COLD HARDY PALMS
Selecting and growing palms for colder climates.
4,662 topics in this forum
-
Palms in Carlsbad NM
by KPoff- 1 follower
- 8 replies
- 168 views
I was in Carlsbad for work today and I haven’t been here for 10 years probably and the last time was to go see the caverns and watch the bats fly. I didn’t pay attention to the palms then but I was blown away by the amount of large filifera growing here. There were some large chamaerops. I also saw a few windmills, but I didn’t see any sabals surprisingly. A lot in these pictures took some good winter damage but were green and growing out. Carlsbad is 7a/7b and after looking at their temperatures it gets to 0-5 F at least once every winter and yet these endure. Maybe it’s the 3500’ elevation sun and dry winters? I don’t know but I was impressed and thought I should share …
-
-
Sabal minor is Native to Southeastern Virginia, it's undeniable
by Muslim Gardener- 1 follower
- 1 reply
- 170 views
Hello guys, I know you guys have seen maps and most people here will argue to the bitter end and die on the hill of believing Dwarf Palmetto (Sabal minor) grows native and wild up the coast of North Carolina and them just stops near the Virginia state border outside of the Virginia Beach city limits. After all, that's what the maps online of their native range say. Never mind the wild mature Dwarf Palmetto stands growing deep in the woods on swampy islands way off trails all over wooded areas such as First Landing State Park (zone 8b like Myrtle Beach) nor the wild palms on the Virginia Peninsula that my people have said grows here since atleast the 1620s which we've been…
-
Spring 2025 have you planted anything? 1 2 3 4
by PAPalmtrees- 1 follower
- 150 replies
- 3.8k views
Spring is just around the corner and i am curious have any of you guys planted anything yet? I haven't planted anything yet because the ground is still a bit too cold but any of you guys that live down South have you planted anything yet?
-
Surgery to Save this Trachy?
by newtopalmsMD- 1 follower
- 15 replies
- 287 views
A couple of very bad days this winter played havoc with a number of my Palms. The worst is pictured below, a Trachy v Nainital. I received it bare root in spring of 2020, While its been green and sprouting a modest amount of fronds each year, it has added almost no height. Anyway the first picture shows how badly it wintered. Both spears that had stopped growing pulled. The white stuff in the second pic is H2O2 bubbling up out of the stem. This level of foam has appeared 5 or 6 times. (Once a month in the winter I had sprayed Copper fungicide into it. ) So where do I go from here? Keep poring H2O2 into the plant, or switch to copper fungicide (as directed) an…
-
Filifera spear pull help 1 2
by Ltapia- 53 replies
- 786 views
Hey guys my parents have two filiferas after some rain here in Rio Rancho NM and a cold front one of there palms had spear pull any way we could bring it back any tips or ideas would be helpful I was going to give them copper fungicide ?
-
Saving a Patrick Hybrid
by JohnAndSancho- 7 replies
- 237 views
Okie dokie. I've had a Butia Lyto hybrid I bought from Patrick a few years ago. I was in the middle of a family emergency when we had a freak cold snap down to 9° and bringing plants in wasn't really on my radar. It looked fine until maybe a couple weeks ago. I made sure not to water it days before we were supposed to get a freeze, but there's 0% chance it was totally dry. Y'all know these things are expensive and hard to get. I'll take pictures tomorrow, but I pulled 3 spears. It's still got a few green fronds and lots of brown ones. I've seen larger plants saved by cutting them down. Key word being larger. This one is still in a pot and probably…
-
.thumb.jpg.304b32ca4398a111edf4ac525048111e.jpg)
- 5 followers
- 1.3k replies
- 41.1k views
This forum is all about Texas palms. Opinions are welcomed !
-
Windmill Palms
by Farmerboy920- 1 follower
- 8 replies
- 191 views
Is there any use to revive this are they gone thanks.. put them in water ? I been so busy I haven’t bought anymore to prevent this from happening again
-
Majesty palm in zone 9b texas
by Victor likes palms- 24 replies
- 1k views
Would it be possible for a majesty palm to survive my bee county, texas zone 9b. What would be some favorable conditions for it?
-
So far so good 1 2 3 4
by DTS- 3 followers
- 137 replies
- 4.1k views
This is the first year that I’m not going to protect my needle palm until it gets too cold for it So far, a cold event brought it down to 18 degrees, and it’s currently 29 out. No damage at all on it so far. Tonight it’s supposed to get down to 19f, so it will go through basically the same temp twice. Also, I forgot about these little Washingtonia and Sabal seedlings behind it, so far the Sabal Causiarum has less damage than the Washy hybrid. Already know that they probably aren’t going to make it to next year but I guess It see how far they can go.
-
Why?
by John in Winston- 1 follower
- 5 replies
- 183 views
Why are growers putting 3-4 Sabal minors seedlings all scrunched up in 3 gallon pots?
-
.thumb.JPG.ea6e06b346532d9bdf65d562d1d47ce7.JPG)
Fronds droopy on Pindo palm
by donnacreation- 4 replies
- 176 views
I’m wondering why the fronds on my pindo palm are drooping. It was planted April 2022 in part shade and is growing with a healthy spear, but the fronds have become very droopy as pictured. The first pic was taken Jan 2023 and the others pics were taken yesterday. Any ideas?
-
Female gone crazy?
by Dave_E- 1 follower
- 6 replies
- 201 views
Hi All, This is a photo of my 7 year old Windmill Palm in Northwest Washington State. This year there are SIX seed pods. There have been no pods for the past 2 years and 2 pods during years 3 and 4. Does this sound normal. I'm guessing the tree isn't going to get much growth this season while she is devoting all her energy to the seed pods. Do you and if you do, when do you cut them out? Thanks - Dave Dave
-
Spring recoveries after 5 degrees with no protection
by NMPalmjunky- 4 replies
- 186 views
I have lost many palms over the years to freeze damage. I have used various methods of protection with mixed results, but I stopped protecting about 5 years ago. My area is officially 7b, but it has been a decade since it has hit 5 degrees at my house. I had some minor bronzing before the cold event. Almost everything showed some damage two days later. There have been no losses and things are starting to look much better despite the surprise snow today.
-
Divide Livistona?
by Manalto- 4 replies
- 141 views
This Livistona chinensis (or, more to the point, this cluster of three Livistona chinensis) was knocked back in the 13°F temperature last winter. I'd prefer to have a single trunk - can they be separated with a sharp shovel? Is this even feasible?
-
- 5 followers
- 178 replies
- 8k views
And no, the unprotected 7f these saw was not my concern. Will let this "stew", more to the story in due time
-
Will these European Fan Palms survive?
by FosterDog- 1 follower
- 20 replies
- 550 views
I am north of Atlanta zone 8A. I have good luck with windmill palms. I accidentally purchased four small European Fan Palms. I contacted the seller and was told that the European Fan Palms should actually do better in our winters than the windmill palms. So... they didn't. They were sitting next to four small windmills that did just fine. Two have green fronds emerging. I think they will make it. One seems completely brown and frozen. One has a small tinge of green at the base and I don't know if it will survive. Attached are one picture each of the hardy survivors and two pictures each of the questionable little palms. Does anyone have any thoughts, co…
-
Sabal Germination Curiosities
by MichaelB- 2 followers
- 3 replies
- 134 views
I have observed a couple of curious odd ball germinations amongst a batch of Sabal pumos and Sabal palmetto 'Lisa'. I would consider these very atypical and was curious if anyone has any thoughts on why this is the case. For the pumos, my thoughts are genetic mutation. For the Lisa, I am wondering if this is a result of hybrid fertilization. Sabal pumos - Instead of developing a typical cataphyll, a deformed navel-like structure has formed. To me, it seems the cataphyll is forming inside out. For the Lisa - The atypical specimen has three very different characteristics than its siblings. …
-
Brahea 'Clara' from seed
by JeskiM- 8 replies
- 603 views
Back in October I sowed 10 seeds, that I purchased from a seller on Etsy, into a "communal" pot. Yesterday I noticed the 1st sprout, and today I noticed a 2nd sprout. (Circled in red). These will be thing I will be watching: (1) How fast they can go. I also have a B. armata that is 3 years old in a 1 G for comparison (2nd picture with the communal 'Clara' pot behind it. (2) If the palm(s) is/are actually a 'Clara' or not (3) What my final germination rate will be for these first 10 seeds. (I have a second pot with 20 seeds (from different sellers) in it that I sowed in March, but haven't seen any germinate yet). (4) What variations may be from …
-
Wish me luck!
by kbob11- 1 follower
- 14 replies
- 414 views
It’s been a good run. 5 years in the ground here in MA zone 6A. We are moving to 5B 1300.’ The timing is really bad but they will be stored in a cool garage until March. Fingers crossed.
-
- 2 followers
- 21 replies
- 1k views
Wanted to share two pictures of my filiferas I planted back in July 2023. I sprouted them from seed in my greenhouse in fall of 2021. They both had trunks about the size of my thumb and were less than a foot tall. They are planted way too close to my building but face due south and get rainwater from canales above. Hindsight I should’ve planted them right in the middle but was worried I’d never be able to walk around them ( still prob won’t be able too soon!) Exactly one year later the fronds on the palm are up to my shoulder and I’m almost 6 ft tall. I water them deeply twice a week in the summer and use palm gain fertilizer twice a year. Can’t wait to see …
-
Help! Are they beyond saving?
by Smiley- 1 follower
- 3 replies
- 125 views
New here, so Hello and thank u for all your help. We purchased some large Pindo palms April 2024 and had planted next to pool. Fast fwd to now, I noticed the palm trees seem to be dying. I had no knowledge of how to properly care for these pindos so after doing lots of research and getting more and more discouraged realizing they may already be completely dead. What happened is We had some very unexpected freezing rain in January and February that I now suspect what may have murdered my trees. The spears are all dead with rot on ends when I barely pulled and they came out of top. Most all the existing (I believe called fronds) leaves also seem to be dying. I treated with …
-
Transplant smaller Sabal Palmettos?
by JohnT- 1 follower
- 5 replies
- 196 views
Hi everyone, I recently came across a person who lives nearby who is giving away the below palms for free. They are basically seeds from much larger palms on the property. Do you think it’s worth the effort of transplanting them? Will I have to remove all the leaves on them? In the past, any time I have done transplants for trees, I have used this product below to help with root restoration and it’s worked every time. Thank you
-
Big box store finds 2025 1 2
by Keys6505- 61 replies
- 1.5k views
I know it's a little early but some of the stores by me are starting to get some stuff in. I've seen these Trachys at two different Lowe's now ( League City and Livingston TX) but it looks like each store is only getting 2 because they both had the same Monrovia pallets with the same plants on them. I know Trachys aren't rare but these are the biggest I've seen at a big box. 6g, no price posted and sku doesn't pull anything up online. The Chamaedorea were also at the Livingston Lowe's on clearance. I'm almost positive they're Seifrizii and I've never seen Seifrizii sold in anything other than the big 7g that they have intermittently in the summer. These rang up …
-
Filifera ?
by Ltapia- 4 replies
- 123 views
What do you guys think I plan on putting this guy in the ground I was pushing toward a pure filfiera wasnt 100% on this one any thoughts ?
-
Who's Online (See full list)
- BayAndroid
- TropicsofCanada
- Jubaea_James760
- Silas_Sancona
- coops 3214
- PalmSam
- Mazat
- SouthernCATropicals
- MoPalm
- richnorm
- Zentaur
- Borassus2892
- dhbj
- Kauri
-
Upcoming Events
No upcoming events found -
Popular Topics This Week
-
