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Cold Hardy Madagascar Palms


Alicehunter2000

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Yes, a buddy of mine picked one up for me. The guy over in Crawfordville.

Here is the bizzy in front of my house....it shrugged off the 25 degree with frost temps we had a few weeks ago attachicon.gif20141127_131853.jpg

Wow David that Bizzy looks fantastic. Especially in light of your weather last winter. Everyone will know your house from neighbors'' homes by that landmark palm.

Zone 9b (formerly listed as Zone 9a); Sunset 14

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I guess the question was because I'm gonna put 2 or 3 of a crown shafted species under the canopy of my new live oaks. I will use Christmas lights or heat cables to help them every winter. I would like to use only one species to keep some sort of unity/ theme to the garden. I think A Cunningham with heat cables could live for 10-15 years under canopy here. Most winters stay above 25 F.

I think Alexandrae's are doable where you are. I spent a few days of research on them to see if there was ANY way I could pull them off where I live- needless to say, I gave up. But I often thought to myself, "Man, If only I was in a zone 9 area then I'd definitely buy a bunch of alexandrae's". Worst case scenario: After getting one, down the road you could have a large Alexandrae that is unprotectable and a solid freeze hits your area one time and it's severely damaged. The following growing season everything grows back and that once in a decade freeze doesn't come back for a good while. Just thinking aloud here... :)

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I guess the question was because I'm gonna put 2 or 3 of a crown shafted species under the canopy of my new live oaks. I will use Christmas lights or heat cables to help them every winter. I would like to use only one species to keep some sort of unity/ theme to the garden. I think A Cunningham with heat cables could live for 10-15 years under canopy here. Most winters stay above 25 F.

I think Alexandrae's are doable where you are. I spent a few days of research on them to see if there was ANY way I could pull them off where I live- needless to say, I gave up. But I often thought to myself, "Man, If only I was in a zone 9 area then I'd definitely buy a bunch of alexandrae's". Worst case scenario: After getting one, down the road you could have a large Alexandrae that is unprotectable and a solid freeze hits your area one time and it's severely damaged. The following growing season everything grows back and that once in a decade freeze doesn't come back for a good while. Just thinking aloud here... :)

A. cunninghamiana is more tolerant to cool growing conditions. It also has the most southern natural range out of all the Archontopheonix family. In habitat they are forest dwelling so they grow quite well under the canopy bursting out of the canopy in old age.

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