COLD HARDY PALMS
Selecting and growing palms for colder climates.
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Double Spear Windmill
by Ponds & Palms- 1 follower
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I just bought this Windmill on discount from a local nursery and noticed that it seems to open two fronds simultaneously! 2 Spears come up at the same time and open. I have 10 palm trees in my North Carolina yard and none of them do this. What's going on? https://m.imgur.com/a/8gpt7
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Double Up
by Palmlover_78- 5 replies
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Hey Guy's I always see Christmas Palms doubled or tripled up, Can you do this with Trachy's or no? Thanks Guys
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double up
by Palmlover_78- 4 replies
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Hey Guys, I was wondering, do Windmill's or Trachy's look good and do well as doubles in one pot? Thanks 🙂
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Dracena Rehabilitation
by ZPalms- 1 follower
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Just realized I didn't post in the right area, I thought I was in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms, my bad sorry 💀 A couple months back I was given a couple of plants that some people abandoned when they moved out of their home, and it was at the end of winter, maybe about March, when I received them, but they sat in the place for about a month before I could actually get them, because there's a 30 day period if they don't come back for them, then they are free for the taking, but they sat without care or water and they were on the decline, so I took them all, and there was a pothos, spider plant, and this dracena, The dracena was sitting in very poor soil …
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Drive Thru - Brookings, OR 1 2
by Zach K- 1 follower
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I recently had the pleasure of driving through Brookings, OR on my way back home to Portland and decided to snap a few pictures. Please add some of your own if you also drove through! I unfortunately didn’t have all the time in the world so I didn’t get that many pictures. Hopefully I can go down and give it a thorough inspection. Feel free to correct my labeling Enjoy! Yucca gigantea and CIDP Loquat Tree Agave Any idea what kind of this tree is?? Little Pindo Palm and some Cannas in the front yard Some basic Colocasia Sturdy looking Washingtonia Why do Trachy’s …
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Hi All! I will be driving down to Florida at the beginning of August and will be taking 95 all the way down.I was just wondering if anyone along 95 has been to the Big Boxes recently and if they have recently seen any needles,windmills,or even Sabal minors at the stores.If you have any info of prices or if they have them still at the big box stores you could pm me or just post below.Thx! I wish I could go to Gary's nursery but it's out of the way.
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Drooping Sabals?
by fr8train- 6 replies
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I see Sabals around here drooping, in the areas where we had a lot ice, so NW of San Antonio. I was wondering what was going on with them?
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Droopy Trachy Fronds
by Rightstuff15- 8 replies
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I have three Trachycarpus fortunei windmills. The one in the picture has fronds that are not as stiff or thick as my other two. I bought it from Fast Growing Trees a few years ago. It puts out new fronds each year and seems very healthy. Just wondering if anyone would know what variety this may be or why the fronds are thin and droopy?
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Drought test in lieu of a cold test
by Advective- 1 reply
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When growing multiple potted seedlings of the same species to determine which plant has the best cold hardy genetics, it can be difficult to get an optimal test. You have to wait for winter and hope you get a low that's cold enough to expose weaklings but not too cold to wipe out everything. My test from last winter ended up being too severe and nothing survived. Not good. A drought test would be much easier to conduct but is it a worthwhile substitute for a cold test? They are similar in that the plant is deprived of water, either by freeze or a lack thereof in general. For example, take 5-10 one-gallon seedlings using a consistent soil and stop watering until …
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Dry but cold in Dallas so far🥶
by palmnut-fry- 1 follower
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Well I wanted to share this cool all-Windmill palm house near me in Casa View area! They planted most I have ever seen at one time and from he dead trunks reveals the last few deadly freezes of late The 20's are turning out to be coldest decade since the '70s from my memory and even colder really. I covered and protected yesterday best I could. Trying a low wattage bulb places at base of my prized Brahea armata It has been upper teens all day but they still say we will be low freezing until Weds. An eternity. So much was stressed by record heat and drought this year, sure will be hard on poor plants! Geez
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It's been a rough year already. Baseball sized hail that is getting me a new roof, gutters, exterior doors and 3 windows. The mules took it like a champ. The Bizzy well, that little dork is a fighter! First the mules. Day 1 in the ground. 12 Months later. And now 2 years in the ground. The one on the right measures in at 7.5 feet to the top of the oldest spear.
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Dwarf butia
by Laaz- 12 replies
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I have been finding quite a few dwarf butias around town lately. This one has a very short trunk & the top leaves are 5 ft from the ground. It has flowered multiple times.
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Dwarf butia
by Gallop- 1 follower
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Anyone else growing a dwarf Butia that looks like this?
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Dwarf Butia seed purchase
by Plantnutt- 1 reply
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Hi all you cold hardy palm nutts! I am working to put a purchase together for 100 packs of 3 sp. from RPS. The 10 packs are just such a ridiculous price! We have two in this purchase already, and would like 3 or 4 total for the purchase. We could do 25% of the order cost and seed to a 3rd party if that would interest a third buyer and we cant get four in the group. These sp. in 10 packs are between $60-70 US ea.. If we can get 4 buyers we could get this to around $225 for 75 seeds - 25 seeds of each 3 species. We would be open to a 5 way split as well... Butia lallemantii Butia lepidotispatha Butia matogrossensis Please feel free to call for questions or to …
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Dwarf fronds after the freeze
by Swolte- 1 follower
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Most cold damage does not suit palms, however, my Robusta survivor (protected) put out three small leaves and I have say it does not look too bad!
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Dwarf Palmetto/ Sabal Minor
by VA Palmer- 6 replies
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I ordered some Dwarf Palmetto seeds in Jan 2020, started them inside and then brought them outside in Spring in Northern VA. They just started sprouting this week (mid-July)!
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Dwarf Palms Replanting
by DebC1222- 3 replies
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I am new to tropical plants and Florida (actually Northern Florida). About 1/8 of our 1 acre yard is covered in Dwarf Palms. I would like to dig some up and replant them near the front of our property as a border. How far apart should I plant them? Also, should I put a fertilizer in the dirt to maybe help them along? We live in Northern Michigan and people use “Dairy Doo” for everything fertilizer.
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Dwarf Sabal minors in Texas
by Swolte- 2 followers
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Hi all, I thought I'd share this spectacular Facebook post from the local plant legend Adam Black yesterday (He's OK with me sharing it). Does anyone live nearby this population to check for seed? "The coolest find today was a population of miniature Sabal minor! There are several well-known sites in Florida with similar dwarf plants, but this is the first I have heard of from Texas. Note how they are mature at this size with the old inflorescences...a normal young Sabal minor would not flower at this size, there would be fewer leaves, and they would not be this divided. Like some of the FL dwarfs, these are growing among normal-sized plants...you can see one i…
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Dwarf sabals
by teddytn- 1 follower
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I’ve got some room in the middle of a raised bed and want to fill it with more palms, but even a sabal minor would be too tall. Anyone know where to source some of the dwarf varieties of sabal like blountstown or wakulla? Was driving from Panama City beach to Kissimmee a few years back and drove through Blountstown, FL I had my eyes peeled for a nursery, the wife would have killed me if I stopped to buy “another plant” lol.
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Dying shrub
by ChicagoPalma- 2 replies
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For some reason it won’t let me on to the off topic forums but anyways what is happening to this dying shrub, root rot by Chance?
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Dypsis Carlsmithii
by Zoltan- 7 replies
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Anyone has information on this palm cold tolerance? Im in jacksonville fl and im looking for most tropical looking palm .Please let me know if you have anyinformation Thank you ! Dypsis Carlsmithii
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Dypsis decaryi runners question
by Almisa- 7 replies
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Here is my (potted) Triangle Palm still recovering from the last Christmas freeze - even with protection she defoliates each year. Ive had good success in bringing her back thus far - no place for her in the ground. Anyway - I am always intrigued by the ‘runners’ this species puts out towards the bottom fronds , each with a sort of ‘pod’ at the end tip of the runner. Can someone enlighten me as to what these are?
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Hi there - Summer is just around the corner, so i thought i would post an update on my Dypsis decipiens and then one in Autumn next year. This December it will have been planted out 5-years. In that time the coldest overnight low was -4.7°c ( 23.5°f ) - It sustained some foliage damage, but was fine. They are much slower in growth ( In my climate ) than my Rhopalostylis sapida "pitt island" Nikaus - I would say half the speed. I would rate it a -5°c Palm here in New Zealand, but it is going to take a long time before i see some trunk ( Maybe another 10-years ) So here it is today.
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Dypsis Decipiens Gradual Decline...
by BeaumontTropics- 1 follower
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hey all, i have a "friend" who wishes to remain anonymous. He has planted and unsuccessfully (to this point) tried to grow several dypsis decipiens. His climate is identical to mine, lets call it a harsh 9b, more likely 9a. We had an abnormally long and cold winter here this year, with a low temp as low as 24F. It didn't last that long at that temp, but several weeks we were below 30F at night. In the summers we get up to 102F, but mostly stay in the mid to high nineties. Here is the problem with the dypsis decline. It doesn't "frost" burn like many of the other tropicals I've tried to grow. Rather, my buddies dypsis will start browning right at the very …
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Dypsis Decipiens in Houston
by strongbad635- 2 followers
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Anyone tried it here? Some have said in other forums that its hardiness approaches the Queen Palm, and there are mature Queens all over town, even north of I-10.
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