COLD HARDY PALMS
Selecting and growing palms for colder climates.
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Is Ornamental Palm Horticulture by Timothy K. Broschat a good resource for 8b, upper Gulf Coast (Alabama)? I see both authors are based in Dade County, so I wonder if the focus is on tropical palms. If not this book, is there one that you'd recommend? I've already learned a great deal by perusing and asking questions here, but I'm old fashioned about wanting an authoritative volume for my shelf!
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Sabal minor Spear Problem
by PalmTreeDude- 5 replies
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Hello, I recently reported one of my Sabal minor seedlings, but then spear was brown when I saw it and it seemed to be buried in the soil a bit, which I did not notice. Anyway, I reported it (making sure to keep the growth point higher) and applied hydrogen peroxide to the spear, it did not fizz to much. Do you think it will be all right?
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Quesion about butia pindo blue x jubaea
by Love them palms- 1 follower
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Recieved my jubaea x butia pindo blue today.my question is would it be safer to plant this now or wait till spring. I got this tree off eBay From backyard paradise nursery From palmsgalor777. I do believe that she is a member here That goes by the handle IdolLurker. It looks great
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Finally my Pics from Raleigh
by Mr.SamuraiSword- 1 follower
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here are my palmy Pics from around raleigh. I went for the IBMA bluegrass event. Day one I saw a Sabal palmetto and a small windmill palm. Windmill palm age unknown but the Sabal has been there around 5 years according to a neighbor. Windmill palm Day 2. I saw my first sabal minor in the area. this one might be naturalized and is a good size. many volunteers around it too. Volunteers Day 3. I did not go palm hunting as I was busy at the bluegrass convention but I did notice these smaller planted sabal minor in a public park . Day 4. Saw Some mature windmill palms by an Italian restaurant I discovered through fa…
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Please help identify
by ParadiseAL- 9 replies
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I've collected these seeds from the tree in the photo. They have been soaked and the seeds on the left have been peeled and the seeds on the right are what they looked like off the tree. Thanks for your help.
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Windmill palms in Raleigh.
by Mr.SamuraiSword- 1 follower
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Saw these around an Italian resteraunt more pics later
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Trachycarpus in DC
by PaddyM- 1 follower
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Wanted to share the below pic. I was in DC two weeks ago, right after that brutally cold week we had in the Northeast. I saw this house in the DuPont area with two fine looking Trachy palms. Looking good!
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VA State Cooperative Publication on Sabal minor Care
by PalmatierMeg- 1 follower
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I was researching info on Sabal minor and found the following illustrated publication released by the State of VA that provides info on growing that species in the State. I thought it might be of interest to all PTers in the Middle Atlantic region and other colder areas. HORT-60-PDF.pdf
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HELP! How do I treat this Butia Capitata
by newtopalmsMD- 2 followers
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I bought this Butia 4 days ago at a big box store on clearance. The frond turning brown started yesterday and is much worse. Does anyone know what this is and what I should do to treat it? Thanks
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Will Needle Palm Suckers Flower?
by PalmTreeDude- 4 replies
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This is probably a very basic question, but I have a nice sized Needle palm with a larger center trunk and smaller suckers all around it. Will the suckers ever flower like the center trunk will? And if they do flower, can the suckers polinate the other suckers and trunks flowers and produce viable seed? Thank you for reading.
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Should I Plant It or Wait?
by PalmTreeDude- 18 replies
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I keep having this mental debate with myself whether or not I should plant my Sabal minor seedling in the ground now and just throw some leaves over it in the coldest parts of winter or wait for spring. The one thing that keeps making me want to plant it now is that I am afriad that if I do not plant it now and let it go through its first winter outside that it will lose cold tolerance. Any suggestions? Would you plant it now with protection or would you wait? It is a Sabal minor 'Arkansas.'
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Bronx palm tree update
by bronxboynyc71- 1 follower
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Nothing can kill this palm... 6th year in the ground.. grows a foot a year. Peope cant believe that there real.. However, getting hard to protect... over protected another palm same size.. I opened it up to mold, fungus and severe spear pull...its a goner. this one not a scratch.. I guess planting it close to the house has its advantages.. replacing it with yucca rostrata. We'll see.. good luck to all.. Bobby
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Nursery Recommendation
by kbob11- 1 follower
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I’m heading down to the Richmond VA area for the weekend and was just wondering if there are any nurseries with some cold hardy varieties. I’m from MA and am unfamiliar with the area. Thanks!
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A hardy Charleston garden... 1 2
by Laaz- 1 follower
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Visited the good Doctor's garden today down in the historic section of Charleston. I'm really amazed at some of the things he is growing. He said he has never protected anything. Fruiting queen palm, two nice Acrocomia totai (Haven't produced fruit yet) Rhapis Excelsa, multiple Butia hybrid palms he acquired from the late Merrill Wilcox... A two story seed grown avocado...
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Will Needle Palm Suckers Flower?
by PalmTreeDude- 3 replies
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This is probably a very basic question, but I have a nice sized Needle palm with a larger center trunk and smaller suckers all around it. Will the suckers ever flower like the center trunk will? If if they do flower, can the suckers polinate the other suckers and trunks flowers and product viable seed? Thank you for reading.
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Bloemfontein Palm Garden II
by Marius- 5 replies
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A recently completed addition to my garden in Bloemfontein. I planted three Trithrinax campestris & a Livistona decora. I'll add ground cover etc later.
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question about finding jubaea x syagrus seeds
by Love them palms- 27 replies
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Saw this beautiful species of palm and looks like a good Candidate of a palm for the PNW but the only problem is I cannot find this one hardly online anywhere and if I do they want an arm and a leg price wise.I want to really start them from seeds but can't find that either.does anyone have any info on where I can score a couple of these beauty
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Silver saw.
by Laaz- 11 replies
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Stopped by my friend Ned Rahn's place down in Port Royal today. He used to have a backyard citrus nursery, but is getting older & shut it down. Still has a nice collection of citrus trees & palms in the yard. Very robust silver saw palmetto here.
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butia pindo blue x jubaea
by Love them palms- 2 replies
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Just ordered a Butia pindo blue x jubaea today.says it's very cold hardy.I live in the PNW mukilteo area zone 8b. anyone have good luck with this hybrid?
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Trachycarpus Wagnerianus
by frienduvafrond- 11 replies
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These are at my parents house in Kure Beach, NC
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Jubaea x Syagrus cold hardiness
by TexasColdHardyPalms- 32 replies
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I have two in the ground. Both were wrapped like a burrito with 1.5ounce frost cloth, temp dropped to 8f per data logger 25ft away. First one is younger and incurred more damage and will grow right out of the damage without issue.
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Butia x Queen update.
by Palm crazy- 17 replies
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Here is an update on my B x Q. This one was planted as a seedling many years ago and is finally getting some size to it. I haven't had to protect it in a long time. This palm is so much hardier than I would have thought. It is growing in one of my best microclimates between two houses and there's a tall holly tree above to give overhead protection. Not bad for z8a. Although I don't get that cold very often. Anyone else growing this B x Q? What has been your experience? What are its limits when it comes to cold?
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show me you coconut queen baby!!
by Josh-O- 30 replies
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I've noticed a bunch of syagrus schizophylla x romanzoffiana (AKA coconut Queen) growing around north county San Diego, California this past weeks. How many of you are growing this cold hardy beast in your garden?? I would love to see you post a few pictures and tell us your climate you have them growing in. here a few pics of mine growing in zone 10a Enjoy
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ID required: Syagrus?
by Marius- 1 reply
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Hi Everyone Another mystery palm. Can anyone please help with identifying this palm. I suspect it is a Syagrus sp. Coronata? Is there a green form?
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ID required: Trithrinax sp?
by Marius- 4 replies
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Hi Everyone Can anyone please assist with identifying this palm. I suspect it is Trithrinax schizophylla.
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