COLD HARDY PALMS
Selecting and growing palms for colder climates.
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Butia X Jubaea - Info + Photos
by Peachs- 1 follower
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I want to plant one of them. How thick can the trunk be? I am concerned about the thickness of the trunk, that it may be too thick for the area where I plan to plant it. How fast can it grow? I live in zone 8b, with little rainfall. There is not much information on the forum about this hybrid. Thank you so much!
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Zone 5 unboxing
by Alex Zone 5- 1 follower
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Zone 5 south of Montreal, finally temps are mild enough to unbox the needle/minor. Windmill will wait until next weekend. The needle palm was unphased by cold temps, even the offsets are green and flawless. Sabal minor first winter, two fronds are shrivelled....that thing is a trooper. Random pictures, spear pull on the tiny saw palmetto, I was sorta expecting it....
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First time growing Phoenix
by steve617- 0 replies
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I live in 7a so I thought I'd try to germinate few Phoenix since I stumbled on some Recanta in St Augustine. So they are the first I tried. One thing I noticed a couple was a really light green. These has been fairly slow. Perhaps needs a taller container. Oh these were beside CIPD. The next I tried I bought some of the carmel dates at my grocery store palms, Phoenix dactylifera (medjool) These definitely grew faster. Recently I got a hybrid Rupicola seed. Just wanted to share and perhaps some info keeping them.
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trachycarpus dry spears wth happened
by ZPalms- 1 follower
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All winter my trachy was fine until now, I realized last week yellow on the spears but I thought the green color would of come in from the chlorophyll just because it was new but now that I'm looking closer all the spears expect the one thats opening are all dried out, I pulled on the spears and none of them came out but I was able to break a spear because it was so dry. I've been watering it here and there in the winter including the rain it gets so I don't get it
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B. Alfredii experiment
by Super Minion- 3 followers
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Hi everyone, This is my first post here on palmtalk. My favorite palm is b. Alfredii. This is a report dedicated on how the B. Alfredii reacts to the cool climate of Northern Europe. I live in Rotterdam, Netherlands which is hardiness zone 8 in Europe. The average anual extreme minimum here is -10 Celsius (14 Fahrenheit) for the last 5 winters.
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high humidity and winterizing Mexcan fan palm
by vistaprime- 1 follower
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Hi everyone, Do I need to be concerned about the high humidity my Mexican fan palm is showing while it's boxed up for winter. it's been hitting over 90% while the mule palm only 10 feet ( about 3 meters) away is showing humidity in the 70's on average. The crown of the Washingtonia was sprayed with copper fungicide before boxing up and I am scratching my head why both palms are showing such different humidity readings when they are so close together. Right now the forecast for humidity in my area is in the 85% range due to warm spring like weather and rain and also being about 15 minutes from Lake Ontario. Should I be concerned abut the high humidity? And …
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its original spot before it got uprooted^ july^october?^after december polar vortex^current^ i dont know how this thing is still alive
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Washingtonia robusta, filifera, or filibusta
by Michael112211- 1 reply
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Hi there I recently got a Washingtonia palm it was advertised to me as California fan palm but now I am having second thoughts, I would like to know if it’s robusta filifera or filibusta, I know it’s likely still to young to tell what type it is but any educated guesses would be great.
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Palmettos like weeds
by DAVEinMB- 11 replies
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Just a sabal palmetto appreciation post. It's amazing to me how little these things require to get themselves established. They also are really good looking trees if you remove human intervention from a pruning standpoint. Here's a few pics from downtown myrtle
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Most cold hardy date palm. 1 2
by Jerrrod- 2 followers
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Hi everyone, just wanted to know what the most cold hardy date palm is? I keep getting conflicting information on the internet.
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I plan on potting these up and planting them around the house and maybe giving a few away if I find more . They are mainly Taylor form small palms with possibly some male Nainital ( a male is in the front yard ) and female Taylor Form genes in some of the seed ? There are probably other smaller palms that are around the area from where I took these pictures . Will
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Growing like weeds
by Palmlover_78- 15 replies
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Hey guys , here are a couple of my 2 year old windmill palms
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Length of Recovery from Spear Pull
by MonkeDonkezz- 1 follower
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I have a windmill palm who got spear pull from fungal infection for whatever reason, so I sprayed it with copper fungicide twice and monoxide, and my question is , how long exactly do they take to recover? Thanks!
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Tropical Garden planning
by ChicagoPalma- 1 follower
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I'm going to start a tropical garden with some landscaping, problem is, my backyard is too cramped with a pergola, garden, possible pool, and there is just not enough room. So I'm planning to do a small section as a tropical garden that is not too large but not too small, so it will also be easy to protect. I'm also planning to landscape the front yard and sprinkle on some tropical plants. So I'm mostly going to do the front yard this year. I already have most plants picked out for this, including mums, african marigolds, Elephant ear "Thai Giant" , Mexican fan palm or windmill palm, hydrangea, bird of paradise white & orange, canna lillies, and musa basjoo. Happy ne…
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Now it's finally in the pot ! This Pygmy Palm survived our local low temperatures of 16,21,24,28F. Some leaves around, a bucket , deep watered and extra mulch for protection. I planned to dig this palm out before the freeze when I planted the Washy in front of it but for some reason I was busy with everything else then the artic blast came. I didn't expect it to survive but here's the proof. Most fronds were burned but it's recovering well.
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Rogue Palm tree
by Alex Zone 5- 15 replies
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https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/a-rogue-unpermitted-palm-tree-at-alki-beach-raises-hackles/
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Palm seeds
by ChicagoPalma- 1 follower
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I got right now six of each growing from seed, Windmill palm, Mexican fan palm, California fan palm, and Date palm. I also have a date seedling and and a bunch of dragon fruit seedlings. The dragon fruit germinate fast.
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Braheas potted in 7b
by Hardypalms- 1 follower
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Hi I was thinking about getting some Braheas. Either started from seed or purchased as 3GA tops. They would stay potted. How would these fare in the southeast USA (Humid) 7b in a pot? I drag my palms in and out of the garage in the winter weather accordingly. Garage is low light, unheated, can drop to high 30’s at the worse. Thanks Pat
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Chammy and Butia and others after 5F
by WSimpson- 5 replies
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It's been a mild winter except for that cold right before Christmas . Chammy and Butia before the cold and after 4 mild winters till this December . After the cold . Still , they are fine and there's plenty of green and even flowering on the Chammy . My Chammy Cerifera is more frond hardy than the regular Humilis : My least hardy Trachy . All my other Trachys look way better than this one . The best looking Trachy I've seen is one that I planted at a Mexican restaurant . I think a drunk fell into it and bent some fronds down ? …
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First time I've ever seen a termite tunnel up on the newest spear of a young planted palm. There's a large population in this part of my property but thankfully no evidence of any around the house (I've had the house treated shortly after buying the property). I washed away the new construction project and I'll keep an eye on it going forward.
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Pre 2021 naturalized Houston queen palm
by Little Tex- 7 replies
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Ok so I was clear out some stuff on a sheltered part of the house to maybe plant a palm there and to my surprise there already was, my neighbors to the back had two nice sized queens before 2021 so it must be from that, so I guess bushes and a south facing wall were enough to get it through 2021 unless it germinated after
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needle palm update
by DTS- 2 followers
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had it mostly uncovered since february
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Washingtonia filifera or filibusta
by MarcusH- 2 followers
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I'm a little confused now. A few months ago I purchased 2 "California fan palms" . I also have a robusta for comparison. I see the difference. My Filifera have much deeper leaflets and seem to be longer as well . What I've noticed on one of the filifera that's been in the ground since October shows spikes all the way to the leaflets on a newer frond. Hmmm 🤔 . On the filifera the petiole are longer and grow more straight than curved like on the robusta. Colors on both aren't identical but very similar. The robusta was planted in March last year had more time to establish. Here are pictures of the 2 filiferas. Could it be a filibusta?
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Filifera update
by NBTX11- 15 replies
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How do you like my Filifera. Photo taken today.
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Are there any cold hardy small trunked or stemmed palms that look good in containers other than the Chamaedorea species? Have looked at those and am going to try and grow 2 nice species from seed. Those 2 are hardy to 20F, maybe 18F or so.. Have also looked at Rhapis multifida which is (??) hardy to 15F (??) but looks hard to obtain. Looks like it could have a very nice form though with a little bit of judicious pruning. Are there any other small trunked species that would look good in a container on a deck and might be reliably hardy to 15-18F? Or 20F? That take less than 25 years to grow 1 inch? I looked at the Rhapis dwarf species, and Oh My Head... slower than m…