COLD HARDY PALMS
Selecting and growing palms for colder climates.
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Zone 7 garden
by Henoh- 1 follower
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My garden is outside of city heat island, about 30 km to the east from Zagreb at weekend house in rural area and the garden is one or two degrees Celsius colder than the city. There are not many palm species but few thrive and some strugle from year to year. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=waO7VjkjvN8 Trachycarpus princeps, geminisectus, ukhrulensis, princeps hybrid/new form, ‘Nova’ and all Chamaerops are pasive protected with heavy mulching with pine straws and for some species with some cover against snow and rain during winter. Same garden under snow two winters ago https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WCB5NSxBpLo Here are included pictures from previus win…
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Sago "Palm" project Central Maryland
by mdsonofthesouth- 9 replies
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I know I know they aren't palms! But still cold hardy testing none the less lol. So far these have seen 19F, many low to mid 20s for lows at night and even 36 hours bellow freezing! Might as well document these while we are having this well bellow average false winter....errrr Fall. Here they are right before our first dip in the teens. Filmed around November 20th Here they are this AM. ZERO protection from our weather and so surprising that the little guys are still doing so well. Hoping they pull through to spring as Id love to have a set of these in the garden.
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Small Bismarkia, S. riverside, S. causiarum
by Alicehunter2000- 17 replies
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Just some pics from this morning....supposed to get 37 tonight....I'm ok with that as long as no freeze.
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Savannah, Georgia
by GaDawg- 21 replies
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Here are some pics I took of Savannah. I think there are very few cities that can match the charm and beauty of Savannah. A couple pics are pictures I had stored on my phone. We have a mild 8b climate here that rarely gets below 20f, but when it does it’s usually brief. On rare occasions it stays low enough to kill palms that should be 9a, but it isn’t too often. I live between this climate (8b) and close to Brunswick, ga (9a).
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Sabal minor 'McCurtain' Street View
by PalmTreeDude- 16 replies
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I looked around southern McCurtain county, Oklahoma and found some palms on street view in Google Maps. It is like an online Easter egg hunt! https://www.google.com/maps/@33.6794725,-94.5471893,3a,32.8y,243.65h,71.07t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1syCHi6aNfxLcuOPDDAdd91Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 https://www.google.com/maps/@33.7219178,-94.5989145,3a,32.8y,109.2h,74.27t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sV1-iKm5SXPOZPQibhyLT_g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 https://www.google.com/maps/@33.722279,-94.5988984,3a,18.9y,251.4h,70.47t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sC_H9vm7hG0idLWmMHTjHwg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
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Sabal minors in Central OK
by Dave_OK- 12 replies
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New to the board...Wanted to share a few pics of my Sabal minors from the Oklahoma City area (Z-7A). I've got around 20 or so Minors of differing sizes in my landscape. Some are seed-grown from my largest plant and others were purchased. Most of these have been in the ground for right at three years now. I've had my largest Minor for eight years and was fortunate that it transplanted successfully at the end of 2015. These plants absolutely thrive in our Oklahoma summer heat and get through winter with very little damage here. I've had some slight burn during our coldest winter snaps (mid-single digits), but nothing worse. The smaller Minors are the "McCurtain" variet…
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Small Bismarkia, S. riverside, S. causiarum
by Alicehunter2000- 0 replies
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Just some pics from this morning....supposed to get 37 tonight....I'm ok with that as long as no freeze.
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Another cold night.
by Palm crazy- 35 replies
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Woke up to 31F the airport 8 miles away had 21F last night. No Morning fog, a sunny day to help warm things up to the mid-40s. So far the plants are still looking good the next few nights are going to be colder I think. My geranium still have flower buds and a block away they are still in full bloom. About the time this mini cold spell is over (by the end of the week) I think the East coast will be getting this cold.
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S. louisiana Bluestem
by JSKeys- 7 replies
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I decided to move a little (one zone) out of my comfort zone and try out S. louisiana Bluestem. I just got these 1 gallons from Mail Order Natives and they look very healthy with a good size root ball. They'll spend the winter in pots and then get planted in the Spring. For many years I've played it safe with the pretty much bulletproof dwarf palmetto, needle and windmill palms. If we get a truly zone 7a winter after they go in the ground these bluestems may be toasted, but I'll chance it. Does anyone else have experience with S louisiana in zone 7a?
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I have been trying to research this question on historic PalmTalk threads, but I have yet to find someone who can say that they have seen a Kentiopsis Oliviformis survive 18 degrees Fahrenheit. Is this possible? To your knowledge, what is the record low temperature for a Kentiopsis Oliviformis to have survived, even with significant damage or defoliation? Someone just posted on another thread that these trees survive in Houston, Texas, although they do grow slowly there.
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C. Radicalis
by Laaz- 27 replies
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When the male & female flower on top of each other...
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Fall Palms Update
by PalmTreeDude- 9 replies
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So far we got down to 23 degrees F. All of the palms (of course) are fine. Some get pretty big over the summer, especially my needle palm, it was covered by the bananas, and now that I can see the while palm, it got really big, much bigger than it looks in the pictures.
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So my son went over to one of his friend's house and when I dropped him off I noticed two rather robust dark green/blue balms in their front yard. Sabals are all over down here and are widely used in residential landscapes. So I see them on a daily bases and some stick out as exceptional examples and others are well... ehhh. Thought I would ask you folks you opinion on them. Two pics I snapped yesterday, the last is a street view from 2011.
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What do you think of my protection method?
by Lubbockpalmkiller- 1 follower
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Here's how I'm attempting to protect my palms: I wrapped a couple of little filiferas in Christmas lights and attached a thermo cube. I've done this to just the trunk before and it was fine, but in my climate I can expect total defoliation every year. I'm trying to avoid that by binding the fronds and wrapping all the way to the top. Is there any way this will backfire on me?
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Please help: needle palm spear pull
by newtopalmsMD- 1 follower
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The first picture shows the newest spear on one of two pups on my needle palm suddenly is no longer green. I pulled on it and it slip up about an inch or two. The second picture shows the some of the leaves of the main plant and the other pup are still green. What should I do. I planted this in April (main plant and two pups all in the same 15 ish gallon pot) and all three plants produced new spears during the summer. Two weeks ago I I put down a little fertilizer that I had used twice before in the growing season (mid autumn fertilizer for needles in this zone is supposed to be helpful) added a couple of inches of black hardwood mulch around the plant being careful …
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Not a Palm question
by GaDawg- 1 reply
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Like the title says, this isn't a Palm question. But, with the wealth of knowledge here, I was hoping to get some of your opinions on Crinum Lily's. We have a wide variety of Crinum Lily's here in South Georgia, close to the coast, about 20 miles from Florida. The things is, I don't know the names of most of them. I want to buy a stiff leaved, upright variety that grows pretty huge and is evergreen/semi-evergreen. I see them planted here in clusters and as solitary specimens. I even see wild swamp Crinums at my grandpa's, along side the road and at the okefanokee. Does anybody have any recommendations? If so, list color bloom, size if plant and and at wh…
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Starting off palms in the Blue Mountains (NSW)
by JasminInYarpshire- 1 follower
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Hi all, Just looking for some idea on this one. I'm currently renting in the Blue Mountains (just moved out here from UK!), but will be settling permanently in the next year to 18 months, and may well be moving down to the coast (central to mid north coastal NSW - fingers crossed!). I've got a small yard (sheltered) and large balcony (less so) in the upper blue mountains, around 950m altitude in Leura/Katoomba area. The balcony is a little bare so thinking of potting some palms here, and starting them off so I'll have some plants ready to go into the garden in our permanent home. Does any have any suggestions for any palms that could tolerate both conditions? Ideally…
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First year protection T. fortunei
by JSKeys- 15 replies
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First year protection for two T. fortunei. I hope they enjoy it since next year they may get a burlap windbreak and after that they're on their own (not counting mulching in the fall). The day started with sleet and it has now turned into snow.
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palm carnage avon NC
by Mr.SamuraiSword- 22 replies
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looking at recently updated street-views around avon and hatteras and found more palmetto casualties then i expected. how low did it get? these were quite established . even the volunteers got beat up! it seems a few by the stock car place were dead in 2016 but most seem to be recent casulties. just go to the link if u want and go down the road. last winter really must have done it in! https://www.google.com/maps/@35.5823998,-75.4671687,3a,15y,224.14h,88.73t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1seCET4ZfFUOAPokNF5-WE9A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
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Butia x Parajubaea Cocoides 1 2 3 4
by smithgn- 2 followers
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I didn't want to hijack another thread, so I thought I'd make a Butia x Parajubaea hybrid thread. Anyone else feel free to post pictures of yours as well, whether it be a Butia X Parajubaea cocoides or torallyi or even a sunkha. Anyways, here's mine purchased from the one and only Patric Shaffer. Butia capitata x Parajubaea cocoides: You honestly couldn't have packaged this any better. A puncture in the box during shipping. Luckily it missed the plant! This big guy is going into my newly purchased and put together greenhouse. By the time spring arrives, do any of y'all think I can put it in ground? Thanks and look forward to seeing everyo…
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naturalized Sabal Palmetto
by Sabal_Louisiana- 4 replies
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I have noticed quite a few examples of what appears to be Sabal palmetto (not Sabal minor) growing wild west of its native range, e.g. in SE Louisiana, coastal Mississippi, along the coast of the Fla panhandle E of Panama City. These are usually one or a few and love fence lines of abandoned/vacant lots or wooded areas/ditches along major highways. When young they might be mistaken for the native dwarf palmetto but are unmistakable as they grow up. I will try to post a few pics of some that I have seen. Sometimes, their source can be identified, such as a plant nursery a few hundred yards away.
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Planting Saw Palmetto Question
by NickRB223- 1 follower
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Hey Y'all, Wanted to get your thoughts. I live in zone 8a, just south of Columbia SC and I have 3 Saws in pots. Should I wait to plant? Thanks!
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Sabal minor 'Arkansas' Seedling
by PalmTreeDude- 23 replies
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So I ordered these Sabal minor seeds a long time ago and used the baggy method. The only thing was the area they were in was cool, so only one of the 5 seeds germinated so far. The ones that did not were put into a smaller community pot outside so they will be warm and hopefully I get a few more to germinate. Anyone have any Sabal minor 'Arkansas' they can share? Pictures?
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Mule Palm spots
by Allen- 3 replies
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Trying to figure out what these spots are on my F1 mule palm in a pot. It had these last year. Spraying with copper fungicide but doesn't seem to do anything.
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Help IDing this palm
by Tom Ace- 6 replies
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Hi Guys, I came across this plant at a local nursery here in CT. They have a very small section with some tropicals. I saw this and thought it was a Trachy, which got me interested. Asked the girl, she had no idea so I had her check the book. She said they have two types of palms listed that it could be: Chinese Fan Palm or European fan palm. This palm doesn't have any spines but there were two others that did (a feature of the european I thought?) Anyhow, any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!
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