FREEZE DAMAGE DATA

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   Rhapis humilis

   April 9, 2011 by Darkman

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   I have a Rhapis humilis that survived the 2009/2010 winter that had lows of 19.3 on two occasions (if memory serves me right). This winter with lows of 24 I thought would be a snap however I did something stupid. I left a sprinkler on a created a Winter not Wonderland but a Hellish Artic Nightmare. My humilis (ten trunks about three foot tall) now has spear pull. Does anyone have any experience with cold damaged humilis?

   

   Last reply by Jcalvin, January 28, 2023

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   Roystonea borenquena

   January 16, 2007 by Jim in Los Altos

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   Low of 26.5F. No damage to fully exposed 2 foot tall plant.

   

   Last reply by Joe palma, May 14, 2007
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   Allagoptera leucocalyx

   January 11, 2010 by mnorell

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   Small pinnate specimen (1gal size), planted mid-2009, exposed position. Looked fine through a few light/moderate frosts & freezes as low as 28.6F. Began to show moderate-to-major foliar damage with two back-to-back freezes to 25.9F. The big freeze of 2010 (64 hours continuously below freezing, lows of 23, 18.4, 19.7, 19.8) has completely toasted exposed foliage. I have it mulched to the spear and expect it to recover from below this point. This one is not as leaf-hardy as I had hoped, it seems no hardier from that perspective than A. arenaria.

   

   Last reply by Jamesasb, March 6, 2018

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   Roystonea oleracea

   January 16, 2007 by DoomsDave

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   Tender, they say. Four babies in the ground, about 4 feet tall, temps down to about 29 FF, some show serious (70% damage) others show mild (20%) damage. Big mama, 20+ tall, 29 FF, no damage so far, aiming a fan into the crown, call me mad! dave

   

   Last reply by quaman58, October 1, 2007
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   Clinostigma savoryanum

   January 16, 2007 by Kim

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   Stretched specimen, planted spring?summer? 2006. Newest leaf is shorter, so in-ground height now about 4 ft. No direct canopy, but in the shadow of a 30-ft strelitzia nicolai, morning sun, afternoon shade. Lowest low 31, dry. Oldest leaf, which was already fading, looks dryer. Newest leaf (yes, only two!) appears unchanged.

   

   Last reply by avb, June 25, 2007
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   Acanthophoenix crinita

   January 17, 2007 by quaman58

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   Upper hillside planting, 3-1/2 foot plant in ground 2-1/2 years. Mild leaf browning on 2 fronds @ 27F.

   

   Last reply by Josh-O, January 4, 2015
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   Lytocaryum hoenii

   January 17, 2007 by Geoff

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   I have two of these seedlings planted in the yard- one with minimal protection and one under shade cloth (but still minimal protection). Neither showing any damage to 27F freeze for 5 hours+

   

   Last reply by 8B palms, June 6, 2020

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   Ravenea hildebrandtii

   January 17, 2007 by Gtlevine

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   Another great palm, my two trunking size specimens cruised through 27F with no damage. Gary

   

   Last reply by Darold Petty, March 20, 2022
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    Newbie protecting queen palms without frost blankets

    January 28, 2022 by jda018

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    I’m new to this so please bare with me. I have 2 queen palms (one that’s 12 ft tall & the other that’s 7 ft) that have been planted in our house early this summer. The palms are being heavily watered & heavy mulching already added. Antitranspirant Spray added & Christmas lights added around the trunks as well. I’ve ordered frost wraps but my order is delayed & won’t arrive until tomorrow. I live in Jacksonville, FL & tonight it will be 35 degrees but with gale force winds will cause a wind chill in the teens (very unusual climate for here) & tomorrow it will be a low of 27. Local stores & palm nurseries are out of stock of frost covers & …

    

    Last reply by D Palm, February 3, 2022

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    Arenga pinnata

    January 18, 2007 by DoomsDave

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    Four of them, in 12" "band pots" plants about 12" tall, one night of 24.8 F (-4 C) 30% damage, after that, into the garage . . . dave

    

    Last reply by Phoenikakias, January 26, 2017

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    Sabal dominguensis

    January 2, 2011 by Rafael

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    One night 28F for two hours. Heavy frost. Two nights 30F for five hours. Light frost. I thought it was not a tender palm...

    

    Last reply by yeye, January 11, 2011
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    Sabal uresana

    April 23, 2010 by tank

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    Low of 14F. 14 days straight of below freezing temps. 50% overhead protection. ~50 Plants in pots (3gal). No damage. One planted in ground as a 5 gal last year with no overhead protection showed 50% leaf damage and the spear pulled. Pushed up what was left of the spear last month and is pushing up a new leaf.

    

    Last reply by Meangreen94z, December 14, 2021

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    Cycas Revoluta 3-20-10

    March 20, 2010 by JASON M

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    I forgot my Sago Palm outside last night. I didn't know it was going to snow. Uh oh. I was up at 4:30 looking at it through my window. Some snow on it. 10:50 AM more snow on it. There is minimal damage.

    

    Last reply by TexasColdHardyPalms, May 21, 2017
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    Phoenix reclinata x roebelenii

    January 19, 2007 by iwan

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    ~3 year old seedling in 2g citrus pot in shade house. Slight dark splotches during the December 2006 on fronds partially exposed under shade cloth. Spots disappeared after a few days. Temp measured under shade cloth 24F. Three days in mid-20's. Jan 2007, low @18" two feet away was 15.8F. Multiple days with upper teens. Initially unprotected, except for shade cloth for several days. After reading mid-teens, I threw a light blanket over it. Minor dark splotches, same as Dec. 2006 freeze. No serious damage so far.

    

    Last reply by Phoenikakias, December 15, 2016

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    thanksgiving freeze in Louisiana

    November 28, 2013 by Tropicdoc

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    weatherbug waetherstation about a mile away read 31 as low. I placed a digital acurite suction cup type on the ground in the middle of the lawn. It read 27 as the low. Frost all over the lawns and roofs. So far, my insulation for the palms looks like it worked. Jubaeopsis no damage, Dypsis lutescens no damage. Unprotected Alocasia looks like wilted lettuce. Suprisingly, Hass avocado looks fine.

    

    Last reply by Tropicdoc, December 2, 2013
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    Dioon Edule

    August 20, 2015 by CumberlandPlants

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    Need cold hardy info. On this Cycad. Herd it is Hardy as low as single digits. Any reports of this?

    

    Last reply by bananaman, February 25, 2021

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    Phoenix sylvestris/Phoenix canariensis damage in zone 8

    January 24, 2010 by moses

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    Hello, new to this forum and palm trees. Thanks for all the insightful posts! I'm located in Hattiesburg, MS (zone 8) and received severe burn on 2 Phoenix sylvestris(3 foot of trunk)and 1 Phoenix canariensis (2 foot of trunk) despite some limited protection. We had at least 3 nights of 15-16F weather during the recent snap. The only positive news is some green is still present on the emerging center buds. I was told to leave on all the dead foliage for added protection as there may be a chance of recovery when spring/summer arrives. Really hope so as they have done really well during the prior 2 winters. I tied up the dead foliage on the trees to help shield the cente…

    

    Last reply by Matthew92, November 24, 2017

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    Prestoea montana

    January 15, 2007 by deezpalms

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    My 15 gallon beauty has suffered from the mid 30's temps. that I've had lately. It has lost one frond already and the last one isn't looking so hot right now.

    

    Last reply by Tropicdoc, January 24, 2014
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    Rhopalostylis baueri

    January 16, 2007 by MattyB

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    Rhopalostylis baueri In ground, 25 gallon size, 3-4 feet overall, planted underneath A. maxima 24.1F, no frost, A. maxima as canopy No damage.

    

    Last reply by yeye, February 5, 2017
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    Is this palm dead?

    March 9, 2023 by ParrotheadVol

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    Hello. I live in East Tennessee and about 4 years ago I planted a couple of Windmill Palms out in my pool area. This past Christmas we had a string of 3 or 4 days where it was very cold (around zero). I noticed about a month ago that all of the fronds were brown on the ends and some were completely brown. I cut the ones off that were completely brown and cut most of the brown from the ones that still had some green. I'm trying to figure out if these trees are dead, which would absolutely suck if that were the case. I'm posting a few pics here of one of the palms in hopes that someone can advise me on what I should do. Hopefully, there is hope here. I really don't want to…

    

    Last reply by kinzyjr, May 24, 2023

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    Coccothrinax alta

    February 25, 2007 by spockvr6

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    Small in ground palm which stands about 24" high. The "official" air temperature on my weather station (at about 4-5 ft above ground ) was 34F. But, due to the still air, I measured 29F at ground level. This palm was in the open and not exposed to frost. Certer portions of skyward facing leaf surfaces on several leaves were damaged.

    

    Last reply by Palmə häl′ik, March 17, 2009
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    Butia Freeze Damage In Virginia (12°F)

    January 24, 2019 by PalmTreeDude

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    So we got down to 12°F a few days ago and now it has warmed up and we are currently in the low 60s and yesterday was in the low 60s as well. My Butia bought simply as a "Pindo Palm" from Lowes in the Spring shows little damage so far. The only damage I can see is a bit of browning on parts of the oldest leaves and a spot here or there on the "middle aged" leaves. The newest ones look fine so far. I will keep everyone updated, but I expected to see more damage and sooner. One of my other smaller ones got burned pretty badly, about 60% defoliation. As for the one that is showing little signs of damage, I must have gotten a pretty tough one. None of my palms were given any p…

    

    Last reply by Ninja88, February 3, 2019

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    Pensacola Date Palm Disaster

    January 25, 2016 by Matthew92

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    The college I go to in Pensacola had a formal planting of date palms in front of the main auditorium building. They were planted in 2002 as smaller trees maybe 10 feet tall with only several feet of trunk. They eventually got to about 25-30 feet tall. However, the 2013-2014 winter took a major toll: there was around 17 degrees, an entire day basically below freezing, multiple mid to low 20's, and a coating of freezing rain during which it went to 20 degrees. Almost total defoliation. One of the palms (11 total) actually died while the others barely hung on. Next winter, although not as hard, wasn't much better, getting around 20 degrees. The canopies were still not fully …

    

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    Phoenix sylvestris

    January 17, 2010 by AJQ

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    This one took 3 weeks of sub zero temps with at least 2 excursions to -4c/24.8v and 2 lower dips to -5c/23f. So far it is undamaged. Regards Andy.

    

    Last reply by Tigerpalm, August 17, 2022
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    Cold Tolerance in Licuala

    July 20, 2010 by Wanderanwills

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    Hi, Curious as to which species in the genus Licuala are the most cold tolerant? Regards Stephen

    

    Last reply by bubba, June 19, 2011

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