COLD HARDY PALMS
Selecting and growing palms for colder climates.
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Fall 2024: What did you plant this week? 1 2
by Dwarf Fan- 2 followers
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BuXJuF2 Added some sun protection just in case…
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My Jubaea X Butia F2 Hybrid 1 2
by Scot from SC- 1 follower
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I bought my hybrid from Jungle Music back in June of 2011. It was smaller, in a tree pot which I think might be a three gallon size. It has been in the ground for three years and two months. The growth of it is very fast. I would put it on par this year with a fortunei or faster. The trunk is really getting thickness to it.It is not only faster than a butia, but it seems to take less damage in the winter. It sailed through the coldest night here back in January; it dropped to 10F that night. I did have a frost cloth thrown over it, but it blew off sometime that night. The cloth was over halfway off, and the palm was exposed. I highly recommend this palm! Here are pictures…
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My Common Queen & Silver Queen var. litoralis comparison 1 2
by The7thLegend- 3 followers
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My Common Queen & Silver Queen var. litoralis comparison Been growing both palms at the same location in Lake City (borderline 8b/9a) since 2008. The common queen was planted as a 7 gallon on the south side, the Silver Queen on the north side as a seedling. There are oaks 100ft to the north that disrupt the cold northern winds some. Couple quick thoughts. The Silver Queen took off the last 2 years and began trunking this year. The common Queen has had a trunk and been fattening a while now… yet they’re both about the same height today. The common Queen has bloomed, the Silver Queen has not. The Silver Queen was moved 2 times, once as a seedling and aga…
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yatay x jubaea F1 1 2
by sonoranfans- 2 followers
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I have this little yatay x jubaea F1 from patric shafer, probably from Dick Douglas Garden. It is showing signs of a yatay blueish tinge. This might be an advantage of this cross, but I have two and only one shows the blue at this time.... I don't need a palm this cold hardy, but I want it anyway, LOL! I will find a spot for it if I have to clear with a chainsaw, LOL! these are not so easy to find, I don't know anyone other than patric who offers this hybrid.
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Alamogordo NM Surprise
by Desert DAC- 14 replies
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I saw these palms returning home to Las Cruces NM, from a day hiking and cooling off at 8,700 ft elevation in Cloudcroft for my birthday. I'm glad I detoured. Tall Washingtonia robusta on the east side thermal belt there. No microclimate, no jive, just a thermal belt that with intense winter sun and the Feb 2011 deep freeze thrown in. The Google Street view shows they got some damage this past winter, so given it was fairly mild in southern NM, they probably do this most winters, recovering each April or May. Don't forget the winter solar intensity / insolation maps posted by someone else in the ABQ or other cold hardy palm posts. 1803 Juniper Dr, Alamogord…
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Canary island date palm hardiness 1 2
by COpalms- 1 follower
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I was wondering from your experience or other peoples experience you've heard or even what you've seen online, how hardy is the canary island date palm? i hear contradictory statements so I would like to hear from other people to know what your experience is.
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Most cold hardy date palm. 1 2
by Jerrrod- 2 followers
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Hi everyone, just wanted to know what the most cold hardy date palm is? I keep getting conflicting information on the internet.
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Washington filifera is too yellow
by LeonardHolmes- 1 follower
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I have a Washingtonia filifera that I planted in an especially well-drained location hoping that it will survive damp North Carolina winters (Colington, NC 8b/9a). It has been in the ground 3 years and is doing well - except that the leaves yellow prematurely. It has drip irrigation and gets Palm Gain and/or Carl Poole palm food every spring and early summer. It is south-facing and gets almost all day full sun. Soil is sand/silt from old sand dunes. I've tried adding organic matter and even lime (although pH seems to be around 7). What should I try to get this thing to keep green leaves longer?
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Washingtonia survivor
by frankcar1965- 5 replies
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I go by this restaurant and occasionally eat there, and just now realized this is alive after 1°F. A bunch of sabals fruiting and this one, it's hot and humid here and sometimes wet, its about twenty feet at least.
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Seed germination
by 8B palms- 4 replies
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So typically I put seeds into some seed starting mix and I have had reasonable success more so than the baggie method. I decided to try coco coir pith in a container with a lid. My question is do people literally place the seeds on top of the pith or do you cover them with more pith so they are buried. If buried it might not be so obvious if any germination has occurred. The pith will be damn and not wet and the container will be on a heat mat set to 82oF. Any comments or suggestions welcome. The palm seeds in question are nothing very exotic. Some C. Radicalis tree form, C. Microspadix, L. saribus green petiole form, L. decora and A. engleri. So pretty cold hardy …
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Amazing UK palm video including a huge JxS
by Chester B- 9 replies
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I have not seen videos from this gardener before, but he has a really amazing collection of palms for the UK. Lots of Butia and Jubaea hybrids including the holy grail Jubaea x Syagrus that is as tall as his two story house. He even has the years of when he planted everything. Most of the palms seemed to be from 2011-2013, so probably back when it was easier to get palms over to the UK from the US and other spots. JxS starts at 11:22 and its a real beauty.
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Majesty palm in zone 9b texas
by Victor likes palms- 22 replies
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Would it be possible for a majesty palm to survive my bee county, texas zone 9b. What would be some favorable conditions for it?
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"Slicking" the sides of a Sabal Palm
by DustyM- 2 followers
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Hi, looking preferably for a video or instructions on how to trim the sides of a mature Sabal Palm. Picture1 is what the sides of the trunk currently look like. Picture2 is what I would like the sides of the trunk to look like. Thanks.
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Hello guys, I'm out of my net roll that I used to wrap around my palm trees before boxing them. And it won't be delivered in time for the coming freezing days. But I have a roll of Weed Barrier Landscape Fabric. Can I use it to wrap the palms? My concern is that while it's not very well breathable. It does transmit air, but not as well as burlap: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Vigoro-4-ft-x-100-ft-Medium-Duty-Weed-Barrier-Landscape-Fabric-NMV04100B/314273724
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Howdy all - I was researching different species that are part of the Trachycarpaea tribe for possible mates for hybridizing Trachycarpus with. I came across a species described in 2019, Guihaia heterosquama. In the paper by Li et al., the authors write: "Guihaia is thought to be restricted to tropical and south-subtropical areas without snowfall all the year round (Wei 1997; Huang 2012; 2016). Unexpectedly, a population was discovered at Shijia Valley located in Fuling district of Chongqing, where it snows in winter; we could not place the palm in any of the previously reported species." This new species, then, is described as growing in the temperate biom…
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Fantasy Mule (Butia x Syagrus) Hybrids 1 2 3
by Alicehunter2000- 5 followers
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What combination would be your fantasy mule and why? What would be the thinnest trunked of both species? Feel free to share pics of some of the more unusual species listed. Limit it to only Butia and Syagrus species.......Jubaea, Allagoptera, Parajubaea, Coco's and Jubaeopsis are not the same animal and are not invited to this party. I pulled these off Wikipedia: Butia species Butia archeri Butia campicola Butia capitata Butia catarinensis Butia eriospatha Butia exilata Butia exospadix Butia lallemantii Butia lepidotispatha Butia leptospatha Butia marmorii Butia matogrossensis Butia microspadix Butia noblickii Butia odorata Butia paraguayensis But…
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My High Desert Garden 1 2
by Jubaea_James760- 2 followers
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Should be My High Desert Palms because I don't really have other plants in my garden besides some Cycads anyway here's an update of a few things. Sabal Riverside Took a little winter damage but finally starting to grow well since I planted it 3 years ago? Sabal Louisiana Sabal Guatemalensis Grown from seed Sabal Tamaulipas Sabal Causiarum Grown from seed
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Palms for New Orleans (9a/9b) 1 2
by CrescentCity- 2 followers
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I am looking for some tropical looking palms to add to my new home. I am looking at both archontophoenix cunninghamiana, chambeyronia macrocarpa and burretiokentia hapala. Pictured is my 15g king that has made it through two winters straight here with no protection. Any recommendations would be helpful.
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Butia odorata x Syagrus schizophylla F1
by Jonathan Haycock- 2 followers
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Late last year I attempted this cross and got a grand total of 3 viable seeds for my effort. Fortunately though one of them has germinated. Could those of you that have this hybrid post a picture of it? There must be some sizable ones by now, although I've heard they can be pretty slow to get going. Butia odorata "mother: Syagrus schizophylla "father". Not a great example as it has been quite neglected. Resulting viable seed. First to pop.
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Sabal minor
by John in Winston- 1 follower
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I was visiting a friend in Wilmington and saw a mass planting of the greenest Sabal minors I’ve ever seen. They were as green as a Chinese fan palm and I’m wondering if anyone knows what variety they may be.they were about 2’ tall with many fronds and a “lobster tail”.
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Hi guys, I've already boxed my zone 9 palms here in NJ, but then warm weather unexpectedly has come and now the average temperature is >10C/50F. My boxes dont't have transparent roofs and the only thing I can do is open sides. But do I need to do this? Or they are fine being closed in such warmer weather?
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Nannorhops variability?
by Ben G.- 9 replies
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I visited the San Antonio Botanical gardens today, where I was happy to see a couple of large Nannorhops clumps. The first one was obvious to me from a distance It has the silver color, brown/tan tomentum at the leaf bases, and the typical frond form. The fronds have somewhat wide leaflets with fans that open less than 180 degrees. Then I was surprised to see this other palm labeled as Mazari: It has similar color, but no easily visible tomentum. It has narrower leaflets and the fronds lay flatter. It's fronds also seem to span more than 180 degrees. This second clump was clearly different from all other saw palmetto and chamaerops around, but I…
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Visiting an old flame: Jubaea chilensis
by Jonathan Haycock- 1 follower
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So glad to see my Jubaea chilensis thriving at our old place (in Kingswinford, West Midlands, UK). The current owners were wonderful and let me into the back garden to take a closer look. Impressed how much it’s grown over the last 6 years. Wish I could have taken it with me when we emigrated.
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Sabal Louisiana Growth 1 2
by Allen- 4 followers
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Here is the progression of my Sabal minor "Louisiana". That is the best ID we can come up with for this palm 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
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