COLD HARDY PALMS
Selecting and growing palms for colder climates.
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Santa Catarina and S. Schizo “Parrot Mule”
by NWpalms@206- 2 followers
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Found some cool palms today. These ones may be pushing it for 8b but I am on the warm side, maybe even 9a in the south facing all day sun, microclimates I’ve got, and naturally sandy loam soil. But probably gonna stay in pots until outgrow 13’ greenhouse. A couple Santa Catarina Queens that were hand picked seeds in Brazil by the individual who sold them to me so they should be legit. And a 5gal “Parrot Mule” that’s a Wilcox Jubutia F3 x Syag. Schizophylla. Which only around 100 exist? A Good deal and they were a mile from where I work Figured why not.
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Satakentia liukiuensis In Ground Zone 9b Florida
by orlandozone9b- 1 reply
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I am building a new home and love the Satakentia liukiuensis palm. I live in Orlando 9b. How hardy are these? Any experience? Do you recommend?
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Saturday Morning Fun
by JohnAndSancho- 1 follower
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So, I go out super early since I've been awake for like 2 or 3 days now and hit some spots in the dirt with the cultivator fork for @N8ALLRIGHT's adopted bastard Trachy hybrids to break up the grass and things are cool. Chop down some weeds, tear up some thick grass and so on, come inside and sit in front of the fan and drink my coffee. One of the palms didn't look as great as the other so I figure I'll keep that one inside for a while and I'm sad to report that the other 3 died. Anyway I get to my spot and grab my shovel, hit the dirt and like, nothing happens. I guess this happened either from the root mass or the metal chunks I dug up when I was planting the Fort…
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Savannah Queens
by Finley_SE_Georgia- 1 follower
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Looks like this past winter did a little damage, but they've survived in this little protective pocket since 2011.
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Savannah, Georgia
by GaDawg- 21 replies
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Here are some pics I took of Savannah. I think there are very few cities that can match the charm and beauty of Savannah. A couple pics are pictures I had stored on my phone. We have a mild 8b climate here that rarely gets below 20f, but when it does it’s usually brief. On rare occasions it stays low enough to kill palms that should be 9a, but it isn’t too often. I live between this climate (8b) and close to Brunswick, ga (9a).
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Saving a 2021 Freeze Survivor Washingtonia From Power Lines.
by Collectorpalms- 14 replies
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Howdy again! A tall Washingtonia has survived in my yard from 4*F that is a Washingtonia other than a pure Filifera. So here is the deal. When I bought my property the next property was zoned Residential. Well sometime just before I bought my property it was rezoned commercial! So for about 17 years I did not have utilities on my property. Then just 3 or 4 years ago a hotel was built and they ran above ground utilities right along my property line. Unfortunately for me, I had a row of palms directly under them, at the time they cut down two Washingtonia. Fast forward to today. Out of roughly 2 dozen tall Washingtonia throughout my property who would have g…
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Saving a Patrick Hybrid 1 2
by JohnAndSancho- 1 follower
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Okie dokie. I've had a Butia Lyto hybrid I bought from Patrick a few years ago. I was in the middle of a family emergency when we had a freak cold snap down to 9° and bringing plants in wasn't really on my radar. It looked fine until maybe a couple weeks ago. I made sure not to water it days before we were supposed to get a freeze, but there's 0% chance it was totally dry. Y'all know these things are expensive and hard to get. I'll take pictures tomorrow, but I pulled 3 spears. It's still got a few green fronds and lots of brown ones. I've seen larger plants saved by cutting them down. Key word being larger. This one is still in a pot and probably…
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Saw palmetto seeds
by PAPalmtrees- 1 follower
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so when I was in North Carolina I found a couple saw Palmettos and they had seeds on them so I picked the seeds and then I forgot about them and about 4 months later my mom found the seeds lol so I potted one up to see how it will grow and I will be potting up the rest tomorrow
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Saw Palmetto(?) in the wild in Outer Banks?
by Palmy Pal- 4 replies
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I went to the outer banks a month ago and this palm stuck out to me a lot and clearly was not the Sabal palmetto nor Sabal minor that are native to cape hatteras. To me this looks like it is a saw palmetto which is very odd considering they are not native to NC none the less on an island In NC. And I think the specimen is too old to have been introduced there. And note this was not in the woods near any homes or anything where a saw palmetto seed could drop. This was deep in a wooded preserve near a swampy area. This is the only one I saw and I found it quite odd. Let me know what y’all think
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Saw some C. Radicalis at Lowes today
by Keys6505- 11 replies
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I've never seen local Lowe's carry anything other than Cataract I'm, but today I say what I'm pretty sure is Radicalis. $84 and they were about 5' tall with the pot. Saw them at Baytown TX Lowe's.
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This sp never ceases to surprise me with its variability. This time an obviously arborescent cultivar shows almost unarmed petioles.
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Scale on Sabal Minor
by Rightstuff15- 3 replies
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As I understand, the white spots on my Sabal Minor are tiny insects. What can I use to rid of them?
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Scandinavian/North European Palms 1 2 3 4
by Mandos- 3 followers
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The definite forum-thread of zone-pushers trying their luck with palms in Scandinavia and Northern Europe in general. Kicking of this thread I'll share this climate-screenshot of my south-scandinavian hometown of Karlskrona (USDA Zone 8b/9a). Compiled and verified by myself after countless hours of scrolling through climate data! At the moment, i'm only growing Trachycarpus fortunei palms. Would love to grow other species in the future. I am very tempted with trying CIDP... Any other suggestions?
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Schafer Butia hybrids 1 2
by 8B palms- 3 followers
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So just ordered 2 of Patric's Butia x Monty (S.schizophylla x S.romanzoffiana). I know these are relatively a new cross of 2-3 years. Anyone growing these, and have any info on hardiness or pictures/experiences so far. Thanks Craig
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SE Georgia Afternoon walk
by GaDawg- 11 replies
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Took a brief walk in the woods today with the family. For some reason, I can only load one picture.
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SE Georgia Freeze
by Jcalvin- 9 replies
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The temperature for my area reached 32f at 9pm Saturday night and didn’t go above freezing until 8:30am Sunday morning. At 2:30 am it was 25f and ultimately got down to 22f around 5am or so. I’m not completely positive, but it probably stayed below 23f for 2 to 3 hours and the windchill factor was reported to have been around 19-20f. I live on the 8b/9a border. Below is a picture of my Queen palm, unprotected on the SE facing wall of the house. It’s planted a little too close to the house, as you can see. There’s no damage to my Sylvester. It is planted on the northeat corner of the house. My Pygmy palm suffered a little damage on some of the fronds, but nothin…
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SE Georgia palms
by Xenon- 28 replies
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At the Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens Trachycarpus latisectus Acrocomia totai
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Searching a big growing Sabal
by Will- 2 followers
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Good evening, I have just visited the palmhouse in Vienna and they have some really huge Sabal palmettos. Was my first time seeing them in person and I was really surprised how big they actually are. I am searching for Sabals similar to the size of palmetto or bigger, which are hardier though. I am in zone 7b Eastern Austria. Got some Sabal minors but I suppose they don't get leafs as big as palmetto do they? I have found Sabal tamaulipas which are supposed to get bigger than minor. But those are really hard to find here in europe. And other suggestions on big growing Sabals for my climate? Thank you! Will
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Seattle Sabal
by NWpalms@206- 1 follower
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I was road testing customers vehicle took a new route and passed by this on Alki beach Drive in West Seattle. Is this the famed Sabal Causiarum that many have spoken of? I know there’s another in Ballard area. Anyways just a “ I spy” moment thought I’d share.
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Seed / Seedling ID
by DAVEinMB- 6 replies
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Cleaning up around the garden I noticed a bunch of seedlings at the base of my silver date palm. I did a Google search and the seed doesn't seem to match, almost looks like a trachy seed but I'm no expert. Thoughts?
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Seed collection time.
by Las Palmas Norte- 1 follower
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It's likely seed collection time in your neck of the woods. What have you managed to source? I grabbed some Trachycarpus fortunei yesterday. These seem a bit larger than I'm used to seeing, in excess of a half inch wide.
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Seed Dissection
by BeyondTheGarden- 0 replies
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Quartered a trachycapus fortunei seed. Looks like the embryo is at the bottom, the mustard stained blob. Do you need the rest of the endosperm? I'm pretty sure I remember a post where someone was cracking it open and exposing the embryo on one of the exotic species to get better germination. As others have done, I tried removing the endocarp and leaving the endosperm and they're rotting in the bag.
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Seed germination
by 8B palms- 4 replies
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So typically I put seeds into some seed starting mix and I have had reasonable success more so than the baggie method. I decided to try coco coir pith in a container with a lid. My question is do people literally place the seeds on top of the pith or do you cover them with more pith so they are buried. If buried it might not be so obvious if any germination has occurred. The pith will be damn and not wet and the container will be on a heat mat set to 82oF. Any comments or suggestions welcome. The palm seeds in question are nothing very exotic. Some C. Radicalis tree form, C. Microspadix, L. saribus green petiole form, L. decora and A. engleri. So pretty cold hardy …
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Seed grown palm collection :D
by Plantasexoticas- 1 follower
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Hey all! thought I’d share photos of my seed grown palm collection- been an eventful year and busy with work so it wasn’t until I sat down and checked them all over ready for winter and am very pleased with how well they have grown. For many it’s definitely been helped by a warm summer plus a good amount of rain.
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Seed hardiness of Trachycarpus fortunei?
by tarnado- 1 follower
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So. I popped by the thrift store (shopping for a wheelbarrow) today when I took a photo of these three Trachycarpus fortunei (I assume, looks like it to me?). I stepped closer after taking the photo and discovered that this was a cluster of two girls and one boy, and the females had several panicles absolutely chock-full of fruit. It is mid-April here in Anacortes, Washington state. Last winter we had a sustained arctic air breakout and temperatures fell to 9 F / -13 C. The palms took the days of howling arctic winds with aplomb, as you can see. My question: will the seeds still be viable after exposure to that kind of cold? Thanks for any and all intel!
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