COLD HARDY PALMS
Selecting and growing palms for colder climates.
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majesty surprise
by PANGEA EXPRESS- 1 follower
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I was pretty surprised to see these majesty palms growing in Healdsburg (northern california) and doing so well. The lows in the winter gets around 18 and they do not have any protection. These palms are alot hardier than what people give them credit for. 2 more
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New palm planter
by Love them palms- 2 followers
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Here's an Idea for pallets by a hot tub.contains a Blue Moroccan, CIDP, parajubea, Bird of Paradise,Waggie,Chamaedorea radicalis. Mukilteo wa zone 8b
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Stones and Stone Mulch
by Leelanau Palms- 1 follower
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In many of the pictures on Palmtalk, I see rings of stones around the base of palms, as well as stone/gravel mulchs used in a circle around palm trunks. Esthetics/looks are always a factor, but I wonder if there is a functional role for these stones beyond a simple, attractive (moisture retaining, weed suppressing) mulch, such as heat retention. Would love to hear what y'all have to say.
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Canary Island date palm clean up..
by Hutch- 7 replies
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After the recent cold blast I had lows of 21 , 26, 23...in consecutive nights with highs 40 to 44...it looked kinda ragged so I did heavy trimming to make it look good again...
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CIDP frond problems
by Jtee- 7 replies
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Sometimes I’m reminded why palms can be a pain in the butt. If it’s not one thing it’s another it seems. I’ve been noticing my date palms fronds have been developing spots on the older fronds. Some of the fronds with spots are only 2 months old. It’s growing just fine but I think it’s not feeling 100 percent. I fed it palm gain about two months ago. what does this look like? Fungal?
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Windmill Palm fronds bending
by Palmlover_78- 7 replies
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Hey are the fronds on a windmill suppose to do this? I thought they stay fully erect...Thanks
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Rhapidophyllum hystrix
by tjwalters- 1 follower
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A few pictures of my second largest needle palm growing in MD, z7a on the northwest corner of the garage. Planted as a small palm about 12 years ago. In the past my largest needle has produced many viable seeds, but in recent years my needles have been producing only male flowers. This year this palm has produced a few seeds. Note the old male flowers around the fruits. Most folks think needles are either male or female, but they can produce male, female and hermaphroditic flowers on the same plant.
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Would These Survive a Zone 7a/7b Winter?
by PalmTreeDude- 7 replies
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If i were to plant these in the ground right now, which gives them all summer to grow, would they make it through our Virginia zone 7a/7b Winter?
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Hey guys and gals, A little background: At the beginning of my palm fascination I purchased from a big box store what was labeled as a sabal minor. I took it home and found a good spot that gathers a lot of water near the mailbox. Later that winter we got a bad ice storm and temperatures somewhere in the low 20's if I remember correctly. The "sabal minor" near the mailbox was completely fried. I thought it was from the FreezePruf I applied earlier that day but still, there's no way a s. minor would burn like that. Here's the thread on that (with pictures, too) >>> Aftermath of the Cold/Pimp Slap (Pictures) - COLD HARDY PALMS - PalmTalk Aft…
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Canary Leaf Opening
by ahosey01- 7 replies
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Wondering if it is normal for my canary palm to open its leaves very slow. I don't know much about palms yet. This was taken Saturday morning: And this was taken about 10 minutes ago: That leaf that is opening pretty much looks the same in both pictures. Is that normal? When my Phoenix dactylifera opens a new leaf, it takes about 4 days from the first sign of opening until it is fully opened.
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Few braheas
by akaranus- 7 replies
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Among the best palms for cooler climate gardens. They all saw 3 nights down to -8C in 2017 at my place. Brahea armata, edulis, nitida, super silver, dulcis blue and acuelata. Armata is the fastest, and acuelata slowest.
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Sabal Bermudana sprouts
by JohnAndSancho- 7 replies
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My plan was to check this baggie and ask y'all when I should pot them up, but I guess the answer is uhhh, now. A couple of them have poked holes in the baggie. I've read these want deep pots - would a gallon jug with the top cut off be adequate for a while? Would 2L bottles be better as it'll be a hair taller? How many should I throw in per bottle? These sprouted REALLY fast, just threw some sphagnum in a baggie, dropped the seeds in, threw them on the heat mat.
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Yucca Rostrata
by Jamie F- 7 replies
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I have a Yucca Rostrata, as seen in the pic. I am concerned that it could split where each head splits. What can I do to reinforce the tree to prevent that from happening? Whether it happens through high winds, or from snow weighting it down in the winter. Will take any suggestions.
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Here is my Sabal Minor McCurtain seedling and I'm wondering when can I expect to see split fronds. As you can see the newest spear looks like it will produce a split frond. There is a total of 5 compete leaves and one has actually popped off so there would have been six.
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trachycarpus fortunei seedling cold hardiness Palm and other exotics damage from January deep freeze in Portland OR - but Trachy seedlings survived just fine
by Palmy Portlander- 7 replies
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In mid-January we had our third polar vortex in 15 months, something I cannot remember happening in Portland, at least in the last 30 years. It was preceded by a damaging wind storm. Even as our summers become noticeably hotter and longer (almost like Sacramento in the 1980s) and our zones are shifting up, climate change means we are also getting these extreme cold weather events as the polar jet stream become les stable. It , makes me wonder about the future of some of the exotics growing here that are native to more evenly temperate locations. Last year we had two polar intrusions. One of them included strong, very cold and dry winds (high teens Fahrenheit)…
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Trachy
by Ltapia- 7 replies
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Is it too late too plant a small trachy is it too hot we’re in the 90s dry heat ?
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Trachy Growth in Maine
by Brandon James- 1 follower
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Trachy growth is the average of about a foot each year here. Planted in full sun and covered during winter months to avoid access moisture. Last winter we had lows of 0-5 degrees on a few occasions. above was last October the present hight compared to the window shutter. Measured 11 inches.
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Cycad has the blues
by Paradise Found- 7 replies
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My cycad hasn't flushed in two years. Is there anything I can do to make it flush this spring/summer? It's a taitungensis x guizhouensis.
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In short, a dry climate with little rain, with temperatures of -8 °C in winter and high in summer. Many hours of sunshine. Which one do you think can survive with better conditions? Charts with values from 2 previous years. Salamanca/Castilla y León/Spain Thanks.
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5F Survivors
by NCFM- 7 replies
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Well summer is finally coming to an end and I'm pretty happy with how my in-ground palms (and other plants) recovered from the deep freeze we got here back during December. According to Weather Underground it got down to 5f in my town the night of December 24th. Thankfully the rest of the winter was fairly mild, but that low was by far the worst I've seen since the crazy freeze event of 2018. I protected my Butia thoroughly, but the rest were on their own. It was interesting to see how some palms did better than others of the same species, I guess due to microclimates in my yard and/or genetics. Here are some examples of the damage in mid-February and how they l…
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Seedlings soaking in water
by earthworm73- 7 replies
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Some Jubaea seedlings came in the mail today for me today (I'm still at work). I found out today I will have to work overtime at the presidential candidate visit/rally tomorrow on my day off. The plan was for me to get all of the materials for my soil mixes (the plan was to make two separate mixes and see which one performed best for these plants) and pot the seedlings Saturday afternoon but I will not be able to do that now. At quitting time I plant to soak them into a bucket of water mixed with liquid kelp. How long can palm seedlings sit in a bucket of water before they start to "drown"?
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Why germinate Butia?
by Laaz- 7 replies
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When they are masters at doing it themselves...
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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.