COLD HARDY PALMS
Selecting and growing palms for colder climates.
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Why is my trachy yellowing at leaf bases?
by newtopalmsMD- 1 follower
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I have a potted Trachy and I noticed this morning that fronds are turning yellow at the end of each petiole where the leaves attach (see first picture below) Every frond is doing this. The petioles are green, it's just the leaf bases. I have not seen this before. The pot sits outside in the sun for most of the time (southern exposure) and is taken into the garage after sundown if night time temperature is predicted below 20 F. On really cold days or snow events it also stays in the garage under grow lights with the rest of its stable mates. (second picture) Garage is not heated and is usually in low 40's in winter. On the recent 9 degree F night it dropped to 36…
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'Cool hardy' palms
by ExperimentalGrower- 2 followers
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Besides Ceroxylons, and Parajubaeas, does anyone have any insight into what other great "cool hardy" palms are a good bet?
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Cold Hardy Palms
by Jadon V- 6 replies
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I have always loved trees particularly palm trees. We’re in North Carolina and this past spring my local Home Depot was selling Queen Palms so I bought two and planted them in a sunny spot in my yard I live in hardiness zone 8a. During the summer the palms did great well daytime temperatures were around 95° to 105° they are each now about 10 feet tall but then winter rolled around and we had our first frost in November where it got down below 22°. Did you find the first few freezes? I covered the trunks with burlap and watered them daily but recently they have started looking a bit scraggly normally temperatures at night to get down to anywhere from for 40° to 35° well da…
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w. Filifera in zone 8
by TonyDFW- 1 follower
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These palms are 10 years old now, with the current image in the lower right corner. They have gone through a winter with a low of 11F and a summer with 70 days above 100F. Unprotected, not irrigated, no fertilizer. Texas tough.
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What is recommended to ensure cutting tools are sanitized between use on different Palms (especially new arrivals to the garden)? Isopropyl Rubbing Alcohol? Hydrogen Peroxide? Diluted Bleach & Water Solution? I currently have a Felco F-2 Classic Manual Hand Pruner for trimming old brown fronds off, if something bigger is needed I have a Corona 10” RazorTooth Folding Pruning Saw and a Fiskers 12’ Pole Saw for my big Washy. edit: I also use a Victorinox 6.7631 3 1/4” Serrated Paring Knife w/ Large Red Handle to cut suckering trunks from smaller and Dwarf Palms with “scalpel-like” precision. Thanks
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seedlings after 16f
by DTS- 2 followers
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im kinda suprised of the hardiness of these seedlings after 16f a week ago!(i think) P. Dactylifera: Most of the leaf is yellowish brown T. Fortunei: Undamaged W. Filibusta: Whole leaf is browna W. Filibusta: Tip of the leaf is brown Butia Capitata: More than of the longest leaf is discolored W. FIlifera: Undamaged (that browning was there a few months ago) Sabal Palmetto: Undamaged(again that damage was already there) W. Filibusta: Completely brown Sabal Minor: Undamaged
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trachycarpus advice
by palm789- 6 replies
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before I bought this palm I got told to put it in a sheltered position away from wind is this true I tried putting it near a fence but I still get winds also I see alot of people putting them in their front yards not sheltered and they look great.advice would be appreciated.
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Is this transplant shock?
by MonkeDonkezz- 6 replies
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I transplanted this trachy mid April. I got it delivered from Plantvine. It came with just a little burn on the tips of the leaves and these weird white marks and spots as seen on the pictures. When I was transplanting it I had to disturb its root ball quite a bit due to there being these fertilizer purple balls stuck between the roots. It has started spreading a new leaf recently, though its burns seem to be getting worse, especially on the oldest ones. Is it due to transplant shock?
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Windmill Palms in Greensboro, NC
by NCFM- 1 follower
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Over the last decade or so I've noticed that palms (especially windmill palms) are becoming more and more common in Greensboro, NC. Greensboro is considered zone 7b, however over the last ten or fifteen years we have been having solid 8a winters. There are hundreds of windmill palms here in Greensboro- most planted in residential areas. They have even naturalized near the old Cone Cemetery. Next time I'm in town I'll try to get some pictures of the larger specimens around. Here are a couple nice ones I took a photo of last week: Sabal Minor under the mailbox across the street: Smaller windmill a few houses down: Live Oaks are fairly …
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Livistona "Window Treatment"
by Manalto- 6 replies
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A few years ago, I was enjoying the best bowl of gumbo I'd ever had, sitting in the dining room of a friend's house in Mobile. The house was in the historic neighborhood (S. Georgia Street) and they're spaced pretty close together, so I thought it was clever of him to allow the volunteer palm (I think it was probably a Sabal palmetto) growing at the foundation to fill the dining room window and provide privacy, with no thought to curtains, shades or blinds. The fronds lightly brushed the window screen; a real tropical atmosphere. The idea stuck with me and I've tried to replicate it here at my house with a Livistona chinensis. For a couple of weeks until today, this…
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Rhapidophyllum & Sabal
by Hyde- 6 replies
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Hey Guys, Living where I do, it can get difficult to grow palms in winter, I have been looking to get myself a couple rhapidophyllum hystrix and sabal minors. Was contemplating if I should get a year or two old palm or grow them from seeds, problem is I cant get access to either. I bought some seeds from ebay, non of which ever germinated vs seeds I collected first hand which has a very high rate. Anybody here got any suggestions?
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S. Palmetto vs. S. Minor seedling differentiation
by LasPalmerasDeMaryland- 1 follower
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So I’ve been growing some palmetto seedlings for a few years now and they’re starting to get more palmate fronds. I bought a big thing of Sabal Palmetto seeds a few years ago and they germinated and gave me these. I believe I also bought Sabal minor seeds to scatter around in the woods. My memory is the worst and I’m not sure if I actually germinated a Sabal minor or not. I was looking at some of the seedlings and I was struck by how blue some of them were. Do I have some Sabal minors mixed in or do Palmettos also have this bluish hue when they’re young. Thanks and I apologize for my forgetfulness!
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Texas sabal transplant issue
by dmalysh- 1 follower
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When I though I figured it all out, boy was I wrong when I got this field grown Texas sabal planted in my backyard.🤦🏻♀️ What in the world is going on!? This is so bizarre I can't find an explanation as to why the 2nd and the 3rd newer fronds are dying, yet the newest spear looks nice and green!? The palm's trunk is 5 ft tall. Planted in February 2024 near Houston, TX. The palm was brought from Florida. It is planted in heavy clay soil. Thoughts?
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Growing Sabal Palmetto in the landscape from seed..
by Georgia_Palms- 1 follower
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Hello, I’ve been a member on the forum for a little while now but this is my first actual post.. so I just had a question and I believe I’m in the right section on the forum.. So I’ve grown a few Sabal Palmettos from seed and they have about 4-5 strap leaves and I have planted them in my landscape here in my warm 8a zone in central GA (15 miles away from what’s considered 8b, so very close) and so my question is, are palmettos worth the time to wait on them to grow as opposed to planting, say, Windmill palms I’ve grown from seed that are already going palmate that will grow circles around the palmettos as far as rate of growth (I’m familiar with the fact that they take a …
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I have a queen palm that survived the Texas winter storm. It had a spear rotting that I pulled out and trimmed it down until only fresh growth was there. Went from 10 to 8 feet so still a healthy big palm. It has since produced two small leaves. It finally sprouted a big spear a few weeks back but it doesn't coming out more than a foot , looks green and healthy and opening up. However it is not shooting out like I expected it to. I have tried to fertilize and give water but no change so any advice on any action I can take? I am afraid if I don't get enough fonds before winter it won't survive another winter.
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Greetings. I'm trying to figure out what kind of palm tree is growing in the images pasted below. It is located in Oregon's southern Willamette valley. It is a single tree with no other source of pollination that I know of. So far, based its shape and hardiness in the area (it must have been growing here for a while) I have heard it is probably some flavor of Trachycarpus but I haven't found any pictures of fruit like this. Any ideas? Thanks! https://imgur.com/gallery/0nN3xw3 https://imgur.com/gallery/T5Wi4c3
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Can I relocate my Sabal Minors
by knikfar- 6 replies
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Until recently, I had a stormwater issue in my backyard. About a year ago, I built a raingarden to help catch some of the excess water from running off into my neighbors house. It's shown in the attached photo. Knowing sabal minors would do well there, I planted three of them. However, the stormwater issue has now been fixed and my rain garden is never likely to fill with water again. So I'd LOVE to place my sabal minors in a place that's more prominant in my yard. But everything I've read says they HATE being moved and most die in the process. Any one have any advice?
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help for next winter
by dmaliotimon@gmail.com- 6 replies
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Hi guys next year im gonna get either a needle or a sabal minor for a little experiment i want to do. since im in zone 6a michigan, i wanted to see if there are hardy sabal and needle palms that that need a little bit of protection for the winter, and also some protection tips for them! I would have thought about getting a windmill palm but im too lazy to build something for it. thanks for any help in advance!
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Hey all, I planted 5 mules last year and they've all been doing great. One started slowing down but nothing drastic. But we had a super wet intro to spring and it slowed way down. Finally fronds started browning and dying 3 weeks ago. I finally grabbed the spear and it pulled right out. The next day I gave the newest frond a tug and it pulled out easier the the spear. I call it a spear but this particular plant never really pushed spears. More like a 4 inch spear and then it would start separating at that height and the frond would grow out from there. Not like the others that would push a two foot spear before separation. (I don't know the word for going from spe…
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Dracena Rehabilitation
by ZPalms- 1 follower
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Just realized I didn't post in the right area, I thought I was in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms, my bad sorry 💀 A couple months back I was given a couple of plants that some people abandoned when they moved out of their home, and it was at the end of winter, maybe about March, when I received them, but they sat in the place for about a month before I could actually get them, because there's a 30 day period if they don't come back for them, then they are free for the taking, but they sat without care or water and they were on the decline, so I took them all, and there was a pothos, spider plant, and this dracena, The dracena was sitting in very poor soil …
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Drooping Sabals?
by fr8train- 6 replies
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I see Sabals around here drooping, in the areas where we had a lot ice, so NW of San Antonio. I was wondering what was going on with them?
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This robusta has been in ground over two years and has always looked a little ratty and hasn’t grown as fast as the others. Grasshoppers have been eating at it lately. I’ve noticed the newest spear is twisting. Why could this be?
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Jubaea chilensis vs. Butia Capitata
by willials- 6 replies
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I was recently informed by a local palm grower here in the Seattle area that Jubea Chilensis is actually significantly more hardy here than Butia Capitata. I find this hard to believe, always thinking it was the other way around and from many palm blogs and posts I have read on this site. From what I can tell, relatively little is known about Jubea's cold hardiness in Northern climates because of the slow growth to reach maturity (30-50+ years according to what I am reading). Does anyone have any first-hand experience growing mature Jubeas North of, let's say, San Francisco?
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Strange queen
by Laaz- 6 replies
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OK, long story short... I bought this as a Home Depot bargain bin palm for $2.97 a few years ago. It went through the 2018 freeze, was totally covered in ice & the branches snapped off from the weight of the ice & snow. Early spring that year the spear pulled, I dumped a bottle of peroxide down the hole & left it for dead. Well, it came back from the stump & it now larger that mu Yaty mule that also was damaged badly.. No Idea what strain this is, but the leaves are much latter than my Uruguay queens.
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Sabal Palmetto
by WhoDatNation- 6 replies
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Hey everyone I’m new to the group from Coastal NC Zone8A. Are there any growers in the state? I am also looking for more sabals
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