COLD HARDY PALMS
Selecting and growing palms for colder climates.
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Hyophorbe L&V (Post Yours)
by SoulofthePlace- 1 follower
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My Hyophorbes (recent transplants from pots):
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What coconut varieties would be the best candidates for southern California?
by coconuts_dont_growhere_but- 32 replies
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Apparently it turns out that certain coconut palm varieties are hardier than others. I live in Murrieta, CA, where I believe it could grow in a good microclimate (as demonstrated by the one in Corona, CA, where the climate and weather is almost identical and perhaps even colder than where i live, and yet seems happy.) In winter, the high temp is around 65 to 72, with a low of 39 to 43. There are some days out of the year where the high is 55 to 60, but the nights are 45 or above. There would be a few nights where the temp if briefly 30 degrees, but it quickly rebounds. Once every few years, you could get a low of 28 or 29, but anything lower would be once every decade or …
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Beautiful Wild Sabals
by Jcalvin- 2 followers
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The loggers are gracious enough to not mow these things down when they clear cut. There is about a 10 mile stretch of clear cut along side the road I take to work everyday. These have to be upwards of 80’ tall. And, there are literally hundred of them alone with thousands of smaller ones. They’re in my native range, so I see a lot of these in the woods. But, none this tall.
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Cold Hardy Palms in San Antonio Riverwalk
by HoustonTropical- 28 replies
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Chinese Fan Palm
by Jcalvin- 1 follower
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I’ve never been a huge fan of the Chinese Fan Palm. I see them planted in groups a lot down here, and they never seem to have that grand, majestic look to them. I drive by this one Chinese Fan Palm at least three times a week, though. And it looks amazing. It’s fronds are at least 8-11 foot long. It’s grown fairly fast. And, it was grown under the canopy of a few large live oaks. Anyway, I wish I had a better picture of it. I tried to take a picture while in the car, stopped in the middle if the road. A car was coming, and this was the best I could get. I’m also posting a link to its location on google maps. This was about 4-6 years ago I believe. …
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Wish me luck
by Chester B- 7 replies
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Hard to find locally my first Brahea armata. Not exactly the best climate for them but there is one in Seattle and one in Salem, Or that are surviving. I’m told it’s hard to build up the number of fronds as soon as one is produced another dies. I’m going to try in a hot spot with ample water and palmgain.
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Mexican Fan Palms Cleaned up Nice
by HoustonTropical- 3 replies
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Had to get a pic of these 2 while on my route .Took a liking to the way they were cleaned up
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Trachycarpus fortunei wobbling?
by RyManUtah- 34 replies
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Is this the death wobble? I’m not really sure what to look for or what to do about it, other than staking. IMG_0508.mov It’s the palm on the right in the photo of two. Video of me shaking the palm . It’s twin does not shake. Ideas and input appreciated. It’s not cold damage.
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Mule Palm Planting Location Question
by teaksmith- 1 follower
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I just picked up two 3-gallon Mule Palms from Michael at Mule Palms of Mississippi. These are going to my new place about 3 hours north of where they were grown on the MS Gulf Coast. The house is on the waterfront on a large reservoir and the zone is officially 8A but with the waterfront in the backyard and about a 10-foot elevation from the front of the house to the lake's edge, it may be marginally warmer than surrounding areas. There's a mature CIDP down the street that appears quite healthy, but most everybody around here sticks with the reliable Trachys, Butia and various Sables, and I plan to plant many of those too. I'm thinking of locating these first two Mu…
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Transplanting Pindos
by DAVEinMB- 1 follower
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How well do pindos transplant? I regularly check craigslist for people selling palms and this guy popped up.
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Large Palms outside heat island in Zone 8b Texas.
by Collectorpalms- 1 reply
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Was out driving in and around Pebble Creek Country Club after early voting in Texas. All grown from average size. Estimated 15-25 years old from planting. I Saw a few of these houses built. Coldest temp since 1990 was 14 here a few years ago. Killed Queens. I have the only remaining 20 year old Queen I know of except in Houston and San Antonio and points south in zone 9-10.
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I tried googling this and to no avail. The only thing I can think of is Pindo Palms but they are slightly green, but I’m thinking more like bismarckia’s blue. anyone know ?
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Trachycarpus weight
by RyManUtah- 1 follower
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How does one ballpark the weight of a Trachycarpus fortunei? This lot is getting developed after the 20th, and I’d like to save this palm from the excavators, just don’t want to make it worse if I can’t lift it. It’s 8’ in total height.
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Nova Scotia Palms
by KentiaPalm- 3 replies
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Back home when I’m not down south, I work for the municipality doing garden work for the city during the summer months. One of the things I get to look after is our 2 Trachycarpus fortunei plants which are both housed in a tall insulated box with a Christmas bow every year given its height and one Butia capita. all were shipped about a year ago from Montreal from coconut mikes business. here’s some shots (I included one I’ve been looking after in a pot the past couple of years also from home)
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Phoenix species identification
by Yort- 7 replies
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I came across this naturalized population of clustering Phoenix palms and can't seem to find any information about them. Before I give more information and a location I am interested to see what species you think it is? Bonus point if you can guess the location.
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Chamaedorea hybridization
by Chester B- 1 follower
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Does anyone known if Chamaedorea radicalis and microspadix will hybridize? i have about 10 microspadix clumps already in the ground and will be planting out a large number of @DoomsDave radicalis that are ready to go in the ground this year.
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Earliest take Palms outside
by bgifford- 1 follower
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Hello! I was wondering at what point some of you who live in colder areas move your Palms outside. I live in central Kentucky and the Weather Channel released an early outlook for March to May. And it looks like we will be having above average temps. I know that I don't want my palms outside when there is a chance of frost, but I was wondering at what temps you move your Palms outside (average lowest temps). Like Bottle Palm, Pygmy Dates, Christmas Palms, Wodyetia bifurcata, Livistonia Chinensis, Washingtonia R., Butia Capitata. Thanks Brian
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Zone 7a needle spear pull
by newtopalmsMD- 1 follower
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I live in zone 7a (near Olney MD). Last November I had one of two pups in a 15 gallon needle palm, which was planted in April, experience spear pull in November. I did not catch it in time and the pup died. This week I had a 3 gallon needle, still in the pot, experience spear pull. This needle had been moved into an unheated garage whenever the temp dropped below 25F at night. I have treated it with copper fungicide. A couple of squirts into the crown. So am i having just some bad luck, or is spear pull kind of common for needles in colder damp periods of the year? (even though these are clearly the most cold hardy palms). If the latter, is there a course of treat…
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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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