COLD HARDY PALMS
Selecting and growing palms for colder climates.
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Ice Ice Baby... Preparing
by Dartolution- 9 replies
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Funny Title, but no laughing for those out in Texas and the surrounding areas being hit by some extreme winter chaos. Alabama is in a very interesting spot for this winter storm, half of the state being in a winter storm warning, and half either having no impact, or flooding. I am 1 single county away from the winter storm WATCH with the possibility of freezing rain, and a predicted (and I cant stress "predicted" enough because of how much its changed) of 18F. So, in order to prepare the best I can, I wrapped what I could, and stuffed frost cloth into the crowns of the Chamaerops Palms. Mind you - you do NOT KNOW PAIN until you've attempted…
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Polar vortex Palms in Portland - First round 1 2
by Chester B- 60 replies
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Last night the rain turned to freezing rain as the cold air from the Columbia river gorge met a warm wet system coming off the Pacific Ocean. More freezing rain for me than snow, and we bottomed out at 26F or -3C. Today we'll be around 29F or -1C which is the first day in 5 years we failed to go above freezing. Tonight a much wetter system is moving in and will bring close to a foot of snow to some areas of North and East Portland whereas areas to south (like me) can expect up to 1" of freezing rain. Currently its snowing lightly. As far as protection most palms will be on their own, I threw a few buckets over some small more tender seedlings, and wrapped the g…
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Sabal Palmetto seedling Identification
by Tennessee Palms- 4 replies
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I've grown sabal Minor and Sabal Mexicana from seed before and they're obviously Totally different but how does one Tell The difference between Sabal Minor and Sabal Palmetto in the strap stage?
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A new home...
by Palmlover_78- 0 replies
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Hey Gang :), It has been about three weeks and my Windmills are starting to germinate. I was wondering can i leave them in the container that there in now at this stage, or should i start potting them up?..Also what is the maximum size pot i can use at this point that will last for a few years? Thanks a lot
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Mule vs other hybrids
by Tropicdoc- 3 replies
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What’s the consensus on cold hardiness of the hybrids? 20 F is bearing down on me and I’m freaking out about butia x parajubaea. Would I be worried if I had butia x syagrus instead?
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New Sabals - What do I do!?
by ahosey01- 2 replies
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My buddy went to Jungle Music this weekend and brought me back a Sabal causiarum and Sabal etonia - two I've wanted for a long time. I'll stick the causiarum in the ground, no problem. But I don't know how much water to give it. Can someone help out here? Is it like a palmetto where it likes drowning? The soil is good in that spot. On the heavy side but drains well, rich in nutrients and basically pH neutral. As for the etonia - it's a tiny little thing. Looks like one of those window herb starter plants you'd get at Ace Hardware. One strap leaf and that's it. What the hell do I do with it? I assume it's too sensitive to stick in the ground, plus I seem…
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Sabal minor & Needle Palm in Z6a
by ColumbusPalm- 11 replies
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Hello Everyone, I should start with an introduction, I'm Nate and have been into cold hardy palms for a long time. When I was just in my early teens I overwintered a Trachy up in Toledo which was a 5b at that point. Going on 30 and with a house now, I am planning to try some Sabal minors and Needle's this spring in Z6a Columbus, OH. If anyone has any tips for this climate and species, please share! Here is a picture of my enclosure for my Yucca rostrata that I planted last spring. It still looks great under there. I dug out a huge area for this bed and it is conditioned with lots of sand. It is burlap with a clear painters tarp staked over it to pr…
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Cold Hardy Palm Reaction
by GregVirginia7- 1 reply
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Question...we got iced over yesterday which brought out an observable change in my Needle and Trachy’s palmate leaf segments: The segments get a striped appearance with different shades of green. I’ve seen it every winter, especially when temps are consistently in the teens or twenties...my Minors do the same thing. It obviously has something to do with cold hardiness...the first picture is my Needle and much less pronounced than my Trachy’s reaction and arguably, the Needle is more cold hardy than the Trachy...just wondering...
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Hey, I am wondering if a ravenea rivularis will do ok being wrapped up for around 2 months with burlap and christmaslights.
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Protection question - heating cables
by KellerAg- 0 replies
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Hello everyone, I’ve read this forum for a long time but never posted. I’m in Keller, TX (8a I believe) and I wanted to ask if anyone had experience with the pipe heating cables available at Home Depot? I wrapped all of my palms/cycads in burlap and then used the pipe heating cables, followed by landscape fabric and then a 9 mil tarp. The species are Mediterranean fans, butia capitata, cycas revoluta, cycas taitungensis, cycas panzhihuaensis and a hybrid tait x panzi. With the exception of yesterday afternoon for about 3-4 hours, the temp has been below freezing since Thursday which is when I did all of this prep. The heating cables hav…
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Hardy palms are slow
by climate change virginia- 2 followers
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Hi I have noticed hardy palms are slower than most plants for example (most)Butia spp: Slow, (most)Sabal spp: slow, (most)Trachycarpus: Slow, Jubaea: extremely slow. This is just something I observed.
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A simple idea to protect smaller palms
by Palm D- 1 reply
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The surgery... was a success
by DAVEinMB- 1 follower
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Well, probably. Super root bound 7g double head Livistona Chinensis gets the ol conjoined twins surgery. Hopefully the roots it lost aren't enough to kill it.
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Large Butia Palms Spotted in Zone 7b
by Palm Man- 4 followers
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Spotted these large Butias at an office park in Huntersville, NC, just north of Charlotte. They apparently were transplanted/established before the harsh winter of 2017-18 in which the temperatures remained below 32F for several days. They are fruiting and seedlings are coming up in the nearby shrubbery.
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Brahea ID
by Marius- 1 follower
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Hi Everyone. I will appreciate any inputs/ comments on the ID of these 2 Brahea palms.
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Queen palm fronds drooping
by Tony Taylor- 0 replies
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First timer here. I have a mature queen palm that over the last couple of years the new fronds come out, look good for a few weeks, and then droop all the way down. I live in south Louisiana and a number of years ago we had a pretty significant freeze, although I don't remember it dipping below 25 degrees. Seems the problem has been since the freeze although this may be coincidental? Any suggestions? Thanks!
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Weather... not good. 1 2
by Swolte- 1 follower
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*Heads out to get extra frost cloths*
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W. Filifera
by Peachs- 7 replies
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Hi. I have untied it a few days ago (transplant 5 months ago). I notice that almost all the leaves are bending. Is it normal? How do you see it? bbfree Thanks!
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Fake palms at marina
by climate change virginia- 1 follower
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I saw fake palms at a marina and I thought I should show you guys.
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Tiny Sabal minor
by buffy- 7 replies
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Found this at the lakehouse. I have no idea where I found it, but it's tiny and has been flowering for two seasons.
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Some exotics in Brest, France
by EastCanadaTropicals- 1 reply
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I love seeing Mediterranean and exotic plant in cool, oceanic climates, and this is no exception. I found them on google street view. Lotsa Leaves on this Trachy: Large Monkey Puzzles: Another CIDP: Big Cordyline, as big as the ones in the zone 10 Ireland coast: Trachy Madness!
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Seeds and more Seeds...
by Palmlover_78- 3 replies
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Hey guys I have 142 Windmill Palm seeds, How many good trees will I get? , the seeds are fresh but, based on Christmas Palms I get 5 good trees out of 14 seeds, Do Windmills have a higher success rate? Thanks a lot
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Hmmm
by DAVEinMB- 1 follower
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CIDP are really hard to find around here but looky what I stumbled upon. I didn't buy it but was super tempted. The nursery got 3 in to see how they'd do, if they still have them in March I think I may have a spot for it
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Winter is Here
by GregVirginia7- 0 replies
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Freezing nighttime temps are arriving over the next 14-consecutive days...predictions have 14-nights below freezing (Fahrenheit) but only two daytime temps below freezing. For the cold hardy, this seems like a reasonable scenario as day temps will allow for recovery from the night’s freezes. In that period, there will be two consecutive days/nights below freezing...one at 25/12 and the next at 30/19. My palms have had worse long-term freezes than this...but I’ll wrap the Trachy’s trunk for the two consecutive days below freezing. The Sabal Brazoria and the Chamaerops Humilis are protected as usual all winter but will let the Sabal Minor straplings tough it out with just f…
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Cycad has the blues
by Paradise Found- 7 replies
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My cycad hasn't flushed in two years. Is there anything I can do to make it flush this spring/summer? It's a taitungensis x guizhouensis.
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