COLD HARDY PALMS
Selecting and growing palms for colder climates.
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Sabal Palmetto habitat thread.
by Laaz- 1 follower
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How about a Sabal Palmetto habitat thread? The wife & I hit the east end of Folly yesterday for some surf & a hike through the jungle. Lol! The Palmettos grow right to the surf line & many times will get washed out & will float out into the harbor & ocean.
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Summer Bronx update
by bronxboynyc71- 1 follower
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Getting hard to protect this one!! Over 6 foot of trunk. These palms thrive in NYC. Can anyone help me? I'm looking to purchase yucca rostrada in the tri- state area. Or via Internet. Thanks in advance.. Bobby
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Windmill Fronds Eaten Alive!
by Ponds & Palms- 14 replies
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Found this guy (massive grasshopper) munching away at some windmill fronds at my inlaws house! He did surprisingly quite a lot of damage on a 3-4 ft. tree. Check your fronds, just posting this to say keep an eye out, I live in North Carolina.
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trachycarpus wagnerianus x fortunei
by palm789- 1 follower
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does anyone know where I can buy this hybrid from in the UK aroud 4ft-5ft In height and does anyone have any pics.
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Nice Mule palm.
by Laaz- 7 replies
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Starting to find quite a few nice mules in the area. Came across this one up in Summerville this morning.
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Rhopalostylis Sapida Cold Tolerance/Hardiness - Any info appreciated! 1 2 3
by palmsnbananas- 3 followers
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So I've been scouring this site trying to find some mention of R. Sapida's, or the genus in general's, cold tolerance. Does anyone have any reports of this palm even having any damage in the cold and at what temperature? What is the lowest temperature anyone with this palm has seen? Also does anyone have info on cold hardiness of the different forms? I'm sure between the members on this board we could get a great idea of how much it can handle, any info is appreciated! If it is true that this palm can take sub 24 deg and survive then I am about to plant a triple! I was thinking of the R. Sapida Oceana - (im not even sure what that means? is that the one with whi…
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Attached is a hardiness and cold tolerance index I have been working on, its not complete, let me know what you think? I have posted this here and not the freeze damage forum to to see if people think it would be worth working on this communal freeze damage and palm hardiness data base, i have used the trebrown website as a base for the list. This kind of database may already exist but is so I am not aware of it? Plant hardiness is not all about minimum temperatures, obviously some plants can tolerate wet frosts where others will only tolerate dry frosts and minimum temps do not take into account the duration cold temperatures of the daytime highs. Extra columns…
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So I am going to be planting a young Sabal Palmetto at a place in Virginia on the boarder of zone 7a/7b. Some of you may have seen it in other posts but it is quite small. I dug it up from the woods, so I will be planting it if it survives. I will be adding little to no protection to it. What do you think?
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Double Spear Windmill
by Ponds & Palms- 1 follower
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I just bought this Windmill on discount from a local nursery and noticed that it seems to open two fronds simultaneously! 2 Spears come up at the same time and open. I have 10 palm trees in my North Carolina yard and none of them do this. What's going on? https://m.imgur.com/a/8gpt7
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Germinating Trachycarpus fortunei
by GoatLockerGuns- 3 replies
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I picked some Trachycarpus fortunei seeds from a source tree in Fairfield, California back in June. I have tried the baggie method on a heat pad in the past with zero success. Anyone have any ideas/tried and true methods of sprouting these suckers? Rich
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Mystery Sabal
by Laaz- 1 reply
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Here's a few shots of my mystery sabal. Again, given to me by a old woman 10 years ago as a 5 gal tine plant. It now has over 6 ft of clear trunk & is double the size & spread of normal Sabal Pametto's. She said she collected the seed somewhere local but didn't remember where. The leaves have a almost Decora look to them & the growth far exceeds the native palmetto's.
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New appreciation for the Mules 1 2
by Xhoniwaters1- 1 follower
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Here is a picture of one of my three seedlings I have in the ground. They were unprotected throughout these deep freeze episodes we've had this winter. 60+ frozen hours and counting. Still looking perfect. Awesome palms..gotta plant more!
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Butia X Jubea in Dallas
by TonyDFW- 2 followers
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This specimen was acquired from Merrill Wilcox in 2000. Here it is 2016 here it is in 2003 herebit is in 2010 2015
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Ribbon Palm sale and new addition
by The7thLegend- 2 replies
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Over the weekend I was in Saint Augustine and drove by a nursery that had a 50% off palm sign by the road so thought I'd give them a look. They had Chinese Fan, Washingtonia Robusta and Ribbon Fans on sale. Always wanted to add a Ribbon to my collection and so I picked up this 30 gallon for a measly $75, regularly $150. They had some 15 gallons also if anyone is in the area and looking.
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Radicalis of Doom...
by Laaz- 4 replies
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Just waking up, thanks again Dave.
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100% Truely Canadian
by Las Palmas Norte- 1 follower
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I was given a gift today, one of which is truly Canadian. A friend and fellow palm enthusiast stopped for a visit and garden tour today. We live on Vancouver Island, the largest island in the eastern Pacific ocean. His Butia capitata growing in Victoria, British Columbia, is a large flowering and fruiting palm. This in itself is a rarity in Canada, moderated by the Pacific ocean, is unique to what many people around the world believe is a land of ice and snow. Here we are mainly zone 8b to 9a and Butia can be grown to maturity. I have what is most certainly the first ever Butia (Jelly palm) preserve grown, made and packaged on Canadian soil. Behold a Canadian first, …
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Sabal Collection North Florida 9a
by Alicehunter2000- 14 replies
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Thought I would start a thread on the Sabals I'm growing here. They are mostly smaller with a couple of larger ones. Hard to get clear pictures so sorry aboUT that.... The first two are: Sabal bermundana ( been great grower for me) really like the look of the split leaf. Sabal 'riverside' (this one has a bluish coloration) didn't know if that is normal for this cultivar
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Trachycarpus selection for 7a turning to 6b
by David_K- 13 replies
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Hello palmers, sorry for any problems, i am new to the Palm Talk. When i got interested into palms, my friend got too and he wants a palm for his garden. We've chosen trachy because they are most hardy and pretty beautiful. I dont really know which one is best. We live in the Czech Republic in the one of warmest climates in here. The zones here are 7a-6b, just something between. I wonder which one type should i get and how big. The orders are fast growing and tree-type. I thought the Tra takil bageshwar is good but, uno, i dont have palms on garden yet so and i am planning to put outside a washie, not a trachy Thank you for help and feedback.
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Chamaerhops humilis in zone 8 b
by TonyDFW- 1 follower
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This is one of my ceriferas in 2006 2010 2011 2012 2015 cerifera the green form in 2007 another cerifera, not as blue behind the Butia hybrid on the left. The grreen form c. Humiliation ti the right. 2007 blue- ish cerifera in 2015.. when it blooms the fragrance is very sweet and strong . Green form not as fragrant the green form in 2016. In 2011 we had 4 consecutive days below freezing with a winter low of 11F.. Green form c. Humilis wa completely defoliate do. Cerifera was undamaged. We also had a sleet storm. cerifera…
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Some cold hardy palms 1 2 3
by Jimhardy- 82 replies
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Starting out- some cactus too- Later the same year- That winter At night-Ice station zebra-what \ever that means-never saw the movie I am not as wasteful these days with electricity but it did look cool back than....I thought..
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Anyone go to this? I'd love to see some pics. Bummed that CFPACS had a meeting in my hometown and I wasn't able to go as I was out of the country.
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Princeps growing in southeast Iowa.
by Jimhardy- 14 replies
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Cold hardy palm comparisons in Dallas,TX
by TonyDFW- 1 follower
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<a href="http://s188.photobucket.com/user/tonyndallas2002/media/Palm%20Favorites/Dallas%20washy%202016.jpg.html"><img src="http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z132/tonyndallas2002/Palm%20Favorites/Dallas%20washy%202016.jpg" border=0></a> One of my clumps of Chamaedora micro spadix <a href="http://s188.photobucket.com/user/tonyndallas2002/media/Palm%20Favorites/C3E2D0B1-151A-4EDF-930E-0F21DB37A57C.jpg.html"><img src="http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z132/tonyndallas2002/Palm%20Favorites/C3E2D0B1-151A-4EDF-930E-0F21DB37A57C.jpg" border=0></a> Brahea decumbens starting to turn blue <a href="http://s188.photobucket.c…
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Waggie growth and temp
by palm789- 5 replies
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What is a waggies growthrate compared to a fortunei and what nighttime temperatures are we looking at to get some noticeable growth.I have one waggy 35cm of trunk 2 spears just slowly grown but take forever to open.if they do grow ultra slow I may buy a big one.
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Sago Seed Harvesting
by JT in Japan- 23 replies
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Not sure if I can post about Sagos, but let's see what happens. I've just collected a lot of seeds that I think are ripe, and I'm in the midst of cleaning them. I wonder if anyone can give me some pointers on how to proceed, or some 'gotchas' that i should be on the lookout for? I've been watching some Youtube videos, which are fantastic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXnanzqQpbM JT
