COLD HARDY PALMS
Selecting and growing palms for colder climates.
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How's this for janky? Sitting on a heat pad as well.
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ButiaXSyagrus'Litoralis'?
by Dartolution- 24 replies
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Has anyone purchased this mule cross before? Who has experience with this specific cross? I am looking for a mule for zone 8a (south central alabama) and this cross is supposed to be cold hardy enough to grow here. Thoughts? Suggestions? Information? thanks
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The journey begins
by tarnado- 1 follower
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This Sabal 'Oregon Hybrid' came today. My first hardy palm. The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step!
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Sabal causiarum in Savannah, GA
by Tom GA- 24 replies
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In an earlier post on Sabal minor, I mentioned that the Southeastern Palm Society has four specimens of Sabal causisarum at our palm collection at the Coastal Botanical Gardens (aka The Bamboo Farm) in Savannah, GA. I collected the seed for these four palms in 1998 at the University of Florida at Gainesville. Here are a couple of recent photos. Sorry about the poor quality - both are cell phone photos and one was taken at night, but they do give some sense of size. The first is my son with a causiarum - he was three when the two of us collected the seed. He is now a freshman at the University of Georgia. The second shows a pretty good view of the crown sh…
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Sabal Palmetto habitat thread.
by Laaz- 1 follower
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How about a Sabal Palmetto habitat thread? The wife & I hit the east end of Folly yesterday for some surf & a hike through the jungle. Lol! The Palmettos grow right to the surf line & many times will get washed out & will float out into the harbor & ocean.
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20/21 Winter predictions!!
by Swolte- 2 followers
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What are you expecting this coming winter? Do you rely on the farmer's Almanac, a favorite meteorologist, or have you completely given up on long-range forecasts? Also, when do you start getting your protective gear out for the palms? As for predictions, I always prepare for the worst but I do like to see what's in store. Looks like several sources predict Texas is in for a dry and mild winter (which may have something to do with a moderately strong La Niña effect). For the rest, I check local news every so often for the 2 week weather forecast. If I see we may hit freezing, I'm getting the frost blankets and buckets out (at least for the young palms)!
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What do you consider a success?
by Advective- 2 followers
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It can be difficult to keep palms alive long term in hostile climates and losing them to the rare, extra-severe winter can be devastating. To keep a positive perspective, what do you consider a success for individual plants? 20+ years of palm life? A palm reaching a crown height you can walk under? One foot of clear trunk? Perhaps for those in zone 7 climates growing Sabal Birmingham and the like?
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This mule palm has been healthy since the day I planted it, today I just noticed some browning on the upper fronds. I hope it’s not blight. anyone seen this before? It’s like half of the frond is browning.
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Here's my palms & protection plan for the winter
by pennerchris@gmail.com- 24 replies
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Album: http://imgur.com/a/uAmxD Here's what I planted recently. The Washy was planted in August, and the Trachys were planted two weeks ago. I don't know if it's smart to plant these in the fall, but they were $50 a pop at Lowes. The climate here is usually hot, windy, and dry. The polar vortex low was around +5, but we rarely stay below freezing for an entire day, and the winters are pretty dry, with maybe 10 snowy/rainy events per winter. Even when that happens, the ground goes back to being bone dry in a couple of days. I'm not concerned about the Trachys; I'm planning to toss some of the little Christmas lights around them. I know the Washingtonia will nee…
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Help with a struggling trachycarpus fortunei
by jons0027- 1 follower
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Purchased a trachycarpus fortunei from a local nursery & planted last spring. Gets partial sun, sheltered in corner of garden. Mostly clay soil but I amended it with plenty of potting mix. Everything else we planted last year has been thriving, but this windmill is looking pretty rough. First two are from right now. Leaves are obviously shriveling/browning. Second two pictures are after planting last spring with healthier fronds. No evidence of growth, but no spear pull yet. Perhaps what worries me even more is the small plant still feels incredibly wobbly, like it was just dropped in the ground and hasn't rooted out at all. At what point should these sta…
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What is the lowest Temperature a Mature Mule Palm Has Survived
by Collectorpalms- 2 followers
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Hello, after the February 2021, freeze, there should be enough data out here to determine bxs ultimate hardiness. Mine have all be trunk cut and show no signs of movement after an official low of 5*. I have not given up hope yet. Even Butia that may have lived ( very few) in the area are not moving much of any either last I noticed. But I will check on those after a few more days.
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Cold Hardy Dwarfs?
by Dwarf Fan- 24 replies
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New member question, First off howdy y’all and may I say nice forum, 🤠 So, I have started building my “dream palm paradise backyard oasis” at my new house and have started doing research on finding smaller palms that won’t get too big because I have a narrow backyard. After doing hours and hours of online research I noticed this seems to be the best place for the level of plan addiction that I have been afflicted with so I figured I might as well join up because at this point I feel I know more about palms than most nursery people! My question is I am in Zone 9b and I am looking for a new cold hardy dwarf palms that I don’t have yet I’m running out of optio…
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Where did they go ?
by OC2Texaspalmlvr- 1 follower
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I couldn't help but think after frequenting a couple HGC's 🤔 where did all the multi potted Livistona chinensis go. By now you could go to just about any garden center and pick these up on the cheap. Even this spring I didn't see any available for full price haha I really wanted to throw a couple in deep shade and watch them stretch out. T J
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Palm in my garden.
by Palm crazy- 24 replies
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Here are a few of my palms nothing to spectacular yet since they are all still young palms, expect for the trachys LOL. Green trunk butia growing into an interesting palm. Schefflera growing next to it, which is in bloom right now. Jub x Butia Trachycarpus wagnerianus growing in mostly shade from trachy forest. Chamaerops humilis var. cerifera, this variety is way hardier than the green Ch. humilis. Oldest trachy in my garden, planted as one gallon in 1995. Butia green trunk. More silver palms. In the evenings the party lights come on and we rock out to music and enjoy t…
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Latent Butia Damage
by BeyondTheGarden- 24 replies
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This is my biggest Butia, presumably odorata. Ultimate low this past winter only 21, but the cold was wet and in much volume. This damage only became evident (noticeable) this past week, probably because the fronds are pushing up and out Part of the newest spear is brown, down the length. It doesn't show well in the pic but the other half is nice and green. Another Butia odorata of similar size, and one much smaller, undamaged.
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SE Georgia palms
by Xenon- 2 followers
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At the Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens Trachycarpus latisectus Acrocomia totai
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Need Opinions. My quest is to collect the cold hardy palms for north Florida as determined by UF
by floridaPalmMan- 1 follower
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The University of Florida has put together a document titled "Palms of North Florida" with a list of palms suitable for this climate. My goal is to collect them all*, or close to all. There is one issue though, there are many "duplicates" on the list. Although these palms are different species... is a Trachycarpus fortunei really all that different from a T. oreophilus/takil/wagnerianus? I need some opinions on what can be eliminated from the list based simply on whether or not the palms are too similar so I can consolidate the list without my landscape being littered with trachycarpus palms which all look the same. Maybe one day I'll collect them all... bu…
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Washy hardiness opportunity :
by WSimpson- 24 replies
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I got down to 24F the night before last , and it will be well above that for the next few weeks , it looks like , so I should finally be able to find out if my Washy is hardy at 24F or if damage starts , etc. I always thought it was frond hardy to 23F , and now I will have a perfect opportunity to at least take 24F off of the damage question about its hardiness . If it handles 24F well it might look decent well into December or into January . I'll watch it over the next few weeks and see what 24F does to it .
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Trachycarpus variants hardiness
by Stefanus- 2 followers
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Hi all, Early this year I purchased the following Trachycarpus seedlings: Trachycarpus Fortunei, Trachycarpus Wagnerianus, Trachycarpus “Takil”, Trachycarpus “Kumaon”, Trachycarpus Princeps “Stone gate”, Trachycarpus Ukhrulensis and Trachycarpus Wagnerianus x Fortunei. For these variants I have read various claims, the Manipur and Princeps would be less cold tolerant and the Takil and Kumaon would be more cold tolerant compared with the normal Fortunei. Does anyone have personal experience with these forms? Is the difference in cold hardiness significant? Stefan
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Queen palm planted
by NBTX11- 1 follower
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No it’s not a foot away from fence even though it looks like it. It’s 6 feet away. Predict how large and how old I will get this palm.
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In august I received three sabal minor "louisiana" palms in the mail from a grower in Florida. They were shipped bare root and were in transit for approximately three days. Once they were dropped off at my house, I promptly planted all three in large pots filled with a mixture of palm/cactus soil and regular miracle grow potting soil. My intention was to overwinter them in my garage (under a window that gets plenty of light) and then put them in the ground this spring. However, by november two of the palms died off, the spears browned and were able to be pulled out of the rootball, along with the browned fronds, very easily and were "slimy" at the bottom. I still have not…
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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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How Many Years You Have Left to Watch Your Palms Mature
by Collectorpalms- 3 followers
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Last Years Epic Texas Freeze Took 20 Year of my growing, how many do I have left....
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Palms for an 8B food forest
by Brian F. Austin- 24 replies
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What would be some good edible palms to plant in a Texas zone 8b food forest? I can only think of maybe Phoenix Dactylifera and Butia Captita? Any other non-palm trees that come to mind? I'm planning on growing from seed... loquats, pecans, peaches. And lots of fig trees from cuttings.
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Washingtonia in zone 7a with just wrapping?
by siege2050- 24 replies
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I originally started some Washingtonia Filibusta seeds to grow in containers (Still waiting on Filifera to germinate). But after seeing how fast they are growing for me, and looking around the web, is it possible to protect a Washingtonia with just wrapping the trunks heavily in a zone 7a down to 0F? I am not too crazy about making mini greenhouses so would prefer to wrap. If so what kind of wrapping, would heat tape be necessary on the coldest nights with a thermostat? Also if I remove all the fronds, will new ones grow back in time to make the palm look okay each year? What is the cold hardiness for Filibusta as compared to Robusta, and Filifera and is it increased a lo…