COLD HARDY PALMS
Selecting and growing palms for colder climates.
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What type of Palm is this?
by Rightstuff15- 7 replies
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While visiting some friends in Memphis, TN I noticed a neighbor down the street who had palms in their backyard around the pool. I snapped a few pictures as I was so impressed with the size of them. I don't believe they protect them during the winter months. Can you tell me what type of palms they are? Next time I visit, I plan to knock on their door and ask about them. Thanks!
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outdoor palm collection in Lyon botanic garden
by doranakandawatta- 7 replies
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The botanic garden planted this collection recently; I hope they will survive in winter.
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Shifting Hardiness Zones
by knikfar- 7 replies
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I'll start by saying I know hardiness zones have to be taken with a grain of salt because they don't account for duration of cold and are based on average lows, not low temps experienced in vortex winters. But I did read a NYT article that said hardiness zones are moving 13 miles north every decade. Looking at the attached hardiness zone map of my area, from 2012, anyone think I can safely say I'm zone 8a vs 7b? My house is marked by the red star.
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We've just moved from upper NW Washington, DC to the Capitol Hill area. While we previously had an ENE facing patio, we now have a small fenced in yard with great south facing exposure. We've kept our 3 Sagos and 1 Windmill Palm potted outside year round from the start, with the oldest being one of the Sagos we picked up 6 years ago. The major issue we previously had, was that during winter, the patio at our old place got very little, if any, sunlight during the heart of winter. This kept the patio space consistently colder than areas getting sunlight elsewhere. It's late December, and in our new home, and along the south facing fence in our backyard, there is a good …
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Jubaea two year mark.
by Fallen Munk- 2 followers
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Spring of 2020 vs spring 2022.
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Chamaedorea plumosa
by Palm crazy- 7 replies
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I keep seeing Ch. plumosa taking low temp in the 20’s, anyone in 9a growing this nice tropical looking chamaedorea? How has it done in cold weather events? Can it handle below 25F for short duration?
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On Sunday, I was out running the off-road bike trails in the Sumter National Forest in Edgefield County, SC about twenty minutes from Augusta, Ga, and ran up on this beautiful colony of Sabal minor. Minors are actually pretty common in inundation and seepage areas in the forest, but can be found on steep slopes well away from obvious water sources. This colony was at 285' in elevation or a little less since I was up above them to take the picture. On some of the other trails, the colonies are even more extensive.
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large Sabal Louisiana in habitat
by Sabal_Louisiana- 7 replies
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I took this pic last month near Lake Pontchartrain west of New Orleans. Height is about 12 feet. Trunk is about 8' including crown. There are some I think even bigger in the vicinity but hard to get to in the swamp. There used to be one on Bayou Savauge NWR in New Orleans East that must have been about 14 feet tall but it was destroyed in Hurricane Katrina. I wish I still had a picture of it.
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Livistona nitida trunk
by Alicehunter2000- 7 replies
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This palm was tucked back into the corner of my yard behind my large S. causiarum and never got the glory it should have received. It is a really cold hardy and pretty palm. I wish I had several more planted but just didn't realize how nice they are until owning this one. Anyway here is a closeup of the trunk., its got a redish color and the fronds self clean nicely.
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Dwarf sabals
by teddytn- 1 follower
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I’ve got some room in the middle of a raised bed and want to fill it with more palms, but even a sabal minor would be too tall. Anyone know where to source some of the dwarf varieties of sabal like blountstown or wakulla? Was driving from Panama City beach to Kissimmee a few years back and drove through Blountstown, FL I had my eyes peeled for a nursery, the wife would have killed me if I stopped to buy “another plant” lol.
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Butia x Parajubaea decisions in sub-tropical 8b
by Pee Dee Palms- 2 followers
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So last night I emailed Patric/Patrick/Patrix/Patriv Schafer to see what palms he has in stock. The three that caught my eye were Butia x Parajubaea torallyi, Butia x Parajubaea sunkha, and Butia x Parajubaea cocoides. After I did a little research I think I've come to the conclusion that the Butia x Parajubaea torallyi will be eliminated first. I personally just don't like the look of it. The 2 that I am having a really hard time deciding on which one to choose is Butia x Parajubaea sunkha and Butia x Parajubaea cocoides. Please correct me if I am wrong but I have heard that it'd be a better decision for me to choose the sunkha hybrid instead of the cocoides hybrid consi…
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Mazari flowers
by TexasColdHardyPalms- 7 replies
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Our male has bloomed. This pic was 7 days ago. I'll post another soon
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Tiny Sabal minor
by buffy- 7 replies
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Found this at the lakehouse. I have no idea where I found it, but it's tiny and has been flowering for two seasons.
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My doubt is because of the pinnate leaves, which it does not have, but it may be young. Can you decide if it really is Butia x Syagrus?
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Pygmy date palm seed hardiness?
by NC_Palms- 7 replies
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this might be a stupid question but a few years ago i collected a ton of pygmy date seeds and threw them in my car and totally forget about them until recently. Its been a few years so they've been through a few winters in my car, but nothing below 18F. Is there a chance these could still be viable after this? or should I just toss them?
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butia Whats wrong with these two
by yabazid- 1 follower
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take a look at this please!
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What is this? (photos)
by Palmfarmer- 1 follower
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Hey is this a Parajubaea or just a really scrawny Butia?
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Chameadorea Elegans rescue from Ikea
by EastCanadaTropicals- 7 replies
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Ikea was selling a few non-artificial cacti and palm tress in small containers. I don't think the conditions were too great, as the palm pots had lots of roots sticking out of them. I chose a Chameadorea Elegans, which I repoted, and fertilized with palm tree fertilizer. It was already looking pretty okay from the beginning, but now it's gonna perform a lot better. I apologize for the garbage photo quality, I had to use my webcam as my camera.
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Hi everyone, I really believe i am in the right place for palm trees info and helpful advises. My wife already thinks that i am becoming obseseed with palms. Anyway, i was able to germinate a bunch of windmills and they are already 5"-6". I am afraid to place them outside of fear of getting damaged by critters. I also have an upper deck with western exposure and it gets sun from around 2'00pm to around 06'30pm. Do you think if 4 hrs will be ok for the seedlings and what my general approach should be for introducing them to full sun? I live in Marietta GA zone 7b. Thanks in advance;))
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Examples of Chameadorea Microspadix X Radicalis
by Collectorpalms- 2 followers
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So far, I do not recall an example of this cross. Can anyone point to a possible specimen? Only thing I can find is that it has been unsuccessful. However, since they have separate male and female inflorescence, It does seem at least possible. I have mature Radicalis, but since Microspadix is very picky about water quality they looked horrible with brown edges, I gave up on them. While Radicalis is more cold tolerant, Microspadix should be tried as the mother, so as to keep the clumping ( bamboo ) habit.
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Patricks Hybrid Characteristics controversy
by Love them palms- 2 followers
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A friend of mine went down to California not to long ago to get palms and stopped by Patricks to get trees. he and Patrick got into a conversation about hybrid characters and how no 2 trees have to look the same. some people have been giving Patrick a bad rap stating that some of his trees don't have certain palm variants in them cause they don't show in that tree -like example Jabutia x syagrus but doesn't show the queen so there for Patrick is wrong . I have a video of the reason that could be. go to about 9:48 of the video about that issue. and if you want discussion about it is open for debate 10000000_607792360777678_8926951843070112410_n.mp4
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My pygmy palm is not looking to happy.
by Jaypalmas- 1 follower
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I live in Fort Johnson Louisiana where is bounces from being 9a-8b. On the USDA site this location is considered 9a. I planted a pgymy palm last summer and is now taking damage from the cold which it does get down to the high 30s not going lower than 36. What should I do with my palm for resistance or is it too late for it to recover?
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Trunked Sabal minor in SE NC?
by Joe NC- 7 replies
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This palm had caught my eyes 6 or 7 years ago when I was stumbled across it in the forest along the Cape Fear River. It drew my attention because of it's large size (fronds taller than I could reach over my head, so a bit bigger than 8ft). I went back to the same spot in the woods last week and found this palm again. I was hoping to find seeds on this beast, but all the current and old flower stalks seem to dry out and abort before flowering. Now knowing much more about palms and their identification, a few things really stuck out to me this time. Besides being huge, this palm and the group of 4 other smaller palms that were around it all were located up on a sandy we…
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In my location, In east Tennessee, where would be the best spot to plant a needle palm? In zone 6b/7a. It rarely drops below zero in a winter within the last 10 or so years. We have moderately hot summers. Cold but not frigid winters. Precipitation is 56 inches per year. 13 inches of snow. I know it needs some amount of sun but my yard is limited to mostly shade but there are some small spots with more sun but they are a bit exposed out in the open. I don't know if it would get enough heat in the shady spots but I also don't want it to be out in the open.
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Livistonia Chinensis Survivors in Zone 8b Texas?
by Collectorpalms- 1 follower
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What percentage survived 5F or thereabouts? I have one tall one left. Survived 4F unprotected and took full force of weather. 3 others survived too. Did better than Washingtonia percentage wise for me. It got beat up this winter from 22F wind and ice this year, but it did have a nice crown by last year. I expect it to look good by late summer. Not sure if the trunk will end up with damage. But I like the curve it developed at base.
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