COLD HARDY PALMS
Selecting and growing palms for colder climates.
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Hey Washington .my palm paradise in progress
by Love them palms- 1 follower
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Hello haven't posted for awhile. Just thought I show off my palm paradise in the works .got a little bit off an assortment going. Trachycarpus fortunei and nova,s, med palms, 1 sago. 3 super mule. 1 butia x jubaea,1 jubaea x yatay from patric ,2 jubaea x butia, 1 BJxJ and JxBJ from patric. 1 sabal minor, 2 nice sized Jubaea. Cordyline austrailis, olive trees for wind protection,1 yucca and a couple of hibiscus.and I'm not finished yet lol I live in Mukilteo wa zone 8b/9A. work is being done by Dave Alvarez if any of you are familiar with him he does great work.
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Frond looking rough
by Palmlover_78- 3 replies
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Hey guys, I was wondering what is going on with my windmill palm?, There are three fronds that look like this the other two are not as bad.. Thanks a lot
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ID Please
by DAVEinMB- 4 replies
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Another craigslist find.
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Phoenix ID
by DAVEinMB- 1 follower
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I could take a stab at this but I'll let the experts weigh in. We talking pure or is this another hybrid? South end of the strand about 2 miles inland.
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Leaf reduction in cycads
by projectpat- 2 replies
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Hello I was wondering if anyone in the community has information regarding leaf reduction in cycads. More specifically cycad revoluta or sago palm. I see lots of sagos in my area and lots of different leaf sizes. Once they have hardened off of course, I know they will be different as they start to leaf out in spring. I have seen old sagos 3-4ft tall with fronds only 1-2ft long, but also ones with 3-4ft long fronds. I don't know if this is genetic or what, but sometimes they are right next to each other with different length fronds. Anyways any information would be great.
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Pindo, Mule, or other?
by DAVEinMB- 2 followers
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Found these for sale on craigslist. Listing says pindo but they look like they could be hybrids. Thoughts?
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windmill Fan palm not doing good
by CARLOS123- 4 replies
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Hello, I got a new palm back last year in August and planted on the ground, it survived the cold temperatures here in Dallas Texas, and here we are almost a year later and not doing too well. what can I do to help this plant survive, I been feeding it with jobes organic palm fertilizer. https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/jobes-organic-granular-palm-plant-food-with-biozome-4-lb-9126-1292495?cm_mmc=feed-_-GoogleShopping-_-Product-_-1292495&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIkZikw5LF6QIVStbACh0kQgoyEAQYAyABEgKEPvD_BwE links below: the images below are when I first planted it and the now.
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Trachycarpus male vs female
by palm789- 1 follower
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Has anyone noticed a size difference between male and female trachycarpus, which got bigger thicker trunk, which got biggest/longest leaves etc any thoughts?
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My Sabal Minor Seedling
by Tennessee Palms- 1 follower
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A couple days ago I noticed the leaf on my Sabal Minor seedling has been taking off. To me it seemed like it grew about half an inch or so however when I looked back at a Facebook post from November I realized how much it has grown and I'm surprised to see that it slowly pushed out way more than I thought. The picture of it sitting in water is the November picture and the other one is from a few days ago.
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Beccariophoenix alfredii in Israel
by Yossik- 1 follower
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Hi, This is my Beccariophoenix alfredii in Tel Aviv area, Israel. It easily survived 3 winters already, with minimum temp at 8 degrees celcius at winter, and max temperature at 34 degrees celcius at summer. Leaves are perfect and healthy, no cold or heat damage at all. Amazing coconut look alike !!!!!! I am soooo haaaaappy !!!!!
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New hybrid babies
by 8B palms- 2 followers
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Well my new hybrid babies curtesy of Patric(k) Schafer arrived today. 2 Yatay mules much larger than I was expecting but not going to complain, they are the back 2. Then there is a Yatay x Jubaea on the left and a Butia x Lytocaryum hoehneix on the right, it will probably be the most frost tender of the group. I know many people have these hybrids in the ground now for several years. I would love to see pics of these so as to see what the future might hold for these guys.
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Watering requirements for trachy
by palm789- 3 replies
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Hi guys how often do I water a newly planted trachycarpus it's in full sun all day at temperatures over 21c,do I water a few times a day because of the heat etc?
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Is this a Royal or Queen?
by Palmfarmer- 1 follower
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Really Hope so that just confirms that bismarckias Are pretty much garanted to work well here and do pretty well
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Newly planted trachy folded
by palm789- 1 follower
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I planted this trachy 2 days ago in a mix of clay, multi purpose compost, John innes no 3, ericaceous, perlite and grit, I watered it with 5x 6 liter cans of water 2 days ago and 2x cans yesterday, (I don't have hosepipe lol) is this enough water or does it need more? Do I water everyday? I noticed the leaves are still folded like it was in the pot.
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New to hardy palms. Yellowing Jubaea Chilensis
by palmmeister- 7 replies
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'Ello everyone, Last summer I planted a young Jubaea in the front yard. Just recently things have taken a turn for the worse. The tree is looking a little yellowish and I'm not sure what to do so I'm looking for suggestions or help if someone would be kind enough to point me in the right direction. Some background: the tree was planted last year after receiving it in the mail. The fronds looked a little tattered and the tree was a little yellowish. The ground it is planted in has ph neutral top soil (7, which I tested last year with a kit) and is about 30cm deep. Underneath that the ground is sand and rocky. Plant is in full sun from 9am thru 8pm. USDA Zone is 7…
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Goofy sabal minor summer Christmas light idea?
by newtopalmsMD- 1 follower
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I keep reading that sabal minor (var species?) grows best in hot (and humid) summers and that it is best able to deal with cold winter if it has had a hot summer to store energy for the winter. So my thought was, could we use artificial heat sources, like xmas lights in the fall (or possibly even the summer?) to make the growing season hotter and longer to get more growth and/or winter preparation out of our sabals? Could i turn my MD growing season into something more like a Virginia growing season? In the winter i usually have a string of 200 little xmas lights on the ground around the base (never touching) of my Trachys and turn them on at 5F or lower to try to add a…
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What do yall think of these mukes?
by JD7.62- 1 follower
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Picked up 5 mules yesterday from a big box store. Interestingly, 3 look like your average mules, one has super long soft fronds that stands straight up and is extremely queen like, the other one intrigues me the most. Its very compact with short and very stiff fronds. Fronds are about half of the length of the "average" mules and a third the length of the long soft queen like mule. My first thought was it might have some Jubaea in it. What say you? First pic is the three "average" mules, second is the queen like mule and the rest are of the one that has me a bit intrigued.
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May Update (Post-2020 Winter)
by LasPalmerasDeMaryland- 13 replies
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Welp, the weather is warm and I’m finally going to tour my palms after this winter. This winter was very warm for Maryland Standards. The lowest temperature I can recall is 19°F. Which is good for my palms’ first winter to help acclimate them.
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ID tags/labels
by 8B palms- 2 followers
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So with many of us on here with nice and expanding collection of palms, some of which have been expensive, it would nice/good to keep records. Can anyone recommend a quality and reasonably priced source of custom engraved plant ID tags, thanks in advance.
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Piedmont Palmettos
by NCFM- 1 follower
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Recently saw a fairly tall palmetto for piedmont standards while fishing Hyco Lake in NC (about 75 miles NW of Raleigh) There was a smaller one growing nearby I saw tons of trachys around this lake but these were the only two sabals I spotted
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I just moved to Merritt Island and I am looking for the best places to Chambeyronia macrocarpa & Kentiopsis oliviformis. Any suggestions? David
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New Palm plantings - Oregon
by Chester B- 2 followers
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So I thought I would share a few of my plantings this year so far. All of these were either grown from seed or 2 strap leaf seedlings. I had some issues this winter with pests in the greenhouse attacking the Mule Palms, Sabal mexicana, Sabal palmetto and BxJ. All other palms were left alone. I treated as best I could and put them outside for nature to take care of them. All of the affected palms no longer have any infestation but have some work to recover. Sabal minor "McCurtain". This one grows so slow, I planted 5 of them as I'm tired of waiting on them. Sabal uresana - supposedly the more cold hardy form. Only one plant. S…
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How much space between palms?
by newtopalmsMD- 2 followers
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I have 2 questions about spacing between palms. 1. I have a 2 gallon sabal minor Cape Hatteras that I am thinking of planting 3 feet from a trachy that has begun to trunk. See picture below, with the sabal still in the pot. Is this far enough apart? My thinking is that by the time the sabal grows wide enough to impinge on the trachy, the trachy should have 5 or 6 feet of trunk and so the frond of the two plants would never touch. Reasonable? (BTW I highly recommend the blue dune grass in the background as a companion plant to palms. ) 2. I have a second trachy slightly bigger than the one on the right hand side of the picture. I have a 2 gallon sabal Birm…
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Newcomers to my Yard
by Jubaea_James760- 18 replies
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Livistona Decora & Wednesday. Livistona Chinensis, before my dog completely shred it to pieces its growing back but could take over a year to reach its former glory. Arenga Engleri Livistona Australis, 5 gallon for reference. Chamaedorea Radicalis x2, looking a little rough. Rhapidophyllum Hystrix Acoelorrhaphe Wrightii Sabal Causiarum & weeds... Sabal Blackburniana Sabal Tamaulipas x2 Sabal Minor (Chipola Dwarf) x2 with more weeds Sabal Minor (Chipola Dwarf) With Wednesday hanging out. Brahma Armata Brah…
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Help with Needle
by kbob11- 1 follower
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Hi everyone, I uncovered my Needle about 6 weeks ago. When I did it was looking nice and green. Since then it has been browning from the tips back. Is this a delayed winter frost reaction or fungus? Your thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks *First photo March 15 second and third today*
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