COLD HARDY PALMS
Selecting and growing palms for colder climates.
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Phoenix Theophrasti Fronds Closing
by DAVEinMB- 9 replies
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Is this anything to be concerned about? Up until a few days ago this frond looked normal. My trachies did this when they weren't getting enough water but it's been pretty rainy lately. The images are of 2 different fronds, just wanted to include a normal looking one for comparison. As a side note, the brown spot on the closed up frond has been there since that frond started pushing out.
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Nice Sabal
by Chester B- 1 follower
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I’m in Crystal River, Florida this week and the sheer number of Sabal palmetto and Serenoa repens here is staggering. I’ve literally seen thousands or ten of thousands of each. There is no grass here only palm seedlings! So much variation in this species. I found this jumbo shade grown palmetto in Crystal River State park. Very little trunk but so stretched out in such an awesome way. I also posted a photo of a new friend I met.
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Hardy palms
by Dara O’Connell- 5 replies
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What palms can grow in Ireland
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East Asia (especially Korea and Japan)'s humid continentals are surprisingly mild. Muroran, Hokkaido is in hardiness zone 8b, despite having -2C winter mean! I wonder - can palms survive there?
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In august I received three sabal minor "louisiana" palms in the mail from a grower in Florida. They were shipped bare root and were in transit for approximately three days. Once they were dropped off at my house, I promptly planted all three in large pots filled with a mixture of palm/cactus soil and regular miracle grow potting soil. My intention was to overwinter them in my garage (under a window that gets plenty of light) and then put them in the ground this spring. However, by november two of the palms died off, the spears browned and were able to be pulled out of the rootball, along with the browned fronds, very easily and were "slimy" at the bottom. I still have not…
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What is that
by Palm Christian- 1 reply
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Ich habe diese Palme gekauft und der Besitzer sagte, es ist ein Phönix, aber welcher Phönix. Kann mir jemand helfen, den Phönixtyp herauszufinden. Vielen Dank
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Vulcano/Compacta advice
by palm789- 2 replies
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When do I start protecting this palm from the cold? I bought horticultural fleece and bubble wrap? the roots are showing on top of the pot so I need a mulch, im leaning towards decorative stones for my chamaerops,but are all stones safe to use as some are colored.
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Chronicles of a Cold Hardy Temecula Garden
by trees4p- 34 replies
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Good morning! We moved to Temecula a little over two years ago. Me and my wife have been gardening for about 20 years and have lived a lot of places. Each time we moved we did our own landscaping. My wife picked most of the plants. I did most of the labor. This worked well for us. We traveled to hundreds of nurseries far and wide, picking up knowledge along the way. We often traveled just to see plants. But all this time we never got in to palms. Then we moved to Temecula and there was this strange palm in the front yard we had never noticed before. Come to find it's a Bismark Palm. That sparked my interest (aka obsession) in palms. We both had a goal for HEAVY tropi…
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San Antonio Palm Retailers
by humangenomaproject- 4 replies
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Hello Palmtalkers, Looking for leads of leading palm dealers and enthusiasts in the great state of Texas near beautiful San Antonio. Will travel to Florida but would prefer to keep it local. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you very much Jason Hughes
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Palmtree for north spain
by pete21- 14 replies
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hello all, i am looking for advices on which palm tree i can grow in spain, i planted a few Mexican Palm, and some canariensis, one female with 4 meters palm and a male, i have some alexandra suffering of the cold, i like the hurricane type palm exotic, and i look for infos. i baught like 20 different palm varietie seeds, some i may not be able to grow here sadly. Temp min -6 (short time, warm up quick during day) Temp Max 46 degrees celcius
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Palm Tree Seedling ID
by PlantDad- 1 follower
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I got this palm tree seedling from a nursery I Silverton, Oregon. It was found growing in the boot of a larger palm tree. It had little to no soil. This tells me it is a tough plant. The owner has seedling coming up through the gravel all over his nursery and he let me find one and let me have it for free. He thinks this little seedling is a butia. I'm not sure what it is at all. It is hardy to cold. It has been exposed to several frosts. Can anyone help me identify this seedling. It is probably too difficult to know specific species but I would like to try to figure out if it is butia. Thanks
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Hi there. I have a 17 ft palmetto that has been doing fine for that past six years. However I saw this week some holes in the trunk, probably caused by birds. Is there anything I can do like patch those holes , or just leave them like that? I am in zone 7b and this tree has survived some rough winters. I just don't want to lose it. Please any advise would be greatly appreciated. I will post a pic as well. Thank you
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Needles in northeast Kansas
by pin38- 4 replies
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I drove by these this past weekend in Lawrence, Kansas. The house nextdoor also has a small specimen. I believe they're needles, but I didn't really have time to inspect or attempt to meet the homeowner (hence the hurried drive-by pic).
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Mutant Mule
by buffy- 12 replies
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So this is a strange one. Early in my palm love, I ordered a mule palm seedling from some random seller. I have no clue who it was. I soon purchased plenty of other palms as my connections improved. But this strange little one is intriguing. It is approximately 8 years old. In the ground for 5 years. And it's a baby. It hasn't been beat up with leaf damage. It's just super slow. But the strange thing is not it's slowness. It's that it would prefer not to go pinnate. The leaf tips want to remain fused. It's like a 'lisoid' mule. It's healthy, slow and strange. Thoughts?
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Flowering Butia Matogrossensis
by buffy- 11 replies
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I purchased these seeds as Syagrus cerqueirana, but......well, I'm pretty sure they're Butia matogrossensis. Pretty quick to get to seed. This is like four or five years old.
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Needle palm in the snow
by DoomsDave- 1 follower
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Needle palms (rhapidophyllum hystrix) are cold hardy, but, this picture will emphasize that.
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Possible Butiajubaea hybrid?
by John Derek- 1 follower
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I found these older girls in North West Louisiana in mid December by pure chance. While admiring them at an abandoned Sonic drive it I noticed an abundance of sprouts. I transplanted 52 which all are doing great. I drove back by there last week and noticed the one in which I dug up sprouts was very blue and about 15 feet tall. What are the chances that this girl is actually a hybrid butiajubaea? The other one although is similar size is not as blue. The Fonda are very long and arching. Our winters are cold and summers are hot. What do the experts think?
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I made some hybrids with Butia eriospatha x Syagrus oleracea , B.eriospatha x S. glaucescens, Butia eriospatha x S.ruschianna and also the hardy tableland Syagrus romanzoffiana x S. glaucescens. I´d like to know the interaction between the cold hardiness factor transfered by Cytoplasmatic inheritance ("mother palm") + genetic inheritance versus lack of cold hardiness of the tropical provenance palm (pollen donnor or "father") Can somebody have examples of such kind a hybrid and its hardiness?
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Sabal Minor. How big do they get?
by siege2050- 2 followers
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I imagine that there is probably a lot of size variation, but can someone give me an idea of how big an average (original origin unknown) sabal minor can get? I moved to a new house and have some 3-gallon plants and want to get an idea of how wide and tall they get so they won't get crowded against anything. I live in zone 7a with 98F+ summers, 0F possible winters, and very high summer humidity.
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My Jubaea Chilensis and Robelenii palm
by pete21- 9 replies
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I paid 75 e each palms, its a good deal.
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Tallest Waggie ever
by Brad Mondel- 1 follower
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ButiaXSyagrus'Litoralis'?
by Dartolution- 24 replies
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Has anyone purchased this mule cross before? Who has experience with this specific cross? I am looking for a mule for zone 8a (south central alabama) and this cross is supposed to be cold hardy enough to grow here. Thoughts? Suggestions? Information? thanks
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Zone pushing in an unheated greenhouse
by NC_Palms- 6 replies
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A relative of mine is giving me permission to use her unheated greenhouse to grow basically whatever I want. And as you probably suspect, I am planning on growing a wide variety of palms and other plants that may not be able to survive in zone 8a without protection. The greenhouse is medium sized and you can comfortably walk inside of it. I've noticed that the inside of this greenhouse can stay about ten degrees warmer than the actual temperature outside during the daytime. But how much warmer should I suspect the inside of this greenhouse to get when it's like 15ºF outside in the middle of the night?
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1 Gallon Trachycarpus Fortunei in North AL Winter
by csentell1924- 11 replies
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Hello everyone! I just ordered 3 1 gallon Tachycarpus Fortunei from someone in SC, and was wondering about tips on if and how I could keep them alive in the ground in North Alabama (Zone 7b) with planting them this late in winter? The big problem is that we are about to enter a cold spell, with nightly lows dipping into the low-mid 20s. I have not received them yet, but I was also thinking about if the transplanting and cold temps might make them toast out here planting them now. I already know to cover them up and I am going to use some Christmas lights as well. I am new to growing palms so any tips help! THANKS!!!!
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Mature Butia in the upstate
by Brad Mondel- 1 follower
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Near Anderson, SC
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