COLD HARDY PALMS
Selecting and growing palms for colder climates.
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Small vs Larger palm for zone pushing
by mdsonofthesouth- 27 replies
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Ok sorry if this topic has been beaten to death, but I am coming up short with google queries. Late last summer I planted a 3 gallon chamerops humilis I bought on a whim at HD that has been nearly unprotected (incandescent rope light around the soil not touching the plant and mulched up a little) in my zone 7a. Its doing very well and actually never stopped growing through winter. It saw brief lows bellow 15F and one extended sub 20F for a couple days with some minor burning but no pull and good growth. So a 3 gallon grown in Miami did well in z7a which seems to contradict some peoples theories. Well fast forward to last week I bought, again on a whim (see a …
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Smaller leaf Jubaea Chilensis
by Icy Palm- 1 follower
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Hi All, The newest leaf of my Jubaea is much smaller then the other leaves. The palm is in a pot and just moved indoors again. Could this cause the problem or can it be lack of nutrients? A new spear is emerging by the way. Thank you for any ideas or help!
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Snagged for $20 - Just fortunei?
by ColumbusPalm- 5 replies
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Hey All, I just snagged this locally for $20. It was labeled “Chinese fan palm”. I know it’s a Trachy, likely just a regular fortunei? Just wanted to verify. Thanks in advance!
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Snow
by GregVirginia7- 11 replies
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One of the nicer and somewhat eagerly awaited aspects of cold hardy palm growing... and one of the cold, hard realities...
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Snow and palms in Tennessee
by Palmaceae- 8 replies
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Snowing on my palms here near the Smokies! 0116221625.mp4
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Snow covered windmills
by Brad Mondel- 1 follower
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Some nice palms in the snow down the road.
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snow day
by stevethegator- 8 replies
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Hello all! I almost never post, but I have been gowing palms all my life, have been a long time reader of PalmTalk , and have learned much of what I know about palms through this site! I wanted to share with you an interesting event that happened to me today: snow! I was raised in South Florida, but currently attend school in Atlanta, GA, so this is a first for me. Since moving here, I have been surprised at the extent to which subtropical gardening is possible, even in a less than ideal climate. Attached are some pictures of my only outdoor palm, Rhapidophyllum hystrix. While snow and today's temps (28F) are par for the course with this species, I am happy to…
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Snow day in Georgia today
by palmofmyhand- 1 follower
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Blue moon event today but it actually happened, anyone in North Georgia caught way more snowfall though and possibly other states nearby but I really don’t know. This is the most snow we have seen for atleast 10 years. Chamaerops will shake it off like it’s nothing but I put the frost blankets over the Sylvesters, as I have had to do every night basically for the past week or two with this unusually cold winter. Hopefully they will actually survive this winter as 2 or 3 of them out of 4 look very beat up. How is everybody holding up through the storm? Good luck to everybody else out there, at least the temperatures aren’t that cold as we have stayed above 30 degrees.
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Snow from early January in North Carolina
by Cahenry- 1 follower
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This isn't normal here. The Pindo palms look the worst but I have been told they should be okay. I hope so.
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Snow in the jungle
by Dimovi- 1 follower
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snow insulation
by climate change virginia- 2 replies
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snow is getting dumped on the dmv snow is a good insulator agains the cold I have boxes and buckets over my palm seedlings in the backyard luckily they made it through january so once these snowstorms cease they should start growing again luckily I have 0 spear pulls and 4/5 are alive. We have got a 9a winter so far. 18 degrees is said to be the low on wednsday so that would make it a 8b winter hope my palms pull through
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Snow Palms
by tjwalters- 1 follower
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Haven't post here in a while (years?), but thought I'd share these from our recent snow falls... Sabal minor ('Louisiana', fwiw) Rhapidophyllum hystrix Trachycarpus fortunei ('Bulgarian')
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Snow Palms in ABQ
by ChrisA- 1 follower
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Well winter has really hit New Mexico now. We were forecasted to get 5-8 inches of snow, but got just over an inch. Below are pictures of my Filibusta covered with snow. We've gotten down in the low 20's but with snow having sat on them all day with now warmth I expect I will lose the played out fronds. Below are the photos and a photo of our extended forecast. This is going to be one hell of a winter! The forecast for the next 30 days, and hopefully it's not accurate, foretells about 20 that are mid teens or lower. Yuck!!! At least we avoided the blizzard the plains received.
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Snow palms.
by Mr.SamuraiSword- 1 follower
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Today it is snowing to aprox 6 inches here in eastern Connecticut. Roads aren't the best right now. I have both of my windmill palms outside and thought a picture of them in the snow would be cool. Here you go Tracycarpus fortunei My trachy wagnerius
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Snow-covered Needle
by tjwalters- 1 follower
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We got around 3" or so. Did not stick to pavement, but eventually piled up on cars, roofs, and plants.
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Snowed yesterday.
by Mr.SamuraiSword- 1 follower
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Yesterday it snowed in the eastern part of CT. Where i live it snowed for around 4 hours, and the temp ranged from 38f to 32. my potted unprotected windmill did well, while my other palms stayed indoors. anyone else having strange weather? and should i have kept my potted sabal palmetto outside?
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So close yet so far from 7b 1 2
by MonkeDonkezz- 54 replies
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I am located in zone 7a, and as you can see I am a couple blocks from 7b. I know the map is not that reliable but maybe I could get some 7b palms in a good microclimate?
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So far so good 1 2 3 4
by DTS- 3 followers
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This is the first year that I’m not going to protect my needle palm until it gets too cold for it So far, a cold event brought it down to 18 degrees, and it’s currently 29 out. No damage at all on it so far. Tonight it’s supposed to get down to 19f, so it will go through basically the same temp twice. Also, I forgot about these little Washingtonia and Sabal seedlings behind it, so far the Sabal Causiarum has less damage than the Washy hybrid. Already know that they probably aren’t going to make it to next year but I guess It see how far they can go.
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So far, so good
by frienduvafrond- 3 replies
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I went to my parents church on sunday, as they were being honored. Much to my surprise I spotted this little palm growing next to the church. No protection other than on a south facing wall. I suspect it will die before spring gets here, that is usually how it goes. Looks like a roebellini, but I did not notice any spines tell me what y'all think. A trooper for sure!
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So few new posts
by Duppy- 11 replies
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So I decided to post an update to my Mules and how impressed I am with them. Here they are right after planted June 2014. And again 14 months later. Today. I lost the one on the far right to spear pull and rot. Gonna replace it in the spring. These guys have gotten so full that I'm using them to shade my smaller potted palms from the 100 degree baking sun. Hence the pots underneath them. Wish I had thought of it sooner before they already took some damage.
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so what palms made recoveries for you this summer?
by njpalmguy- 5 replies
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since summer is about to end next month, which palms of yours have made recoveries from damage in the winter?
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So. Much. Water.
by ahosey01- 1 follower
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I have several species of non- desert (Mediterranean, mostly) palms in the yard, along with several broadleaf trees - many of them eastern deciduous species. It has been 110+ on and off for over a month now with sub-10% humidity and no rain at all. I have been watering constantly. Chamaerops & P. dactylifera and canariensis almost every other day, Bismarckia and P. roebelenii every single day. Also have a Eucalyptus I been watering close to every day. This feels like overkill!! But I notice definitively they are doing better on this schedule during this period of heat than they were on a less frequent schedule. What are the weather benchmarks I shoul…
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Soaking seeds
by Alex Zone 5- 5 replies
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These weren't easy to acquire..... How long do you usually soak them? I don't want to screw up...as I may not have another try at these for another year.
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Soaking Windmill palm Seeds
by Bill Nanaimo- 8 replies
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Hi, I'm new to growing palm trees from seeds, I hear some people saying soak them for 24 hrs and others say up to 3 days, what works best thank you
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Soft Flimsy fonds and spears?
by barnabus- 4 replies
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I have a windmill palm that the fonds and spears are really flimsy and not stiff and ridged like all my other ones. What would cause this?
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