Funny Palm Stories

[PalmTreeDude]

Before I had the "palm bug" I got a Coconut palm from Florida, it was a young one, just a sprouted coconut with about a foot of fronds sticking out. I planted it in the ground in Virginia and I thought I was going to be the only one in my neighborhood to have a Coconut tree, I was completely unaware that it was not at all cold hardy. It grew some throughout the summer, then the first frost came and it was toasted. Looking back on it now it was kind of funny, but poor palm. 

Edited December 12, 2016 by PalmTreeDude

[Mr.SamuraiSword]

On 12/12/2016, 6:49:14, PalmTreeDude said:

Before I had the "palm bug" I got a Coconut palm from Florida, it was a young one, just a sprouted coconut with about a foot of fronds sticking out. I planted it in the ground in Virginia and I thought I was going to be the only one in my neighborhood to have a Coconut tree, I was completely unaware that it was not at all cold hardy. It grew some throughout the summer, then the first frost came and it was toasted. Looking back on it now it was kind of funny, but poor palm. 

I watched a video claiming windmill palms were "zone 5!" and "hardy to -15f!  I then bought a windmill palm right afterward.  i put it outside in its pot one day while it was snowing to wow the neighbors, it was around 15f.  I brought it inside after a good 10 hours and luckally no burn or anything.  After a few months I found out the truth and, my dreams of a unprotected palm in Connecticut vanished.  My neighbors must have been amused however.