COLD HARDY PALMS
Selecting and growing palms for colder climates.
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Trip to Cistus Nursery
by Chester B- 15 replies
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We had a nice sunny day so I decided to take a trip to Cistus Nursery on Sauvie Island. For those who don't know they specialize in all sorts of rare and newly discovered plant species. It's still pretty early in the season so they're just starting to ramp up for the season. Here's a selection of palmy pics. Giant Yucca Schotti?? Brahea edulis Butia Bi
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Triple Butia Driveby
by frienduvafrond- 1 follower
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Triple Trachy Takil
by NWpalms@206- 3 followers
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Found what I think will make a really cool palm In a few yrs… a triple trunk trachy takil. A tongue twister. Pretty interesting specimen have not seen another like it. Single seed I believe
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Trithrinax Campestris advice
by Jubaea_James760- 12 replies
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My Trithrinax Campestris is suckering & creating a triple. This happened before & i just hacked it off but now I'm wondering whether to keep it? Its growing out in a weird area away from the other 2. Should I leave it be for a bit or chop it off? Does anyone have examples of theirs doing this & how it eventually will look? Please post pictures of yours & how you decided to let it grow.
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Trithtrinax campestris 1 2
by Texeltropics- 2 followers
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What are the experiences with this palm in the cold hardy zones? (This is a experiment because i wanted to find out how the tag-thing worked...i did it thanks to Kim)
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Tropical Garden planning
by ChicagoPalma- 1 follower
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I'm going to start a tropical garden with some landscaping, problem is, my backyard is too cramped with a pergola, garden, possible pool, and there is just not enough room. So I'm planning to do a small section as a tropical garden that is not too large but not too small, so it will also be easy to protect. I'm also planning to landscape the front yard and sprinkle on some tropical plants. So I'm mostly going to do the front yard this year. I already have most plants picked out for this, including mums, african marigolds, Elephant ear "Thai Giant" , Mexican fan palm or windmill palm, hydrangea, bird of paradise white & orange, canna lillies, and musa basjoo. Happy ne…
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Tropical gardens in zone 6b Pennsylvani
by PaPalmTree- 1 follower
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Here's what everything looks like in August
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Tropical gardens in zone 6b Pennsylvania
by PaPalmTree- 2 replies
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Tropical Shade Garden in Myrtle Beach
by General Sylvester D. Palm- 1 follower
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Ok so, I'm thinking of starting a shade/partial shade garden on my north/northeastern side of my house. Some of these species I have listed will obviously require protection or other special requirements. Please suggest any plants that would be good for a shade/partial shade garden. Let me know if some of these plants would be a complete mistake. Just for reference, I live in a Humid Sub-tropical Zone 8b. Although, I have managed to prove that I can grow an Ostrich Fern here, which I didn't think I was suppose to be able to do. Which makes me think that it is a more cool Humid Sub-tropical climate, maybe a little closer to an Oceanic climate than the usual Humid Sub-tropi…
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Hi everyone, I'm new to palmtalk (and to palms) and have found this forum extremely helpful and informative so far--thank you all! I moved to Florida (Gainesville) last year and have been updating the landscaping the past few weeks. I bought a mature mule palm at a local nursery, but it was the only one available, and in a rush I might not have ended up with the best looking one. The nursery installed it around two weeks ago, and it has been infested with ants ever since (fire ants, I think; the bites look like big pimples). I first noticed the ants around the base, where there's a slightly hollowed out area of the trunk. The hollowed out area isn't soft, and I know …
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True Blue Cocos
by DAVEinMB- 1 follower
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Not necessarily a cold hardy palm post haha but anyways here ya go. Made my yearly trip to true blue yesterday and was surprised to see these.
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True hardiness of Beccariophoenix alfredii?
by Haddock- 1 follower
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Beccariophoenix alfredii aka “Madagascar high land coconut” is a interesting palm, but it’s cold hardiness hasn’t been fully tested. I heard it’s hardy to the lower 20s when it’s young but what about mature specimens, how cold can they handle?
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True Palmettos
by DallasPalms- 1 follower
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What is the variability with Sabal Palmetto, does anybody know? A couple of places around here have these palmetto type trees which are obviously cold hardy, the same smaller palmetto tops, same looking leaves, everything as usual except for the thinner trunks, maybe a little over a foot where boots have dropped, with boots pointing upwards... same sized small seeds from what I could see... Most others that look like what I think is a Palmetto usually have a trunk around twice as thick. Does it vary as much in Florida? Dwarf in betweens? Just grown differently? They're well over my head... maybe 10 feet tall approx with a much different profile due to the thin…
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True Takil? Nainital?
by NWpalms@206- 1 follower
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Took my 2 Takil out of the greenhouse to breathe a little. Starting to see some differences to my fortunei for sure. But I know there was some mixup with Takil and Nainital, just wandering if anyone has seen similarities to this in either. Are these true? Any input/pics appreciated. The fronds are much stiffer as well, and They’re from a reputable source.
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Botany Bay Plantation, Charleston, South Carolina This is from the low country of South Carolina. Maybe not as palmy as the tropics, but it does have palms and a fascinating beauty all to its own. http://wanderingtrader.com/
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TRULY cold hardy palms ? For zone 6 ?
by The Silent Seed- 2 followers
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Has anybody consistently grown palms outside, in zone 6, without cheating? By cheating, I mean building structures around them, or wrapping them, or heating them, etc.
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Trunk cut?
by MaggieBlue2- 0 replies
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I have 2 washies that are about 5 years old...was told they were filifera but may be a filibusta. We live in the DFW area and they took a pretty bad hit in the freeze in February. After the weather passed, the leaves were quite bleached (not crispy brown) due to the snow but nothing on the tree was collapsed which we took as a positive sign. Other than the frond color they looked completely normal. As the lower fronds drooped and no green spots were remaining, we would cut them. I periodically give them a tug to see if there is spear pull and they have been firm until 3 days ago. The spear came out but the end was still bright white and fleshy and no odor was noted. I pu…
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Trunk diameter variation in Sabal palmetto
by DavidMac- 3 followers
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We have a little over 450 Sabal palmetto growing in the main campus of Florida State University in Tallahassee,FL zone 8b that show considerable variation. One of the things that has interested me is the difference in trunk diameter in specimens- I realize that there are a number of factors that can contribute to such variation-but I supect that genetics plays a strong role. Do you know of anyone who has documented some of these differences and/or has propagated "skinny" or "stocky" Sabal palmettos? Here is a photo showing some of this variation-one is growing at the Sandels Building, the other is behind the Strozier Library.
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Trunk progress on trachy in maine.
by Brandon James- 3 replies
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current trunk progress, summer 2021, summer 2020 and the current truck illuminated at night. Last winter it encountered zero degrees with sub zero windchills thru the cracks in the enclosure I left to hardy it more.
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Trunk size inquiry
by RyManUtah- 1 follower
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Plotting some beds out for development and was wondering about trunk size of Sabal minor & Brahea moorei. i know they aren’t “trunking” but I understand Sabal minor at least does grow a subterranean trunk, how much space would one need to account for things like patio / sprinkler pipes / retaining walls, etc? my searching leads my to pictures of trunking specimen.. one area is going to be full sun, that’s why I’m looking into Brahea moorei, as I prefer the look of more shaded S. Minor
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Trunked Sabal minor
by dekaoxtoyra- 1 follower
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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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Trunking chamaedorea radicalis
by Tropicdoc- 1 follower
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I moved my palm from the thicket so I can appreciate it more it’s about 7 ft tall now!
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Trunking Chamaerops humilis
by Will Simpson- 14 replies
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First a picture of my Washy at the end of the driveway . Then I have a picture of my Chammy's trunk , and another showing it next to my big Butia . It's It's Its hard to see my Chammy very well since the Butia has gotten so big over the last few years , but it is trunking and is 8' to the tip of the highest frond . It seemed like I planted them far enough apart but sometimes one miscalculates .
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Trunking Livistona in Columbia, SC?
by smithgn- 12 replies
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On another palm message board, I saw a post made by a guy that included various pictures of palms throughout the Columbia area. Most of them featured Butias, Palmettos, Serenoa Repens and some Filibustas. What really caught my eye was one Livistona. Above the picture in the thread he says it's a Livistona Decora. I'm not sure whether it's a Decora (Decipiens) or a Chinensis, but either way, it's pretty amazing that there's a surviving Livistona, much less, a trunking 15 to 20 foot Livistona in the Columbia area. The picture was taken in 2012 so I'm not sure if it survived the harsh winter last year and the winter before last, but just wanted to get everyones thoughts on i…
