COLD HARDY PALMS
Selecting and growing palms for colder climates.
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A few Sabal minors
by teddytn- 3 followers
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These are from seeds I got from RPS. Seedlings overwinter in ground here no problem. This prevents me from having to mess with heat mats and keep more community pots inside this winter. Next spring/ summer plan to pot these up. Going to plant another bed in spring with all the seeds I harvest this year as well. Filled the bed with organic raised bed bagged soil. Topped with organic composted humus as a top cover/ mulch on top of the seeds. Watered the bed everyday and viola.
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Which animals are palm lovers in your area? 1 2
by Ben OK- 64 replies
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During our warm humid summers we get lots of wildlife at our home in rural eastern Oklahoma. Our 5 acres are mostly wooded and we see lots of deer, gray foxes, racoons, opossums, turkeys, as well as an occasional eagle. With all of the large and small creatures in our woods, we have a few that seem to like palms almost as much as I do. Like praying mantis:
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Washingtonia Filifera -2F Survivors With Seeds
by Collectorpalms- 4 followers
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Now if I can just find Canary seeds.
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Butia x Monty
by Gallop- 1 follower
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Anyone else growing Butia x Monty (schizophylla x romanzoffiana) ? Would be interesting to compare. This plant has been in ground aprox 3yrs and appaers to be a strong grower. It’s seen temps to 20deg for several hours with moderate frost, no damge or leaf leaf burn.
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Jubaea x Butia f3 blooming 1 2
by SailorBold- 4 followers
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Very surprised to see this! How exciting.. These should be viable right? Well I guess if the seeds set... I counted 2 spaths..and maybe a third coming in..
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Examples of Chameadorea Microspadix X Radicalis
by Collectorpalms- 2 followers
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So far, I do not recall an example of this cross. Can anyone point to a possible specimen? Only thing I can find is that it has been unsuccessful. However, since they have separate male and female inflorescence, It does seem at least possible. I have mature Radicalis, but since Microspadix is very picky about water quality they looked horrible with brown edges, I gave up on them. While Radicalis is more cold tolerant, Microspadix should be tried as the mother, so as to keep the clumping ( bamboo ) habit.
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Texas -6F Trachycarpus Fortunei Survivor full of Seeds
by Collectorpalms- 2 followers
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Pure luck, only one female ( north side) and a male (south side) survived. Sabals, meds, and other Trachycapus died.
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Charleston Medjool Dates
by ngservet- 23 replies
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International African American Museum just install these Date Palms on east side of Charleston along the Cooper River.
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(Thought this deserved its own thread) How are you holding up? It isn't officially summer yet and the garden looks like its the end of summer already here in Texas (I have some Taxodiums edging into dormancy already). Palms appear to hold up fine but even I, being the lazy gardener I am, have to consider some sort of a watering schedule now! It doesn't look like these temps are letting up anytime soon. In Texas we have been and will be hitting triple digits almost every day (I am afraid to look at the humidex values). Are any of your palms suffering yet? Other plants you regretted planting? Stay hydrated, friends!
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Butia x Parajubaea decisions in sub-tropical 8b
by Pee Dee Palms- 2 followers
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So last night I emailed Patric/Patrick/Patrix/Patriv Schafer to see what palms he has in stock. The three that caught my eye were Butia x Parajubaea torallyi, Butia x Parajubaea sunkha, and Butia x Parajubaea cocoides. After I did a little research I think I've come to the conclusion that the Butia x Parajubaea torallyi will be eliminated first. I personally just don't like the look of it. The 2 that I am having a really hard time deciding on which one to choose is Butia x Parajubaea sunkha and Butia x Parajubaea cocoides. Please correct me if I am wrong but I have heard that it'd be a better decision for me to choose the sunkha hybrid instead of the cocoides hybrid consi…
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Brazoria Seeds
by GregVirginia7- 8 replies
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Seed Experts…need some advice on Brazoria seeds…though most are still green, some on the staulk have turned brown and that brown outer casing has split just a bit to expose a white casing underneath…are these seeds ripe and ready to harvest? Do I let them dry winter outside and plant in the spring? I want to just stick them barely under the soil where I want them to grow and see what happens. Seems to me a fair amount of cold is necessary to get them to germinate in the spring…I don’t want to do a controlled container project…for me anyway, that takes a squirrel to get any results (long story) so I defer to the squirrel method…😂…any input much appreciated.
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Palms of Austin, Texas 1 2 3
by DreaminAboutPalms- 2 followers
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Thought I would start this thread to showcase the kinds of palms growing in the Austin area. I lived in Fort Worth before I lived here and I’ve always thought it was so cool driving south on the 35 and all of the sudden seeing tall Washingtonias as you get close to Austin. Nowhere near SATX, but there are a lot of really old filiferas and sagos and sabals and canary’s and they decrease rapidly as you drive north. Dallas has impressive specimens but they still get more nights below freezing, and 61 vs 65 in January makes a difference. Post the most impressive palms in the area
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A few of my Trachycarpus
by steve617- 3 replies
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The first is a Fourtuni. The nicest one I've ever raised. It's 3 years old I think. Next is waggie x Princeps. 3rd Vancouver Waggie. Last is Nanus x Waggie. I have 7 or 8 of these. They are slow growing.
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Sabal causarium seedlings
by ShadyDan- 6 replies
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Really happy with the speed of these, especially considering the crappy cold spring / early summer we have had in the PNW. Lots of overcast, cool, and rainy days have slowed things down, even in my greenhouse. I germinated these in the spring (March / April ish) and they are already working on strap leave #2. We are just starting to have some consistent nice weather with 30C days in my greenhouse, so I'm expecting growth to go even faster. Looking forward to putting one of these in the ground one day. They supposedly take a fair bit of cold despite their tropical origins.
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Sabal ID
by steve617- 2 replies
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A friend found this sabal in middle fla. Was wondering if anyone know what it could be. I'm guessing maybe some type palmetto hybrid. Thanks
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Sabal palmetto vs birmingham hardiness 1 2
by Ben OK- 2 followers
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I thought this was a pretty good testament to the difference in hardiness between sabal palmetto and birmingham sabals. I don't think we got below 10F to 12F at my house this winter, though we did have a spell or two where we went between 2 to 3 days without getting above freezing. We had a few small snow events, none more than about 1.5" at a time. The birmingham is in the SW corner of an L-shaped bed on the south and west sides of my garage. Both are shielded from north winds by the house. Here is the difference between the two at my house given the above winter conditions:
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Hello everyone I am planning to install a trachycarpus (either fortunei or wagnerianus, preferably the latter) next to a wall in my garden. As I am located in 6b hardiness zone, house walls are my huge friends as they provide a bit of warm air in the winter. I was wondering how far should those palms be installed not to get their leaves interrupted by the wall? Kind regards Maciej
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Livistona Rotundifolia at HEB
by Keys6505- 2 followers
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For any TX peeps here, I just grabbed a small L. Rotundifolia in a 6" pot for $12 at HEB of all places. I don't believe I've ever seen them for sale anywhere locally before. This one came from the League City store on 96 but I'm sure they all have them.
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Tropical Shade Garden in Myrtle Beach
by Pee Dee Palms- 1 follower
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Ok so, I'm thinking of starting a shade/partial shade garden on my north/northeastern side of my house. Some of these species I have listed will obviously require protection or other special requirements. Please suggest any plants that would be good for a shade/partial shade garden. Let me know if some of these plants would be a complete mistake. Just for reference, I live in a Humid Sub-tropical Zone 8b. Although, I have managed to prove that I can grow an Ostrich Fern here, which I didn't think I was suppose to be able to do. Which makes me think that it is a more cool Humid Sub-tropical climate, maybe a little closer to an Oceanic climate than the usual Humid Sub-tropi…
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Sabal uresana in Austin, Texas 1 2 3
by MASOALA JASON- 1 follower
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The recent polar vortex nuclear winter event caused immense destruction in many ways and I lost about 25% of my landscape. I had a low of 8F on morning of February 15th and 7F on morning of February 16th. Starting on previous Thursday there was freezing rain that was followed by a large snowfall event then freezing rain then more snow. Temperatures remained below freezing for a consecutive 144 hours. The Sabal uresana individuals in my yard had to remain uncovered as I ran out of freeze covers since I had put them on all my more sensitive plants. I have two forms of Sabal uresana in my yard. One is a faster growing lighter blue variety that purportedly was collected at sl…
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Allagoptera Arenaria Spathe
by Jubaea_James760- 1 follower
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Didn't think this would be happening so soon! Was walking around after the rains on Saturday here in California & was pleasantly surprised.
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Palmageddon, SE Texas Edition 1 2
by Keys6505- 3 followers
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I know the other TX threads are getting long and there's a lot of technical weather talk going on in there so I figured I'd start a new thread to document my prep and eventual outcome for Palmageddon. Just spent the day getting ready, and while I still have a little more to do tomorrow, this is basically what I'm gonna ride or die with. I'm in League City TX and as of right now the forecast is showing 24 Sunday night, 32 Monday, and 15 Monday night with a rebound of a balmy 39 on Tuesday. The following is my prep: ~10' OA Mule- sheet, C9's' moving blankets, 6mil plastic 3+' CT P. Rupicola- sheet, 2 strand C9's, moving blanket, 6mil plastic, shrink wrap ~…
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My Jubaea X Butia F2 Hybrid 1 2
by Scot from SC- 1 follower
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I bought my hybrid from Jungle Music back in June of 2011. It was smaller, in a tree pot which I think might be a three gallon size. It has been in the ground for three years and two months. The growth of it is very fast. I would put it on par this year with a fortunei or faster. The trunk is really getting thickness to it.It is not only faster than a butia, but it seems to take less damage in the winter. It sailed through the coldest night here back in January; it dropped to 10F that night. I did have a frost cloth thrown over it, but it blew off sometime that night. The cloth was over halfway off, and the palm was exposed. I highly recommend this palm! Here are pictures…
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Fast growth Butia odorata
by Fallen Munk- 1 follower
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Today vs 1.5 years ago. Purchased as a one gallon for $20. Soil is pea gravel over sandy loam, over clay.
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S.Louisiana
by steve617- 1 follower
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Wantee to share a pic. Here some Sabal Louisiana. These are about 14 months old. Have about 15 or so. Seeds from Alligatoralley. I've always had good results from their seed.
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