COLD HARDY PALMS
Selecting and growing palms for colder climates.
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:D Finally!
by Pee Dee Palms- 1 follower
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Update pics soon...
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by knell- 0 replies
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'Cool hardy' palms
by ExperimentalGrower- 1 follower
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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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'Uruguay' Queen palm
by Tom GA- 18 replies
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Around the year 2000 I contaced an IPS member in Uruguay and she graciously agreed to send me some seeds of their robust, small-fruited, cold-hardy Queen palm. I grew some up and when I moved to coastal Georgia in 2004, I planted one. It grew like gangbusters for about five years but then slowed down considerably once it reached maturity. It has been through low 20s three times and never been damaged. There are a number of other Queen palms planted near where I live and right now they all seem to exhibit at least some cold damage, but my Uruguay Queen palm looks great. Here it is in February 2014.
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"Few" pics from 2022 season
by akaranus- 11 replies
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Its still enough warm and most plants are still growing but season is coming to its end..... we had few last winters 9b so you can see on plants what different it make on longer period...i like this trend of worm december here on Croatian coast...
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"Ice ice baby"
by Ponds & Palms- 11 replies
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Lots of ice build up on my palms in NC. This is nothing new though...I once had all the fronds straight down, vertical...they recovered just fine. First year for my needle palm, and the cover blew off last night we'll see how that turns out
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"Interesting" Nurseries in the Orlando Area?
by chad2468emr- 6 replies
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I hope it's alright that I posted this topic in this section; I only chose this one because it seems a lot of folks in this section live in / around Orlando and similarly enjoy trying to grow palms suited for zones 10+ as I do despite being in 9b. Originally I'm from the Adirondacks in NY, but after 7 years in South Florida enjoying being able to grow just about anything I wanted to outside, I took a brief hiatus from FL to NH where my husband was finishing up his residency after wrapping his doctoral studies in clinical psych. I had to give up just about all my palms that weren't already in the ground to friends and family prior to the move, (I plan on stealing any …
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I have never posted here but have lurked for many years and have a question. One of my Pindo Palms (Butia capitata/ordorata) has always exhibited lime green leaves and bright green leaf bases. I planted it as a 3 gallon specimen 9 years ago. Since I live in central Dallas, the palm usually never sees temperatures lower than approximately 20F/-6C. We have had one particularly harsh winter with temperatures down to 13F/-10C and 4 days below 32F/0C. The palm survived this with some damage to the central spear but surprisingly without spear pull. (All other Pindoes in my yard lost spears but recovered.) Over just the last year, the leaves of this particular palm have bee…
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"Palms don't belong in Kansas" and other cold hardy palm oppositions
by jfrye01@live.com- 1 follower
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Hello all, recently, I've run into a lot of folks who, upon seeing my palms, remark "Palms belong in the tropics, not here in Kansas"...to which I often reply "Actually, most palms aren't tropical"...but I've found that people don't want to hear it. They believe the common misconception that all palms are tropical plants...some are even hateful, saying things like "those things are so ugly here!!"...So question is, do any of you "northern zone pushers" run into this issue with uneducated people? If so, what do you say to prove them wrong? Just wondering... -Jacob in Kansas
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I just thought this was kind of interesting. I took this picture in 2018 of what appears to be a Sabal palmetto growing wild on the side of I-95 in North Carolina. I don’t remember the exact location (and, unfortunately, my old laptop didn’t preserve any metadata), though I know it was somewhere between the I-40 interchange and Fayetteville, but I couldn’t find anything by trying to retrace my steps, though I’d imagine Street View’s been updated since then.
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"Slicking" the sides of a Sabal Palm
by DustyM- 2 followers
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Hi, looking preferably for a video or instructions on how to trim the sides of a mature Sabal Palm. Picture1 is what the sides of the trunk currently look like. Picture2 is what I would like the sides of the trunk to look like. Thanks.
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"Super Mule" - Is it really that cold hardy?
by MarcusH- 1 follower
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Can anyone tell me the difference between a regular Mule and a Super Mule ? What other palm species was added to the regular Mule Palm ? Is it really cold hardier ? Any proof ?
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“Beast” Trachycarpus - none better anywhere. 1 2
by Chester B- 1 follower
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I call this one “The Beast”. Probably the best looking representative of the species. Found in the Mississippi neighborhood here in Portland. The tree originally came from the famed plantsman Sean Hogan. Apparently the owner is an elderly lady who does zero for this palm. I think it’s tapped into some sort of reliable water supply perhaps a leaky water or sewer pipe. Enjoy!
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It is pretty well documented that Butia x Jubaea F1 hybrids and the various hybrid generations (F2, F3,...) back crossed with Butia, (e.g. (JxB)xB and ((JxB)xB)xB) ) can survive and thrive in the hot and humid east coast where the Jubaea parent of this cross will not. All of these crosses have 50% or less Jubaea genes. This spring I purchased a ((Butia x Jubaea) x Jubaea), which could be up to ~75% Jubaea, from Patric Schafer. The summer here in southeast NC was hot, humid, and wet... If this plant was going to have issues with being hot and damp for months, this summer was a good test. This potted palm so far has been slowly, steadily growing and not showing any sign…
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((BxJ)xS)) or ((JxB)xS)) Post Here 1 2
by Dartolution- 4 followers
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There are a number of threads related to this specific tri-genera hybrid, with posts smattered about here and there. If you have one of these, please post an image of it and source if possible with any cultural notes including cold hardiness or observations related to its appearance. There is very little data on these hybrids, and what is out there is disorganized. These seem to be more popular lately than even mule palms. ((Butia sp. x Jubaea) x Syagrus sp.)) or ((Jubaea x Butia sp.) x Syagrus sp.))
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(Butia x Jubaea) x Syagrus
by smithgn- 1 follower
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Hey everyone, I thought we should start a thread about this specific hybrid. It's a Butia x Jubaea parent hybrid, crossed again with a Syagrus Romanzoffiana. It's most likely a tad less hardy than the Butia x Jubaea hybrid, but then again, we really don't know. I visited my palm friend Gayland Penny, whom I bought the hybrid from, and he told me to go ahead and put it in ground. So I thought, what the heck? Zoomed out a little bit to show that it's in an okay microclimate with the fence and the brick wall 2-3 feet away. I may have planted it too close, but we'll see. I plan on protecting it the first winter it's in ground. After that, it'…
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hi everyone, just wanna share with you guys a video of my little garden in December 2014. south france. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuXX1raiG9E thanks enjoy!
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[(JxB) x B] x B 15 mos. trunk growth
by SailorBold- 5 replies
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Here are a couple of pics ~ 15 months apart of an establishing [(JxB) x B] x B planted last year.
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@Allen was Right
by GregVirginia7- 7 replies
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@Allen was right. He said wait till spring to determine damage after the short lived Christmas freeze and he was right…I thought my unprotected Trachy made it through relatively unscathed but by early spring I could see it didn’t…fronds were pretty much all affected…hoping by end of summer it will have recovered completely… It is really sending out inflorescence…I cut about 8 off three weeks ago and will remove this latest round. I really want the energy to go to frond growth and not seeds. The unprotected Brazoria has 3 new fronds on the move but it lost several as well…flower spike emerging as well. The unprotected Needle was unaffected. In fact, given t…
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I thaught we could find some good articles about datepalm glass culture, but not at all like always, its so poor indeed, an international forum like this one...i understand people stay 10 years away from posting.
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0% Survival Rate.
by Collectorpalms- 2 replies
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None of at least 17 palms survived. Zone 9. 30 year average 23F. Low of 7F 2021 shows urban areas with building made a big difference.
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1 Gallon Trachycarpus Fortunei in North AL Winter
by csentell1924- 11 replies
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Hello everyone! I just ordered 3 1 gallon Tachycarpus Fortunei from someone in SC, and was wondering about tips on if and how I could keep them alive in the ground in North Alabama (Zone 7b) with planting them this late in winter? The big problem is that we are about to enter a cold spell, with nightly lows dipping into the low-mid 20s. I have not received them yet, but I was also thinking about if the transplanting and cold temps might make them toast out here planting them now. I already know to cover them up and I am going to use some Christmas lights as well. I am new to growing palms so any tips help! THANKS!!!!
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10 deg F in Chesterfield, VA.. but these guys don't care
by JD in the OC- 3 replies
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At my parents house- covered in snow. They're about 3 ft tall with a 6in diameter base. Parents thought I was crazy when I told them I was mailing them a couple of palms for their landscape
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100% Truely Canadian
by Las Palmas Norte- 1 follower
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I was given a gift today, one of which is truly Canadian. A friend and fellow palm enthusiast stopped for a visit and garden tour today. We live on Vancouver Island, the largest island in the eastern Pacific ocean. His Butia capitata growing in Victoria, British Columbia, is a large flowering and fruiting palm. This in itself is a rarity in Canada, moderated by the Pacific ocean, is unique to what many people around the world believe is a land of ice and snow. Here we are mainly zone 8b to 9a and Butia can be grown to maturity. I have what is most certainly the first ever Butia (Jelly palm) preserve grown, made and packaged on Canadian soil. Behold a Canadian first, …
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