FREEZE DAMAGE DATA

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   Continued issues after Texas snow & ice storms

   July 9, 2023 by GizmoGirl

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   Need some serious help and advice, please!!!! 2/21 Texas Snow storm. I got 6” of snow that stayed on ground and kept us in the dark for a week. I lost all 6 of my 30’ Mexican Fan palms. Serious damage to 3 smaller ones, 2 - 15’ Pendos and 3 other hardier Texas trees. i can’t get a break, 2023 we got an ice storm. I have since since lost two of the three smaller (4-5’) Mexican fan palms that showed initial new growth of 2’ fan stilll not opened and then all of a sudden the fan just fell over and turned brown. In pic 1 is my last fan palm. It too is still struggling. If i get a fan, it turns brown. I originally planted them in 2009, but since snow and …

   

   Last reply by GizmoGirl, July 9, 2023
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   Pritchardia munroi

   January 27, 2018 by Zeeth

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   3.5 hours below freezing, absolute low of 28.7˚ F.

   

   Last reply by Zeeth, January 27, 2018
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   Ptychosperma macarthurii

   January 27, 2018 by RedRabbit

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   Only about 20% damage from 28f. Performed much better than D. lutescens and D. pembana by comparison. I had always heard these are intolerant of the cold, but my experience shows it performs reasonably well. Additional info can be found here: http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?/topic/55520-2018-freeze-in-central-florida/&do=findComment&comment=834723

   

   Last reply by RedRabbit, January 27, 2018
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   Nannorrhops ritchieana (Mazari)

   April 1, 2019 by buffy

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   Ultimate low between 8F and 10F. 50% burn. Some spear pull on stems. Stems returned. 15 months later.

   

   Last reply by buffy, April 1, 2019

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   Freeze Damage update

   August 6, 2018 by The Real Tree Doctor

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   Just wanted to add a little information above freezing conditions for palm trees . Many people talk about palms that are freeze hardy and they seem to ignore the problems created by stress from freezing conditions on any tropical plant. Stress that is unusual to any palm can attract many different insect problems to the palm. These insects may not kill them immediately, but several years later the palm can die. Philip Hughes The Real Tree Doctor

   

   Last reply by The Real Tree Doctor, August 6, 2018

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   Grass dypsis

   January 19, 2007 by neoflora

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   This a palm Mardy as well as myself collected in Mad. Absolutely perfect! Looks like a thin leaf onily.

   

   Last reply by neoflora, January 19, 2007
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   Chamaedorea seifrizii x radicalis

   August 1, 2007 by iwan

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   15G, burned severely 23.6F under shade cloth Feb/March 2006, but recovered. Was brought in after the first (advective) night of the freeze ~22-23F. Similar damage as 2006, but as the temps warmed up it started losing "trunks". I was holding out hope with the radicalis genes, but it seems to see damage similar to potted seifrizii. Toast now.

   

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   Dypsis decaryi

   July 22, 2022 by Zoltan

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   Full sun by fence for years 2 of them . At cold I do protect w sheets or maybe light but even when I didn’t it recover just fine. The reason I like to protect because I don’t want to take chances and also it gets fuller as they don’t get any damage im in Jacksonville Florida at Pulaski exit

   

   Last reply by Zoltan, July 22, 2022

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    dendrocalamus giganteus

    August 18, 2015 by akaranus

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    its not a palm but very interesting plant, does anyone have expirience with this bamboo and low temperatures?

    

    Last reply by akaranus, August 18, 2015
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    Beccariophoenix alfredii

    June 27, 2011 by brattle_007

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    Well from my experience of germinating seeds of Beccariophoenix alfredii, the soil needs temperatures in the high 20s to 30s, for it to germinate. After sprouting, the soil high temperature still needs to be maintained to develop the rooting systems and the first leaf. Soil temps in the teens will stop early growth.

    

    Last reply by brattle_007, June 27, 2011
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    Dypsis true ambro

    December 1, 2010 by trioderob

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    my planted in ground seedling dypsis true ambro made through 2 nights in a row with min temps under 32f - for approx 3 hours per night at sub freezing. no damage noted

    

    Last reply by trioderob, December 1, 2010
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    Interesting 2006-7 Californian freeze damage report data

    August 9, 2016 by john_tas

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    https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=4&ved=0ahUKEwjOhKfu_bPOAhWEFJQKHbo8DXkQFggZMAM&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.palmgardensbergstrom.com%2Ffreeze_2007%2F06-08-article.pdf&usg=AFQjCNFCv9NSli4XPq-0e4yo-jZhVX995w&sig2=M5ZahHDWTmIYYLnsMa8b5w

    

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    Northwest Louisiana Snovid-21

    February 22, 2021 by John Derek

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    Pictures from an all time low of 0.5F in Sarepta Louisiana. I wrapped them up with blankets and a tarp/trash bags. The small Sabals I covered with 3 gallon pots and a 10 lbs weight. They have obvious sign of burn. So far all center spears are good. Thanks for all the good advice to keep it dry on the front end. I believe that was the difference for survival in what is called a 100 year storm.

    

    Last reply by John Derek, February 22, 2021

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    Dypsis Ovobontsira

    June 7, 2008 by BS Man about Palms

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    So far, this appears to be a fairly hardy palm for So Cal. I had a small 1 gal sit outside ALL winter in a pot (only brought in when I thought might reach mid 30's, about 4-5 times) It regularly saw high 30's, and although slow, continues to plug along! I do know of a larger one at Matt P's and it is in the ground and growing...

    

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    young Mauritia flexuosa making it thru 35 degree

    January 16, 2021 by John of Ponce

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    I wanted to post a photo of my 3-year-old or Mauritia flexuosa that survived despite not being protected and being in an open area of my yard when the temperature dropped to 35 degrees Fahrenheit when I was out of town

    

    Last reply by John of Ponce, January 16, 2021

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    Mauritia flexuosa surviving 35° temperatures unprotected

    January 16, 2021 by John of Ponce

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    I wanted to post a photo of my 3-year-old or Mauritia flexuosa that survived despite not being protected and being in an open area of my yard when the temperature dropped to 35 degrees Fahrenheit when I was out of town

    

    Last reply by John of Ponce, January 16, 2021
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    livistona mariae

    January 12, 2014 by gyuseppe

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    is fairly resistant to frost have resisted - 3 degrees Celsius, no burn of leaves

    

    Last reply by gyuseppe, January 12, 2014
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    Livistona chinensis froze

    January 16, 2022 by EJPalm05

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    We just had 5F -15C and the leaves of my livistona chinensis have been fried I hope it comes back just gotta wait for the spear to pull!

    

    Last reply by EJPalm05, January 16, 2022
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    Burretiokentia veillardia

    January 3, 2013 by John Case

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    Exposed to 29 degrees and no sun........so far so good for both in ground and potted. Lots of winter left.....no frost yet.

    

    Last reply by John Case, January 3, 2013
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    RAPHIA AUSTRALIS

    March 13, 2012 by basilios

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    A robust seedling, almost 3' tall, growing in a pot, after persistent cold weather and many nights and days with temperatures steadily below 8C / 46F, but no actual freeze (the lowest it got was around 1.5C / 34.5F), finally succumbed to the cold. Better said, it was completely toasted. So, not cold hardy at all, at least as a seedling in pot culture.

    

    Last reply by basilios, March 13, 2012
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    Rhapis laosensis

    March 27, 2011 by Kailua_Krish

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    Slight damage and yellowing to a plant exposed to 21 degree weather, much hardier than most data suggests. -Krishna

    

    Last reply by Kailua_Krish, March 27, 2011
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    Chamaerops Humilis, 15 degree hard freeze.

    February 12 by Ed Askew

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    So far, we have had a colder than normal winter in South Mississippi. We saw 15 degrees F in early January. I know it's not over. I have over 100 sabal palms, both S. Louisiana and S. Palmetto. 8 of the S. Palmettos are over 20 feet tall. The larger sabals have gone dormant, and there is a bit of a singe on the tips of the fronds, not unusual. The rest are totally unfazed. I have 3 Chamaerops; the largest is about 6 feet tall. They all have some freeze damage. The lower fronds are all brown and about 1/3 of the upper fronds have some browning. These palms saw 9 degrees F one winter and were totally defoliated, but usually they will hang on to their fronds down t…

    

    Last reply by Ed Askew, February 12
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    Rhapis Excelsa

    July 18, 2023 by DAVEinMB

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    Been in the ground through two winters and survived an ultimate low of 13F. The 13F was a dry cold but it also made it through 19F with freezing rain. Never been protected

    

    Last reply by DAVEinMB, July 18, 2023

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    Pritchardia maideniana

    January 3, 2013 by MattyB

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    Information for P. maideniana can be found under it's old name: Pritchardia affinis. Here: http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=3185

    

    Last reply by MattyB, January 3, 2013
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    BxJxBxS "Super Mule"

    January 24 by JLM

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    The one in my backyard was protected for both freezes, but it was protected differently for each one. The first one, which saw a low of 18.1F, it was fully protected. The second, which saw a low of 23F, had only the trunk and spear area protected. The fronds were left out in the open. The fronds have shown no sign of cold damage, not even spotting. Will continue to monitor and provide updates as needed. I protected it in some way for both freezes as the cold hardiness with these is not widely known. As it gets bigger ill allow it to be exposed to deeper freezes to experiment.

    

    Last reply by JLM, January 24

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