COLD HARDY PALMS
Selecting and growing palms for colder climates.
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Help with a struggling trachycarpus fortunei
by kozel_93- 24 replies
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Purchased a trachycarpus fortunei from a local nursery & planted last spring. Gets partial sun, sheltered in corner of garden. Mostly clay soil but I amended it with plenty of potting mix. Everything else we planted last year has been thriving, but this windmill is looking pretty rough. First two are from right now. Leaves are obviously shriveling/browning. Second two pictures are after planting last spring with healthier fronds. No evidence of growth, but no spear pull yet. Perhaps what worries me even more is the small plant still feels incredibly wobbly, like it was just dropped in the ground and hasn't rooted out at all. At what point should these sta…
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NYC, Bronx Windmill update
by bronxboynyc71- 1 follower
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Update from the Bronx, NY. I dont even bother to protect it anymore, this Trachy loves the winter!!! Grows at least a foot a year. Been in the ground at least 8 years. Had it delivered from Chilly palms, In North Carolina. Definitely a eye catcher and a conversation piece. Yes, you can successfully grow windmills in NYC.. GOOD LUCK TO ALL YOU PALM GROWERS UP NORTH. looking foward to hearing your comments and suggestions.
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Warm nights in Texas
by smatofu- 1 follower
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Finally, we will get some warm nights in Texas (60-70F in DFW). I hope our surviving palms will start growing. My sabal mexicana has been moving very slowly so far; maybe 1/4 of an inch per week.
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Texas 21' Arctic blast - the unprotected
by Swolte- 1 follower
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I managed to pack up every palm in the garden but I left a couple completely unprotected (extras, experiments, etc...). These were pictures taken yesterday (everything now is under 3 inches of snow). Pic 1 - Sabal Causuarum. This one was supposed to be 'Lisa' but didn't turn out to have the characteristics. I gladly threw it to the elements! Pic 2 - Sabal Minor var Cherokee . This is possibly the most cold hardy sabal minor in the world. Native to North Alabama. But, as you can see, it's still a tiny stapling. Pic 3 - Chamaerops humilis. This one is in an open spot in the yard. Pic 4 - Chamaerops humilis. In front of the house. Pic 5 - Rhapidophyllum hystr…
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Trachycarpus After -2*F Waco, Texas
by Collectorpalms- 14 replies
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Initially thought 3/5 were dead but after a very close inspection the one with total crown collapse had a tiny leaf! Once again the best one was up against the building out of direct wind.
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Need assistance
by Landasaw- 1 follower
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Chameadorea Elegans rescue from Ikea
by EastCanadaTropicals- 7 replies
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Ikea was selling a few non-artificial cacti and palm tress in small containers. I don't think the conditions were too great, as the palm pots had lots of roots sticking out of them. I chose a Chameadorea Elegans, which I repoted, and fertilized with palm tree fertilizer. It was already looking pretty okay from the beginning, but now it's gonna perform a lot better. I apologize for the garbage photo quality, I had to use my webcam as my camera.
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I have four Sabal minor 'Arkansas' seeds that are refusing to germinate. I got five seeds from ebay of Sabal minor 'Arkansas' and one germinated using the baggy method. After a while of the other not germinating I then put the four remaining into a pot on my deck. Nothing. So now I want to give it one last try, I may use my hearing mat but most of the times I do not get good results with it. I am assuming it is because I have it on all the time instead of having it on during the day and off at night. Has anyone ever gotten any seeds that refused to germinate to germinate? The seeds are still hard and do not float.
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Brown tips on new growth
by Jtee- 0 replies
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Why is the new growth on my palms getting brown tips so soon and a lot of my palms are getting some yellowing. I fertilized them earlier this month.
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Trachy fertilizer
by ckh1980- 3 replies
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Hello! Is it recommended to fertilize trachys and if so, what type of blend do I want? I tried googling, but there wasn't any consistent info. Some sites said 10-10-10, others said a different blend was best. My palm is going on it's 3rd year with me and seems to be doing ok in the clay soil I amended with palm mix. If I do fertilize, do I just want to spread the granules around the base and water it in? Thanks!
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summer seedlings
by Palmlover_78- 1 reply
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Hey Guys, I have 2 month old Windmill Palm seedlings. Once the weather starts to really warm up can i acclimate these guys for outdoors, or are they too young yet? Thanks
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Jubaea chilensis growth
by Fallen Munk- 20 replies
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New member with a couple of photos of the favorite palm in my yard. Picked this one up in early spring as a very pot bound 5g. It had split the pot wide open and appeared to have been that way for a long time. Nothing but roots in the pot and it was light as a feather. Put it in the ground and it really took off. Hoping these are not as slow as a lot of people report because I'm not that young anymore. If anyone has tricks to speed them up I'd sure appreciate it.
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Dwarf sabals
by teddytn- 1 follower
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I’ve got some room in the middle of a raised bed and want to fill it with more palms, but even a sabal minor would be too tall. Anyone know where to source some of the dwarf varieties of sabal like blountstown or wakulla? Was driving from Panama City beach to Kissimmee a few years back and drove through Blountstown, FL I had my eyes peeled for a nursery, the wife would have killed me if I stopped to buy “another plant” lol.
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My second annual banana joe shipment
by Rickybobby- 18 replies
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Started this last year. And now every year I purchase 100 trachy seeds and a bunch of bare root seedlings the seedlings I’ll grow and give away to as gifts and the seeds we’ll need to keep up with every year. Will post on seed germination results this year as last year I had about 30 percent
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Phoenix dactylifera in uk
by palm789- 11 replies
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Does anyone know if you can get these palms in the uk
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Sylvester palm question
by TampaBryan613- 0 replies
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We just had a 8 foot Sylvester put in and the old diamond cuts that were put in are easy to just pull of and feel like dried out wood the top of the palm looks great is this normal?
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New Baby - Houston robusta
by strongbad635- 1 reply
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New day, new palm! I bought this robusta from Houston Garden Center for $69.99 for Earth Day. We planted it in the pool of the apartment complex I manage. I'll keep you posted with growth over the coming months!
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Tempted to buy
by palm789- 2 replies
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Seen this windmill online tempted to buy as last one but not sure if trunk is curved or just camera angle or palm tilted in pot, what you think, I'm not a fan of curved trunk
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Gonna do the imidacloprid drench - what are my palm's heights??
by PricklyPearSATC- 1 follower
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I'm doing the imidacloprid drench for my sabal minors and sabal brazoria because I've had problems with the ox beetle in the past and I just know I'm gonna get a bumper crop this year. But how on earth do I measure their heights? Do I measure the trunks or from the ground to the highest frond? The minors have no trunk, the brazoria has a 6 inch trunk. But if I measure from the ground to the top of the highest frond, then the brazoria is at least 6 feet and the sabal minors are about 2.5 feet. I'm confused. Thank you!
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Butia After Severe Freeze
by Collectorpalms- 4 replies
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Anyone having any luck with pure Butia in central Texas? Initially several of the largest in the area looked like they had some green in the center. However, now more than a month later they look worse. These experience around 5F. I must have had too much faith in their cold hardiness? Should they be trunk cut now that the green is fading? I am asking for someone who has 7 nice ones that is hesitating. Copper fungicide applied and last checked a couple weeks and only 1 spear pulled then.
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Diagnosis help
by Matt123- 3 replies
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Hi all! New to the world of palm tree care and just need some expert advice. I recently acquired a few varied palm trees and one seems to be infected somehow - possibly mealy bugs? However someone has said maybe it’s fungus related? Appreciate any advice Matt
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Does any one have experience with phoenix reclinata
by TampaBryan613- 9 replies
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I bought 3 of them that will be installed with a few other palms they state online cold hardy down to 25 degrees. Any one have any in a colder area? how do they hold up, and how should I protect if it will be colder then the stated hardiness temperature?
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Sabal Palmetto In Zone 7b? 1 2
by PalmTreeDude- 1 follower
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Is it possible to grow a Sabal Palmetto in zone 7b? I have seen a few here but I have no clue if they are protected. I was thinking I could protect one (if I get one) for the first two years to let it get established and then leave it unprotected for the rest of the winters after. What do you think?
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My Mc Curtain in Cincinnati
by donofriojim1- 1 follower
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I Know Mc Curtains get a lot of hate but I am proud of my largest one. This is mine 2 months after the arctic blast with a low of 4 degrees and full exposure to wind. No protection given to it what so ever!
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Best place to buy Sabals?
by ahosey01- 1 follower
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Can anyone point me to the best place to buy harder-to-find Sabal species? Sabal pumos Sabal bermudana Sabal birmingham Sabal minor Jungle music’s selection isn’t huge.
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