COLD HARDY PALMS
Selecting and growing palms for colder climates.
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Braheas in the Pacific Northwest...
by MarkbVet- 2 followers
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Hello again.... now I'm curious about who has been growing Braheas (and which species) in our cool, wet northwest US/Canada. The more common ones, including Brahea armata & Brahea clara, but also Brahea berlandieri (aka B. dulcis blue form), B. decumbens, B. dulcis, Brahea 'nuri' etc.-- all of which show promise in their cold tolerance (moisture tolerance is the other concern of course). Hit me up with pics and knowledge, and include how much winter protection you're using (or not). Would love to hear about unprotected success stories!
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Hello , I'm kind of tired of waiting years and years for my small palms to get to a decent size so I was planing to purchase a couple of large Trachycarpus Fortunei this spring, around 6ft tall. I know they should be fine short term, but I wouldn't want them to die after a cold blast that could get down to -5F/-20C for a few hours. Usually when that happens, temperatures stay more or less below freezing for the better part of the week, but not nearly as cold as -5F. These cold blasts should only happen once every 5+ years, but I don't wanna spend a lot of money on mature palms if they have no chance of surviving. Does any of you have any experience with them in …
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I cut back a few flowering perennials in preparation for the coming rain. After nearly fives years in the ground this Jubaea is now noticeable. It seems to growing a little faster.
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Would These Survive a Zone 7a/7b Winter?
by PalmTreeDude- 7 replies
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If i were to plant these in the ground right now, which gives them all summer to grow, would they make it through our Virginia zone 7a/7b Winter?
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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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Palmetto Weevil or Sabal Caterpillar?
by Scot from SC- 5 replies
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I was picking up some sabal minor seeds off the ground...there are many left on stalks. Anyway, I was popping the fruit off with my thumb nail when my nail went into the actual seed. Something white was everywhere, and upon closer inspection it was a white larvae I had popped. At first I was stressed that it might be a palmetto weavil, but my research on the internet did not mention weavils having any part of their lives in the seed. Another site mentioned sabal caterpillar as the probable pest. My question: will this insect harm my minor? Thanks! I posted this on another forum today, and someone said that palmetto weevils do lay eggs in seeds of sabals. I don't know th…
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Texas 21' Arctic blast - the unprotected
by Swolte- 1 follower
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I managed to pack up every palm in the garden but I left a couple completely unprotected (extras, experiments, etc...). These were pictures taken yesterday (everything now is under 3 inches of snow). Pic 1 - Sabal Causuarum. This one was supposed to be 'Lisa' but didn't turn out to have the characteristics. I gladly threw it to the elements! Pic 2 - Sabal Minor var Cherokee . This is possibly the most cold hardy sabal minor in the world. Native to North Alabama. But, as you can see, it's still a tiny stapling. Pic 3 - Chamaerops humilis. This one is in an open spot in the yard. Pic 4 - Chamaerops humilis. In front of the house. Pic 5 - Rhapidophyllum hystr…
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Spear pull victim: B. Odorata
by Advective- 1 follower
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B. Odorata in the ground for two years. About 5.5ft tall. The plant saw lows this winter of 12ºF and 14-15ºF twice. A few days ago I noticed some of the newest growth had died but it didn't alarm me at the time because the same had happened to the S. Mexicana. When I took a closer look today, I noticed the new growth was dead all the way down to the base, in stark contrast to the Sabal. I gave a tug and the two newest fronds came out: Leaving this bottomless pit: Is there anything I can attempt like Hydrogen Peroxide or the partial beheading surgery? Does this look like damage induced by cold temperatures or cold rain? It saw no ice or snow…
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Trachycarpus won't grow!
by Stator- 10 replies
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I transplanted this palm back in July, since then it has not put out any growth what so ever. I'm a little concerned because all my other Windmill palms have been bullet prof when transplanting putting out growth right away.
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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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How to revive palms with spear damage?
by Swolte- 1 follower
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I have a JxB F1 and it didn't quite like this year's winter in College Station Texas despite some protection. Now, it did appear to sail through the exceptionally long-duration freezes (lower than 20 F for long hours) in January with very little overt cold damage. I was mightily impressed as I planted it in the ground as a 5 gallon not even a year ago in a windy spot (the diameter of base has grown a full inch since I put it in the ground). However, it has been raining ever since and I noticed last week that the spear and another new frond started to turn yellow (see pic). None of the older fronds appear damaged at all. So, I am in emergency mode. I can't quite pull…
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Jubaea Chilensis inside
by Icy Palm- 6 replies
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Hi All, This is my first post. I have an almost impossible hobby for my location... However I like a good challenge! I have placed my Jubaea Chilensis inside my apartment in a container. I live in Norway and we often reach -20 degrees Celcius outside! (59 degrees north, zone 6 I believe) The air inside the apartment is very dry, especially during winter, therefor the leaves have damaged. What is best to do? Remove the dried out leaves or leave the palm alone. I only get 1 or 2 new leaves a year. Currently a new leave is opening but this takes a century :-( Thank you for any good tips!
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What is the coldest temperate a Queen has survived without protection and does anyone have seeds from it? A large community of users can come up with great varieties with selective breeding when sharing seeds from plants with interesting traits. I like to always plant a lot palms and look for interesting traits.
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Trachycarpus Takil, Anyone?
by MRB1192- 1 follower
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Hey All - I picked up the palm below last weekend from a local nursery. It was labeled Trachycarpus Takil. The gentleman who sold it to me said it is more than likely Trachycarpus Nanital, which I'm equally excited about because I'm looking forward to one day having a beefy Trachy. Curious if anyone out there actually has a true, mature Takil? From my conversation with the seller of my palm, he was saying he thinks most (if not all) specimens marketed as Takil do not actually end up being Takil.
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Livistona Nitida & Livistona Decora
by WhoDatNation- 1 follower
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Coastal NC Zone8A purchased these from Mims Fl otw home from vacation . I cannot wait to plant these their roots are bursting through the pot
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Attached is a hardiness and cold tolerance index I have been working on, its not complete, let me know what you think? I have posted this here and not the freeze damage forum to to see if people think it would be worth working on this communal freeze damage and palm hardiness data base, i have used the trebrown website as a base for the list. This kind of database may already exist but is so I am not aware of it? Plant hardiness is not all about minimum temperatures, obviously some plants can tolerate wet frosts where others will only tolerate dry frosts and minimum temps do not take into account the duration cold temperatures of the daytime highs. Extra columns…
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Anyone in the NY,NJ,CT area?
by palmhort- 1 follower
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Just wondering how many other members are in the NY Tri-state area and what are you growing? Most successfull palms? Biggest disappointments? Protection methods/materials that seem to work the best? Here in NJ (coastal 7a-, I was a bit shocked to loose my two large Windmills last winter with a low of 4F on two different occasions. While I realize it was brutaly cold, I thought since they had been established close to 10 yrs and over 4ft tall with a mound of leaves around the base, they would make it....wrong!! However I was surprised to see my Sabal minors make it through unprotected with no damage whatsoever! This year I am using clear dome greenhouse umbrellas I…
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Nainital info
by palm789- 5 replies
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Hi I found a genuine Nainital on the internet with trunk.it got some winter damage I bought cheap.what is the difference between this and a regular fortunei? Will the winter damaged fronds heal up in a few weeks after I recieve and plant it.and how much trunk does it put on per growing season.
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Washingtonia Filifera Palm Sprouts?
by PalmTreeDude- 2 replies
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So I planted these California Fan Palm (Washingtonia Filifera) seeds in the little bin thingy 1 week ago and today the seed is coming up, it is does not look like a blade of grass, it looks like a comman leafed plant seed. Is this normal? And yes, I checked to make sure the seeds were palm seeds and they were.
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Windmill palms in Raleigh.
by Mr.SamuraiSword- 1 follower
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Saw these around an Italian resteraunt more pics later
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Rhapidophyllum hystrix in Brazil
by Alberto- 7 replies
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Inspired by Frank´s posts about Rhapidophyllum hystrix I decide to show mine. I like this little needle palms! Fifteen are growing here. The seeds came from 3 different sources. They grew relatively fast , specially where well watered. 3 and 4- same palm ( stiffer, dark green collor, wider lealets) 5 and 6 -same palm (round fan, softer light green leaflets)
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Sabal minors in Central OK
by Dave_OK- 12 replies
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New to the board...Wanted to share a few pics of my Sabal minors from the Oklahoma City area (Z-7A). I've got around 20 or so Minors of differing sizes in my landscape. Some are seed-grown from my largest plant and others were purchased. Most of these have been in the ground for right at three years now. I've had my largest Minor for eight years and was fortunate that it transplanted successfully at the end of 2015. These plants absolutely thrive in our Oklahoma summer heat and get through winter with very little damage here. I've had some slight burn during our coldest winter snaps (mid-single digits), but nothing worse. The smaller Minors are the "McCurtain" variet…
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Hedyscepe canterburyana germination
by Fallen Munk- 32 replies
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Back in April @TheMadScientist generously sent me some fresh seeds. They are already starting to pop roots! When they arrived, I put the seeds in the same composting leaf much that I had my Parajubaea torallyi seeds that I kept throwing old banana peels in an attempt to rot the fruit off. I kept them in that bucket through May and then peeled off the loose fruit and potted them up in June. I put them in the shade behind my garage and one month later and they are starting to germinate. It's been a cool spring and summer so far, so these guys like the cool temps to germinate. I can't thank @TheMadScientist enough for allowing me the opportunity to work with thi…
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Washingtonia Filifera Germination
by GardnerDylan6a- 2 replies
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Hello I was wondering if people could share how they germinate W. Filifera and Robusta seeds, I am wondering what the ideal temperature for germination is, as I have my Filifera seeds in a pot at room temperature with the soil at around 67 F, will they germinate?
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Please help: needle palm spear pull
by newtopalmsMD- 1 follower
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The first picture shows the newest spear on one of two pups on my needle palm suddenly is no longer green. I pulled on it and it slip up about an inch or two. The second picture shows the some of the leaves of the main plant and the other pup are still green. What should I do. I planted this in April (main plant and two pups all in the same 15 ish gallon pot) and all three plants produced new spears during the summer. Two weeks ago I I put down a little fertilizer that I had used twice before in the growing season (mid autumn fertilizer for needles in this zone is supposed to be helpful) added a couple of inches of black hardwood mulch around the plant being careful …