COLD HARDY PALMS
Selecting and growing palms for colder climates.
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Update on young palms.
by steve617- 3 replies
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Just sharing some pics just took. Waggy x Fortunei about 70 of them. Next S. Minor, 3rd phoenix Reclinata 4th phoenix dactylifera medjoll. Just did a few phoenix for fun. Waggie x Princeps last mystery Trachycarpus thought to be possibly a t. Latisectus x waggie hybrid x waggie.
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Uruguay and Standard Queens - Spring 2022
by DAVEinMB- 1 follower
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Here's how 4 queens look after freezing rain and 19F this past winter. All were covered for the event, no supplemental heat. Uruguay is the smallest, I had to cut back 2 of the 3 standard
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USDA Cold Hardiness off by a zone?
by Dimovi- 2 followers
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My understanding is that USDA calculates cold hardiness by taking the lowest temperature each year over 30 years and averaging them, but when I made a spreadsheet for Austin, TX (middle of 8b) my calculations for 2012 put us in the middle of 9a, and in 2020 we are at 23.7F Is that not the case? I still find the system a bit odd as plants don't care about averages and mostly care about extreme lows, so I did also calculate the minimum for last 30 years. Here is the spreadsheet if anyone cares to try with your weather data. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1riGDrUzzmqQONdHkVbbyIfNi65unMh4T/view?usp=sharing
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USDA ZONE MAP FOR SOUTH AMERICA
by Alicehunter2000- 1 reply
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Just thought it would be interesting where known populations of various palms reside with respect to the map. We in the colder zones 7a through 9a would like to know if there is anything we might be missing from our palm brothers to the south. Even though it has been discussed frequently....what 9a areas on this map have syagrus, butia and other species.
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Utah Winter Protection
by Gator- 7 replies
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Up until today, I havnt used any protection/heat of any kind for my palms. Trachy Washingtonia Sabal Minor ..But today I put the ( spaceships ) on them. I use foil backed bubblewrap and c-9 lights and heat tape. IMG_5368-1.3gp
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Hi. I am making my own thread to update randomly for the people who care, so I won’t inadvertently hijack others’ to post updates of my projects. Feel free to reply. Enjoy.
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VA State Cooperative Publication on Sabal minor Care
by PalmatierMeg- 1 follower
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I was researching info on Sabal minor and found the following illustrated publication released by the State of VA that provides info on growing that species in the State. I thought it might be of interest to all PTers in the Middle Atlantic region and other colder areas. HORT-60-PDF.pdf
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Thought I'd post an update now that spring is here. After coming off a bad winter in 2021-2022, we had ANOTHER bad one this year. The absolute lows got to -9.4C at my house, but the cold was much shorter duration compared to 21/22. Nothing I had outside in the ground was protected and here are some of the results: WINNERS! Trachycarpus fortunei - Duh. Doesn't care about cold weather, in fact it laughs at it. Flower spathes are on their way out as we speak. Butia odorata - Came out pretty good considering. Some tips and fronds were burnt (probably 30% overall), but the emerging spear is still solid and green. Looks a little ratty right now, but even in my…
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Vancouver Island summer update
by ShadyDan- 32 replies
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The last 365 days sure were a challenge for the garden with 40C+ temps / no rain for 3 months during the 2021 heat dome, followed by a long, cold, wet winter that saw the coldest temperatures Vancouver Island has seen in over 30 years. I'm happy to see all my palms chugging along nicely now that we have some seasonably hot weather! I've included some non-palm plants as well because they are also zone-pushed and I just like them. Sabal Palmetto pushing on frond #2 for the year. 0 issues through the heat dome or cold winter. Chamaerops humilis var. argentea took the winter like a champ too and of course laughed at the heat dome. Sabal mi…
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Vancouver! The Palm Capitol of Canada
by Palm D- 1 follower
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Here is a recent video I shot of Vancouver's palm trees, mainly Trachycarpus fortunei. Where they can grow past 40 feet tall and seedlings can be found at the bases of palms. This video was shot this winter.
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Vancouver’s Trachys
by Palm D- 13 replies
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Vancouver’s Trachycarpus basking in the January sunshine 11C.
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Variation amongst Chamaerops humilis
by Chester B- 2 followers
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5 of my Chamaerops and all a little different. First the greens
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I have noticed that Livistona Chinensis seems to have a lot of genetic variation and I am wondering why. Perhaps I am confusing some Livistona Chinensis with other types of Livistona, such as Livistona Australis. The photos below will illustrate what I mean. For example, the first group of photos show the type with a slimmer trunk (often leaning but not always) with no leaf bases, whereas others seem to have a chunkier, thicker trunk full of leaf bases -- or simply very thick with the leaf bases fallen off. There also seems to be variation in how much the leaf tips droop. Some seem to have ribbon tips more than others, although I am not talking about tips that are as…
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Variegated Sabal minor seedling
by scarecrow- 2 replies
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Will this seedling survive?
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Variegated Sabal palmetto
by buccaneers37- 2 followers
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Variegated Sabal palmetto I purchased from Creekside that has been in the ground for for around 7 years. When it was younger, it used to have more pronounced variegation radiating all the way up its fronds.
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Variegated Sabals
by ahosey01- 1 reply
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Got these from @FishEyeAquaculture, along with a Lisa. Stellar plants. Stuck them in full AZ sun (in my best soil) and they’re already pushing a new leaf each: plus the Lisa:
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Variegated trachycarpus princeps
by TexasColdHardyPalms- 3 replies
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Pretty cool. Maybe it will hold, maybe it wont.
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Varigated livistona nitida update
by TexasColdHardyPalms- 3 replies
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I cant find my last post but this plant looks better every single day and the varigation is second only to top notch rhapis minus the grasshopper bites. Enjoy.
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Vent for Plastic Enclosure
by PalmInVancouver- 5 replies
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Hi All, Anyone know where to buy this vent or equivalent vent? Do you guys have other methods to vent? I plant to make a little dome out of PVC pipe. I saw it from this video. https://youtu.be/lgKNKKGxkKc?si=_Uwfw6TQ3b5MwbMe&t=1575
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Very Random Spear Pull on Windmill
by Pee Dee Palms- 1 follower
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So I came outside and took a glance at my Windmill and I immediately knew something seemed off about the spear. One of the fronds that was still coming out of the growth point seemed very crispy. I decided I would gently tug on the spear and out it came. I will say it wasn't a wet spear pull, it was quite dry. I'm not sure exactly what is wrong with it as it was very random. After the cold snap we had it didn't pull so I'm just so confused as to why all of a sudden it pulled. Please any suggestions as to what happened and what I should do going forward to keep it alive.
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Very tall old coconut plus other old coconuts Edison & Ford Estates
by Mr.SamuraiSword- 1 follower
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I visited the Edison estate a couple weeks ago. besides the many unique, rare and old palms scattered around the estates, I noticed this Coconut in particular. While there were other old coconuts, this one was by far the tallest. Different angle, One on the right. Taller than most royals on the property. Anyone have any ideas how old that one might be? Could it have been planted by Edison like some of the other palms around? Plenty of other old and nice coconuts around too,
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Very Warm October + Mulch = Happy Palms
by ColumbusPalm- 1 follower
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Hey All, Haven’t posted in a minute but I finally mulched today. I saved some to get a thicker layer around each palm, but this was about 2” of mulch each. My hope is that the last couple days in the 80s will lock in some soil warmth for them to give them an extra week or so of total bliss. Interesting the color difference between the first two minors West facing vs the last minor South facing. The Needle and West facing minor are tied for my favorite palms. I never grew to love the Trachy this season. Here’s to a mild winter! I’m locked and loaded ready to protect them all. Cheers! Nate
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Viable Blue Med seeds, BUT HOW...?
by Jubaea_James760- 3 replies
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So my Blue Med has some viable seeds but I read you need a male & female plant to have viable seeds. On some occasions I know this is possible to have a clump with male & females grown together out of multiple seeds germinating or seed drops near plant growing with it but has anyone heard or seen on rare occasions a single plant (with 3 trunks) produce both male & female flowers? Only other explanation (likely scenario) is my Green Chamaerops Humilis was the pollen donor. But from 50+ feet away? I have never seen seed on my Green Med & I always suspected it a male. Below i attached 2 recent photos showing the old seeds pollinated early this year…
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Video about my favorite Needle palm in Cincinnati
by donofriojim1- 1 reply
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Video I made about Cincinnati sabal minor
by donofriojim1- 2 replies
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