COLD HARDY PALMS
Selecting and growing palms for colder climates.
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Mule palm in part shade
by Paradise Found- 14 replies
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Mule palm BxS has a lot of queen in it and the lower part of the trunk is really thickening up. Makes me want to try a real queen palm in this area. lol. So far it has been fairly hardy for me with very little damage. Get around 5-6 hrs of sunshine. What I like about this one is the droopy leaves.
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Maryland Welcomes You..with tropical palms.
by Sabal_Louisiana- 2 replies
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Street View swipe. I know the winters may be getting warmer but... If you're going to plant palms for the season, you might as well go for broke. Just skip the Sabals entirely.
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Thoughts & Texans Plant Purchases Since the Big Freeze
by Collectorpalms- 14 replies
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What have you purchased since the historic freeze? Palms and other Plants. What died to the freeze? What about your neighbors? What do you want to change about your landscape?
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Also the growth is impressive. New Braunfels,TX first image is 2011 2nd image is 2018
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Windmill problem
by EastCanadaTropicals- 27 replies
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Ok, so when I first uncovered my windmill, it looked fine. It was raining alot when I uncovered it in April, and I thought windmills liked wet weather so I left it. But the spear and emrging frond began to look worse and worse after every rainstorm. The emerging leave and spear are fully browned, but they arent completely pulling off. What can I do to help? Is it still alive? Should I get an older palm next time? No other leaf on the windmill looks that bad, but the other leaves have some winter damage. Any advice? If it's dead, next time, ill plant the largest sabal minor I can find, place it on a south facing wall, and protect the leaves every year.
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Pindo Palm shedding it's boots
by Ponds & Palms- 12 replies
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My brother in law has a pindo palm he got about 3 years ago from a local dealer in North Carolina so we don't know how old the palm is. We live in zone 7b and for the most part the tree has been fine. He wraps the trunk and bottom fronds in burlap in the winter to keep it warm and with a pretty mild winter this past year all the fronds were still green unwrapping it ! Now it appears that the bottom boots are falling off (see pictures) the trunk exposed is rock hard so it doesn't seem rotten, so what is going on? There are no signs of bugs and the center spear has put out about 4 new fronds this summer.
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Palm trees for Tallassee, Alabama 36078
by Jack Jackson- 9 replies
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Landscaping my pool area and looking for two palm trees about 6' tall to plant. I like the type with a smooth trunk. I am not very familiar with palm trees. I just planted two Pinda Palms and want something taller behind them. Any suggestions? Also advice on soil amendments would be helpful. I live in Section 8A. Thank you in advance and may God bless us all...
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Cincinnati Eucalyptus
by donofriojim1- 4 replies
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Not palm related but I have this in my palm garden. This in my Eucalyptus Neglecta. It is a little over 6 feet tall. I planted it in march,2020 as a 3ft tree from Plant Delights nursery. It has never been protected other than good sighting. It was un phased by a winter low of 4 degrees Fahrenheit and two weeks below freezing during the arctic blast last February. Cincinnati zone 6b.
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Boise tropics year 2
by Is that alive- 0 replies
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Year 2 unprotected Trachycarpus. Removed 1 of them and added a Sabal Minor. The 1 removed had roof runoff and spear pulled. Might still be alive and if so will be planted elsewhere. Also banana unprotected died back but a bunch of pups coming up. http://imgur.com/gallery/Xurw13O
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Trachycarpus one flower stalk
by palm789- 4 replies
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I transplanted a large trachycarpus from pot into the ground back end of march, I noticed its only putting out one flower stalk, is this normal?
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More Nashville region palms
by Mr.SamuraiSword- 1 follower
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A couple weeks ago I revisited Hendersonville and saw some more interesting palms, notably two large windmills. These were planted in 2003, the one on the right is notably taller. Me for scale (im 6.2) Lots of volunteers, Nearby Liquor store with a Needle palm grouping Also another windmill outside the store. In downtown nashville, the Margaritavilles has a planting of around 8 Sabal Minor palms under a concrete overhang Besides these palms, the home with the large windmills also had this potted majesty, it seemed to be prematurely gaining actual clear trunk if you look close. …
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My little slice of heaven, and some palms too.
by Chad king NC- 1 follower
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Trachycarpus germinating question
by Bill Nanaimo- 6 replies
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How much of a difference does it make if you peel all the fibre or coating off the trachycarpus seeds vs just putting them in dirt as they come off the tree, I got 2000 seeds I want to try with
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Sabal minor watering during heat
by ColumbusPalm- 1 follower
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Hi All! I hope I don’t get annoying with all of my newbie questions. We have unseasonably hot weather the next 7 days. Upper 80s and lower 90s and no rain. When people say give the minors a lot of water, does that mean every morning? Every other morning? Or what? I really appreciate it! Nate
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Soil Heating Cables
by Squince&WendyPeffercorn- 7 replies
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First time poster here. I live in zone 6B and planted some Windmill Palms (south facing). I am thinking of burying some soil warming cables and have them set to automatically turn on at 32F and off at 50-60F. Have any of you had success with this method?
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I have a bizmark palm that spear pulled on me 2 weeks ago. I poured peroxide in the crown and it’s pushing up a new spear. When is it ok to water this palm? I thought I read somewhere to not water a palm when it’s in recovery mode from rot and spear pull.
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I've posted a few other threads about my struggles with T. fortunei and got a lot of great advice. Recently purchased a new 15g plant, and raised up my planting area to improve drainage in my heavy clay yard, based on advice here. Palm was dropped into the ground at the beginning of May, given a good soak, and then has been watered about once every 5 days or so since then (last time I tried one of these I think I over did the watering). It's otherwise been a very dry and mild May here in central Virginia. No fertilizer used yet, was planning to wait a month or so. Fast forward to today, a little less than three weeks from planting, and the tree already looks pre…
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Best nurseries in the Rio Grande valley
by blake_tx- 1 reply
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It's been a while since I've been down there. Please list your favorite nurseries down there please. Thanks in advance!!
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Will Arenga engleri stay small in a confined space?
by Fukuoka Scott- 1 follower
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I’m thinking of planting them on either side of my front door. A bit of bushiness is fine but I’m wondering if they will tend to stay more compact in a small space, as something this big would be a bit much. I suppose I could just remove any annoying trunks as they emerged?
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Looking for Canary Island Date Palm
by smatofu- 2 replies
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Hello, Is there a place in the DFW area to buy CIDP? Maybe something within a few hours drive? Any place online? Thank you, S.
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Hello, We were able to keep this palm “Ol’ Roy” alive over the winter here in Austin, Texas. I am trying to identify him. My best guess is a 8a cold hardy Washingtonia Filabusta type filifera. https://photos.app.goo.gl/K9XJyhPGo3cY2N6x5
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Sorry for the tease... But someone in the US must have one that has flowered by now? I have 2 of a reasonable size with the largest one having over 7ft of trunk but yet to flower, I was convinced it would this spring but alas.... nada. It would seem they need to get to over 7ft trunk similar to takil before they flower? But I’d like to be proved wrong. IMG_4313.MOV
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Ground or greenhouse
by BeyondTheGarden- 11 replies
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Hello all, I acquired some palms from Raintree tropicals in NW Oregon yesterday. Some like Trachy's will definitely go in the ground. Some I am debating if I'd be better off putting them into my greenhouse for a year or two. Sabal Uresana, Sabal Louisiana, Jubaea, and R hystrix are the main questions. I know they all grow slowly, trying to weigh the juice vs squeeze. Would there be a significant amount of growth from a year or two in the greenhouse vs putting them in the ground? Our summers are so mild here, highs in the mid 70s are the norm. Compared to the greenhouse which is 90F while the sun is up, and also more humid since we don't get rain all summ…
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Sabal palmetto PNW growth
by ShadyDan- 1 follower
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Just wanted to share some springtime growth on my S. palmetto planted on Vancouver Island. Two days ago, I marked across the active spear to and older leaf with a sharpie to track its growth. Much to my surprise, it moved quite a bit in just two days. While the weather has been nice here (daytime highs 18-22C, lows 10-12C), its by no means been Florida hot. I’m looking forward to see what kind of growth I’ll get once the real summer weather arrives here! Luckily, I’m still young so I might actually see a trunk on this before I die! I know it’s probably not exciting for some of you folks in the SE, but for me and my comparably heat-starved climate I’m going to chalk …
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I thought it would be this season or last but finally I'm seeing a spathe growing out of my Chammy . I hope there are more to come . I'll try to make that jelly . A picture of it April 9th , 2013 A recent picture for the few who haven't seen it :
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