COLD HARDY PALMS
Selecting and growing palms for colder climates.
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Ask your cold hardy palm question and I will tell you what Chat GPT says! It's pretty amusing and smart. If you are not familiar with Chat GPT it is a AI system that will talk to you in a chat like manner. Who will go first! Post your question
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Shore Acres Park - Near Coos Bay OR
by Zach K- 1 follower
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If you haven't been, go check out Shore Acres Park near Coos Bay, OR. I didn't have time to snap any good pictures of the park except for these 3 because the crowd I was with was on the move to view the king tide waves event nearby. Anyways, here's to a quick thread of some zone 9 goodness. Plenty of New Zealand flax. There are tons of very mature cordylines there as well. If you have ever visited the OR coast, you will instantly notice the Abundance of mature cordyline trees. There was also an attempt to grow a Nikau palm (Rhopalostylis sapida) aka Shaving brush palm in the garden, but the person who planted it told me its no longer there unfortunately. Looking…
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Would a mule work for me? 1 2
by ZPalms- 1 follower
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I just wanted to see the general consensus about whether getting a mule palm would be the right choice or if it would be a zone-pushing novelty. I've been reading that its hardiness goes down to about 16F degrees, I know that Butia palms are bulletproof here, I don't know of anyone who has lost a Butia or ever seen one dead. Would that be a good reason to try a mule palm, or would it be more susceptible to damage than a pure Butia?
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Greensand for water filtration used as soil enhancer?
by Palmfarmer- 1 follower
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Hey, I like to get some greensand in my potting mixes for a really slow Realese of pottasium. I see there is some bags ment for fertilizing that costs over 100 usd. However there is another seller that sells it by the lbs really cheap, but it says it is for water filtration. Is there really any difference in these?
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Acrocomia Aculeata
by idontknowhatnametuse- 26 replies
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Are these slow as seedlings? I planted my 2 Acrocomias in bigger pots last week, they seem to be doing better and they are growing but very slowly. Is this normal? Photos of a spear of one of them below. 2nd one is kind of blurry.
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exceptional good Trachycarpus seed harvest...
by kristof p- 11 replies
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This year the harvest on my Trachycarpus palms is exceptionally good. One of my trees has the leaves hanging from the weight of the heavy inflorescenses. This one takes the crown this year in terms of seed production.
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Palm Identification
by Brandon James- 1 follower
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Anyone have any idea what this palm the top picture was taken after it’s been recovering from a freeze, I forgot it outside and the fronds completely died but it’s pushing up new growth.
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Parajubaea Hybrids Observation
by NWpalms@206- 2 followers
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Hi folks, just wanted to share something Noteable with my Parajubaea hybrids (Patrick). Specifically BxPJT and BxPJS, both strap leaf just going pinnate. I am PNW Vashon Island WA 8b/9a. So both of these were left outside under no cover until December, they experienced one good frost, and then put in unheated greenhouse. They were in the greenhouse during the cold snap here in Seattle area end of Dec, and got down to 20f maybe 19. Last week I noticed some white mold on both my BxPJT so I treated and brought the smaller one inside along with its counterpart BxPJS as mentioned above. I did not find any fungus on any PJS hybrids (7) but both PJT. As of now the smaller BxPJT …
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Sharing some of my winter indoor palms.
by steve617- 7 replies
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Thought I'd share a few pics of my indoor 7a winterizing palms. I raise mainly Trachycarpus and the colder hardy Sabal minors and have probably 50 pots in my greenhouse and that many inside. Here is a few if my lesser cold hardy palms. Just a few phoenix from seed, my butia pindo, a couple Trachycarpus, Bald Head Island Palmetto, a container of Sabal Louisiana, Bismarckia Nobilis, and W. Robusta, s. Blackburniana. I had the Blackburniana in my greenhouse but when we had the big Christmas freeze, I brought them inside. I paid a little bit for those. Sorry looks like some came in upside down.
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Mini Sabal palmetto?
by fr8train- 9 replies
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I found this palm at local nursery, and I was wondering what would cause it to trunk at this size? The other palms around it that were this size were not trunking. I took a shot with full size palmetto around it too. I'm also curious what you all think a fair price would be for something like this?
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Few months ago I bought some T. princeps x T. fortunei seeds, but only 4 out of the 50 or so popped. They were fresh seeds from this season and I used a heating mat. I was thinking of putting the baggy with the remaining 46 seeds outside for January and February and then trying it again with the heating mat in March. Would this help? PS. None of the seeds rotted and I used an adequate water to soil medium ratio. Also the baggy goes inside (non-freezing part of fridge) on frost nights (not often) or when it goes above 10 C / 50 F.
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CIDP in Florida panhandle, 8b/9a
by AcerPALMatum- 22 replies
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I’m in a coastal area of the Florida panhandle in Okaloosa county. I was wondering how hardy Phoenix canariensis would be for me. I have seen some decent sized ones on Okaloosa island (On the ocean so probably slightly warmer than me), but no massive ones like I’ve seen in California. A weather station near me during the recent Christmas cold event recorded a low 18.5F. As a result of this event there are plenty of dead-looking queen palms and very sad looking Washingtonia sp. According to NOAA’s website the local airport recorded a low of 22 during that event, and the lowest temp since ‘96 was 20 in 2014. I don’t see many CIDPs around town. How would you guys wager the …
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Going to try in Zone 6B
by Dig The Soil- 4 replies
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Having lived in the desert southwest for decades, I am now in suburban Cleveland and I am going to try to plant Windmill and Needle palms this spring. How should I protect them in the winter? I am choosing southern exposures and will need to be diligent and cross my fingers for sure. Thanks.
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Sabal minor vs hardy evergreens
by Allen- 2 followers
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Who took -1F better, Sabal minor or evergreen trees? Damage may be due to rapid drop in temps? I did a video on this but I am shocked to see so much cold damage to evergreens around town. Leyland cypress - Brown all around town Most magnolia ok but this was a whole area of brown ones Skip laurel - fried everywhere you look Sky pencil holly - established in a protected area Heavenly bamboo Nandina - fried Oak leaf holly - established for 2 years 8 footers - toasted Sabal minor - relatively good . Some have significant spotting
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Mule Palm Problems
by AZJakeB- 1 follower
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Hello Everyone, I've had this mule in the ground for about 3 years now. It was doing great but now I'm seeing a frond that came out dead. Also, a couple adjacent fronds are half dead and half green. Any ideas?
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No frost, no snow, the whole day is below 5C and lasts for about 3 days.
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Chamaerhops Humilis in USDA zone 8 1 2
by TonyDFW- 3 followers
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Chamaerhops Humilis in USDA zone 8 This is an example of why you should plant tte blue form “cerifera” for long term success in this plant zone. The image labeled Dallas 2020 exhibits my green form C. Humilis. It is 20 years old and grown from a seedling on-site. About 11 feet tall. Most winters the past 20 years in this Dallas location were zone 9 and 8b. In 2021 the February freeze low was 3F The green form was killed to the ground where as the cerifera only defoliated. The trunks remained intact. In December 2022 the low was 11F The two growing seasons worth of growth was killed to the ground again. The cerifera in the background didn’t defóliate at thi…
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Jubea x Butia F2 Germination and growth thread
by Sabal King- 1 follower
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Hey all.. I was blessed to get a bunch of Jubea x Butia F2 seeds last year (November 2nd) and I wanted to document my progress thus far. I've never germinated Jubea or Butia seeds before, but have extensive experience with Sabals. First these were soaked for 48 hours. I then went out and got some of these plastic serving trays from a local big box store, put a layer of perlite on the bottom, little layer of water, and put them on a seed mat which keeps the bottom temp in the 90's (I believe). It's my understanding they do not like light, so I just put some paper on top to keep light out. One of the trays is on top of a gaming console in our family room so tha…
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Years ago I remember using RPS for seeds, but I've I read a lot of bad things about them on here, and their shipping to the US 10x what I remember it being. North Texas palms was a good seller, but I think they're no longer in business. Coldplant - I got very good true princeps seeds years ago. Unfortunely no princeps this year, hopefully next year. Since RPS doesn't seem to be reliable for non-European buyers, I was just sort of wondering where people can get rarer seeds? When I took a break from buying palms, since I lived in the north and ran out of room, but there were options. Now I'm somewhere where I can actually grow some palms outside yea…
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Not a 9a palm
by Tropicdoc- 1 follower
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Jubutiagrus…. A zone 9a palm butia x parajubaea…. A zone 9a palm beccariophoenix alfredii…. Not a 9a palm thinking of putting it out of its misery…..
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Washingtonia Recovery - Houston
by strongbad635- 3 replies
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These Washingtonia didn't wait around after the freeze, recovery began within DAYS!
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Fantastic Palmy Lake Como Video
by Chester B- 1 follower
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I highly recommend watching this video, what a spectacular place. Don't watch this on your phone you won't get the scale of everything. I watched on the TV and its a really stunning video.
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I know the answer...
by JohnAndSancho- 2 followers
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Welp. For those of you who don't know me and don't follow all of my posts, I professionally bounce back and forth between hotels in east Texas. Anyway this month I'm at a hotel that previously had what I'm guessing were Sabals that didn't survive the 2021 palmageddon, and the palm corpses are still in place. Our companies sister properties are in Houston near IAH, and are landscaped with Washies that were healthy and seeding a few months ago when I was in Houston for training. Long story short - Palm nerds, what would you suggest that will survive South Texas heat and North Texas winters? I know the answer is either Sabal or Trachycarpus, but I'm asking anywa…
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Chamaedorea microspadix after a freeze
by matthedlund- 1 follower
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I thought I'd take the chance to highlight a cold hardy palm that's really underutilized in Northern areas. Here in Seattle, zone 8b we had a freeze the week before Christmas with lows around 17 degrees F and several continuous days below freezing. We've had enough warm weather now that damage is showing on many other plants, but these are looking pretty good to me. These have been in the ground about 6 years now, in heavy shade. Bonus pics of some random bromeliads including Greigia sphacelata, Fascicularia bicolor ssp. caniculata, and Puya berteroniana.
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