palms in zone 5
by Indiana Sabal Palms- 1 follower
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Hi everyone I, I just joined the group and wanted to share with you my Sabals this is the 3rd year for one and the second for the other 3. I also have 4 Christmas palms that are in pots which I keep indoors during the winter months. I do protect the Sabals in the winter by putting up a temporary green house and wrapping the trees with some c-9 lights. So far so good. The oldest Sabal is producing fruit, my hope is to plant them and see if they will germinate.
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3ish year old Date Palms + 2 musa basjoo on deck potted zone 7b
by VirginiaTropicals- 1 follower
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im probably going to put the musa in the ground in the spring and keep bringing the dates in and out of the garage until i move to a warmer climate
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Sabal McCurtain too Deep?
by GregVirginia7- 10 replies
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This Sabal McCurtain has bee in ground for several years…not enough sun but it seems happy…anyway, it’s at the bottom of the bank and with added mulch and holly leaves seems to have gotten buried a bit? I know Sabals are a trunk underground palm but if the crown gets buried too deep is that a problem? I see the heal but heavy, wet dirt is enveloping the crown…any advise?
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Should I be worried
by Bobozehead- 1 follower
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Hi, I'm in the UK and have a Chamaerops Humilis, I've had it for nearly three years and has been doing fine. However I've recently noticed in the centre what looks like rot or fungus (I don't know, see picture) from the new growth. Should I be worried and/or what can I do to help? Thanks all.
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Interesting Washingtonia recovery
by DreaminAboutPalms- 2 replies
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This seedling i started last summer had spear pull from December freeze when we hit 11, and as it recovers it appears a dead leaf base that rotted off in middle is stuck to the new growth. This is why it’s important that Washingtonia get heat after being mined with cold, because if this spear didn’t keep moving it might have not made it and died of rot