COLD HARDY PALMS

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   Cold tolerance of palms in florida

   March 26, 2013 by sonoranfans

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   I came across this interesting article on the history of cold fronts in florida. Advective and radiational events with temps are discussed and also data on survivability and mortality of quite a few palms species. Its a good article for those trying to understand some of these species. I did note that a coconut in clearwater survived the '89 freeze event of 19F! Of course many aspects of a cold event can impact survival like duration of cold, frost etc. http://www.ramcort.com/ms/freeze/CentralFLFreezes.html

   

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   March 14th

   March 14, 2013 by Texeltropics

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   Winter returned in full shape...we had a record in Holland. -13,3 celsius. I dont believe in Spring anymore

   

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   Rising from the ashes

   March 1, 2013 by _Keith

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   It is impossible for a cold hardy palm gardener not to push the zone occasionally, and just as impossible not to get bitten by the cold. I got away with it for many years, then in 2010 got bitten by 15 year record lows. Among the 20 to 30 palms that were lost was a pair of gorgeous triple trunked P. robellinis, they were under Live Oak cover, but the cold, 3 nights in a row at 20,19,21 was too much. Now, over 2 years after their death, it appears that one is indeed rising from the ashes. I was shocked to see this today. My robellini is rising from the ashes.

   

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   Water requirements

   March 21, 2013 by LI_Pets

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   Just bought the following; most 4-6.5 feet Canary Island - date palm mule pindo bizmarkias windmill sabal causiarum rhapis multi arenga elgleri Sabal minor silver saw c. microspadix seashore Allagoptera arenaria they are still in the containers for a few more days, two questions how much/often water should I use now? After planting, should I install a bubblier on all or some of these? how much is too much or to little. I know these are basic questions to you experts, just want them to thrive. Lastly fertilizer needs tks

   

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   Cold hardy substitutes

   February 28, 2013 by Kailua_Krish

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   So we all have those tropical palms we've seen and had to have, but sadly they won't survive your freezes. What do you use instead? Here are some of mine: Coconut- Mule palm Royal- Queen palm Cocothrinax/Thrinax- Chamaerops/Trachycarpus What others can you think of? -Krishna

   

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   The survive of the Trachycarpus fortunei

   February 28, 2013 by Texeltropics

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   I have one big trachy in my backyard. He is there for many years. In all these years different things happend. We started with winter from -1/-2 celsius, last 2 winter where as you know -10/-17 celsius. My palm was damaged by the last -17 celsius but it totaly recovered. Next pics will show you the same trachycarpus after different circumstances. The pic with the leaf shows how its folts together when it freezes...it is protecting himself against the frost by this way. Last picture shows the severe leafburn after the -17. It totaly recovered from it, like this never happend.

   

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   Cold Hardy Garden

   March 5, 2013 by ghar41

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   I really was not sure about the value in having a cold hardy forum but I must say am really enjoying all the posts. Keep them coming. Here are some random photos from over the years of my cold hardy garden. http://www.flickr.com/photos/72316185@N03/sets/72157632920207740/show/

   

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   Chamaerops humilis--flowering and determining sex of

   March 1, 2013 by WestCoastGal

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   We are currently considering two Chamaerops humilis palms for our yard. One of them is flowering right now and is a beautiful buttercup yellow color. I have allergies and know that the male palm's pollen can be highly allergenic to some; the female bearing no pollen would be a better choice for allergy sufferers. I can't seem to find anything in the web searches I've done to find out how to differentiate between the two sexes. Is there a color difference in the flowers, like the trachycarpus? Can anyone be of help? Photos of male and female flowers or other signs to look for would be really great. Given that this is an armed palm and it's pretty tight quarters at the t…

   

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    check out these hybrids cold hardy fans

    March 2, 2013 by sonoranfans

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    In the main forum at the end of the post of another thread, member Paul Gallop posted pics of some of his cocoid hybrids from patrick shaffer, starting with post 21 http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?/topic/35949-over-100-pounds-of-fertilizer-a-year-for-a-copernicia/ Growers in 8b 9a should take a look as some of these are great palms in any zone, but are going to be rare as they are typically hand pollinated. I didnt want these to go unnoticed by cold hardy growers at the end of a copernicia thread... My favorite is the butia parajubaea cross...

    

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    What is a "cold hardy" palm?

    February 28, 2013 by Palmə häl′ik

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    ....just curious to know the definition of such a term when all my palms seem to be "cold hardy", but not 'frost hardy"... I zone push alot of z10 palms under oak canopy, so frost doesn't have contact with the palm foliage... Should I start pushin' the envelope with 10b palms? ...carpoxylon. Ken, you wanna donate one fer science? ....or is that just plain ol stuuuupid? - Ray.

    

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    Cold hardy palm videos

    February 28, 2013 by Caryota_gigas

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    Cool a new forum, will this rival EPS as the new Cold hardy palm resource? Time will tell I guess. Anyway I will show my support by posting a few vids of palms that will take more cold than most... cold hardy?... I will let you decide. Chamaerops humilis var. argentea

    

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    My Palms in snow

    December 14, 2010 by Juni Perez

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    I usually leave my potted palm trees out in the yard until mid-December, bring them in to an enclosed porch (temps go down to the mid teens F at lowest), then bring them back out to the yard between late March/early April. These are shots from before bringing them in this past weekend. The lowest temps we've seen this past month was 10°F in my yard last Thursday. T. wagnerianus: Butia capitata: T. fortunei: NOTE: These are links to the pictures direct from Facebook. Some companies block them. They all showed slight leaf damage, but are fine. I worry more about letting all that snow seep into the pots when it melts though. The only in-ground pal…

    

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    Thread palm & phoenix have frost damage

    March 23, 2009 by reggieroo

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    I have been trying to get myself together a nice little collection of palms & Tropical plants so we can have a tropical garden paradise in our garden here in England. Last year we bought a few phoenix palms & a thread palm to start us off, neutered them all summer & they grew really well ready for planting this year. Our plan was to buy some more this year in time for us start landscaping our garden & get them all planted & enjoy this summer. We don't have a greenhouse & wasn't sure how hardy these plants were until the hard frost hit & ruined the lot, we had moved them in round a part of the garden by the house away from the wind but it did…

    

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