COLD HARDY PALMS
Selecting and growing palms for colder climates.
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South Texas Jubaea Squad
by amh- 24 replies
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I now have 6 Jubaea chilensis seedlings and one Jubutia. I will likely keep these potted to at least 5 gallons before planting them in the ground along the forests edge. I am located just north of San Antonio, but at over 1,000 feet above sea level, my nights are cooler and my daytime humidity is much lower. I am hoping that these can survive my zone 8A or colder winters, and the Dallas area survivors have brought me some solace. The Jubutia is the 1 gallon pot on the left.
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South Texas Jungle
by Chester B- 3 replies
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Nice video on a proper Texas jungle. It’s only the first 9 minutes. It doesn’t focus as much on the Sabals but they are shown.
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South Texas Recovery Photos
by Mr.SamuraiSword- 3 replies
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Let's see some survival/recovery photos, Ive seen good numbers of photos and posts here of recovery in some northern/central TX regions but not so much in the RGV, South Padre Island, etc area. Did any of the unprotected Coconuts survive? How did Royals, Bottles, Foxtails, Dypsis and other 10A/9B palms fair ?
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South-Central USA Serenoa Population?
by L.A.M.- 1 follower
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If anyone has photographic proof of wild Serenoa repens and/or formal documentation of them in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana or Mississippi, I'd like to know. I believe they're real, but finding wild ones isn't easy even where they're widespread and common and for people knowing where to look. In my recent catalog of palm species native to every USA state/territory, I listed Serenoa repens as present in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi, which a commenter questioned. Multiple sources cite Arkansas and Louisiana as the western boundary. There's also a discussion about the likelihood of a wild Tennessee Sabal minor population, and I'm convinced that at least …
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Southern Oregon - Brookings 1 2
by Chester B- 1 follower
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I made my first trip to Brookings, Oregon and I was not disappointed in what I saw. Lots of exotics that I can't grow here in Portland and many of them were huge. I had 10 minutes that I was granted to drive around and snap photos. I seemed totally suspicious so only managed to get a few decent shots. Unfortunately I wasn't able to get any photos of Washingtonia palms. I did also see some Pygmy date palms planted in a front of a store but had not idea as to how long they had been in the ground. Apparently Brookings has an unusual climate. I took this from Wikipedia The Brookings area has a cool-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csb). …
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Southern Oregon - Gold Beach Palms
by Chester B- 8 replies
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I just came back from a vacation where I was able to spend a couple days at the coast in the southern part of Oregon. I didn't manage to get too many photos as I was afraid I was pretty suspicious looking driving around in black car with tinted windows stopping in front of people's homes and rolling down the window to snap pictures of their homes. I was surprised at the sheer number of palms I saw growing that I can't here in Portland. Cordylines are pretty common at the coast anywhere in Oregon but there were some pretty thick trunked specimens around. What I didn't capture in these photos were the presence of Washingtonia filifera that seemed to be common as well. …
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Spacing for palm trees?
by PalmTreesAreCoolYes- 1 reply
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So I'm running out of room. Does it matter if I plant a trachycarpus only a few feet away from a southern magnolia or a needle palm? Or will they fight to the death over nutrients/water/sunlight? Does spacing really matter all that much?
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I had heard a couple of years ago about Spanish moss growing out in the blackwater cypress creek in Wendell NC, only 10 miles from Raleigh. Originally I had assumed it was carried there by birds as the actual range of Spanish moss starts somewhere along the Neuse River in between Smithfield and Goldsboro, and birds are known to carry it inland. I finally got the chance to kayak out there and I found it, clumps of it. I only managed to grab 1 picture, there were smaller clumps in lower branches of the cypress trees as well! Some still green! It could only mean they reproduced rather than bird drop off! Thoughts? We really need updated maps on plant/animal ranges. …
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Spear development and color
by Brandon James- 1 follower
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I haven’t noticed before when spears Start to open up but the color isn’t very green on this new spear opening up. Is it lack of chlorophyll from the sun? And will get more green as it opens, or is there something I need to address for a nutritional deficiency?
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Spear Leaf Problems
by nitsua0895- 5 replies
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There seems to be some type of disease or fungus that's infecting several of my palms. First I noticed symptoms on my Mule palm, then one of the emerging fronds on my Chamaedorea Cataractarum collapsed, and now one of my young potted Trachycarpus Fortunei palms is basically dead because of this problem. The spear leaf turns white and starts to feel crusty. And in the case of the T. Fortunei, it has almost been eaten all the way through and I can nearly pull the spear out. What could this possibly be?
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Spear pull - moisture after rain
by smatofu- 17 replies
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Hello Guys! Unfortunately, I pulled spear from my CIDP. I don't cut the trunk yet, but I cut all fronts to the level where spear cavity starts. the cavity is about 8-12 inches deep. I cover the palm when its raining. After recent rain, I've noticed dew over the cut fronds. Water also collected at the bottom of the spear cavity. Wouldn't that mean that the palm is still alive? That there is healthy and live tissue inside the trunk? Thank you!
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Spear pull - Trithrinax acathacoma
by Chester B- 10 replies
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I planted this Trithrinax acanthacoma last spring, and as you can see it has a small trunk. I bought it knowing full well it was iffy in my climate, but it was so inexpensive that I had to at least try. The December arctic blast is what I feel really damaged it. 60 hours below freezing, two nights at 19F and the one day we only got to I think 24F as the high. Frost cloth was the only protection I used at that time. After uncovering most of the fronds were browned as you can see in the photos. Over the last month every time I looked at the spear, the color was off and I have applied copper fungicide at least twice. I wrapped it up ahead of this last batch of cold w…
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Spear pull in summer? Mediterranean fan palm
by palmaddict83- 16 replies
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Hey all - I planted this 25 gallon plant 2.5 months ago. For soil, I mixed the native clay with compost and miracle grow palm soil (I'd say it's 35-40% clay soil). Not the best combo looking back but I thought med fan palms can tolerate some clay soil. I water twice a week. Gets full sun from 9 to 5 Used slow release palm fertilizer and also added some moon juice stimulator once a month. 2 weeks ago starting seeing some brown tips on this full green palm on 1 of the 2 main stumps then turned into whole fronds being dark brown and withered. Then I ended up cutting 3 fronds off that were a mix of older and new fronds on the trunk. Few days ago sa…
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Spear pull protocol..
by Borderzoner- 7 replies
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Well it's been almost 2 months since the last major freeze. Nearly all roebelinnis, majesties, queens got the spear pull going on. The last of em are just now spear pulling. Nasty fungusy smells coming from the larger queens that are spear pulling. Some smaller roebelinnis, cat palms and majesties are melted to the ground. Not much hope there unless they are able to sprout from rhizomes. My main question is for the bigger queens and majesties. They have spear pulled but it's complicated because I don't know if it's too late since they started pulling weeks after the freeze event, and there's fungus smells all up in the holes. And on top of that its been raining off and on…
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Spear pull victim: B. Odorata
by Advective- 1 follower
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B. Odorata in the ground for two years. About 5.5ft tall. The plant saw lows this winter of 12ºF and 14-15ºF twice. A few days ago I noticed some of the newest growth had died but it didn't alarm me at the time because the same had happened to the S. Mexicana. When I took a closer look today, I noticed the new growth was dead all the way down to the base, in stark contrast to the Sabal. I gave a tug and the two newest fronds came out: Leaving this bottomless pit: Is there anything I can attempt like Hydrogen Peroxide or the partial beheading surgery? Does this look like damage induced by cold temperatures or cold rain? It saw no ice or snow…
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Spear pull x 2 1 2
by mdsonofthesouth- 76 replies
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Well I knew there would be an attrition ratewith my plantation but I didnt think it'd be that quick and easy. Had 2 pull today sadly and checked all my others and they are stout still. Here's hpping they pull through, but we have had an exceptionally cold fall and have had 3 cold snaps already so the palms saw as low as 16F for an hour or 3 and 18 and 19f the other times. All brief with day times over freezing. They are mulched a little and under a canopy that prevents cold rain or snow to hit them their first year, not to mention the rope lights that prevent frozen soil above the roots and trunk. What puzzles tye heck out of me is the livistona chinensi and c…
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Spear pull- sabal palmetto
by Drpalms- 3 replies
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Recently moved. We had moved several of our sabals from previous home. Last winter, we had a straight week of sub freezing temperatures, several lows of 7 degrees. After moving, my favorite sabal had a spear pull. I thought it was done. Several rounds of peroxide and copper. Recently saw heavy new growth. Has anyone else seen a sabal recover like this?
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Spear pulls
by Brad Mondel- 1 follower
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The past week was horrific, temps of 15F every night and never above freezing during the day! My potted palms froze solid and I lost a Butia and Chamaerops in the ground. Frozen to the core! We stayed frozen for three days straight! My Sabal Louisiana spear pulled, young Sabal Palmetto, even a young Rhapidopyllum spear pulled! I’ve never experienced this before and I’m in shock. The only things that survived were some large potted Chamaerops, Rhapidophyllum, and Trachycarpus. All of my rare palms in the greenhouse were heated. Thank the stars.
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Special Delivery from Guangdong, China!
by BeyondTheGarden- 1 follower
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These came in yesterday and today, in 2 shipments. I keep getting mold on Trachycarpus seeds, regardless of how I prep them. Although when I leave the skin on, sometimes they do not mold. So I think I will probably sow them in communal pots. Call me crazy but I think light has something to do with it as well, although mold doesn't need light to grow, the ones that mold are usually near the surface of the bag, exposed to light. I was able to use my intermediate level (little kid version) of Chinese to ask Garry the Chinese name of Trachycarpus princeps. He said it's "怒江棕榈", (pronounced new-jiang zong-lew), which pretty much means "raging river palm". Whic…
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Special JuBu 1 2
by buffy- 1 follower
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So we bought this hybrid about 10 years ago as a JuBu. Seemed more BuJu in form, but didn't think much of it. It's still regrowing its crown. Hasn't flowered in two years. I was looking at it today and realized a few special things: 1. It survived 8F unprotected. 2. This palm sets viable seeds all on its own. Yep folks, self fertile viable seeds. There's not a mature Butia for miles.
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Special rare palm
by Love them palms- 1 follower
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A Facebook person I know is getting me 2 jubu x syagrus schizophylla palm liners, can't wait to receive them. Even though the hardiness is still unproven it will be interesting to find out if they survive a Pacific northwest zone 8b . I will post pics when I receive them
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Speckled fronds
by Palmlover_78- 3 replies
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Hey everyone I am wondering what is going on with my trachy ? Is this leaf blight ? I’ve sprayed it with Safers 3 in 1 or is it a nutrient deficiency? thank you 😊
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speed of Brahea Clara
by sonoranfans- 1 follower
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when I lived in Arizona I had some nice trunking Brahea Armatas, gorgeous palms. I brought one 5 gallon with me when I moved to florida, but it just didnt like the climate in gulf coast florida and it died after getting a mold infection. I read on palm talk that brahea clara was also blue but could take the humid climate of florida, even flourishing here. So I went and bought two 1 gallon seedlings from Tejas Tropicals identified "icy blue brahea clara". I know that some dispute that clara is even a separate species, but my experience is that they are very adapted to florida and also much faster growers than armata. Of my two, the yard guys ran over one just after plantin…
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Speed of brahea clara
by akaranus- 25 replies
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First pic June 2022..second pic now. Very good speed for brahea, cant wait to see it in next few seasons what will do...
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Spiny palms for zone 9 1 2
by dalmatiansoap- 2 followers
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I need an advice about spiny palms for zone 9. Any recomendations? I dont even know for sure is there a chance to grow them in zone 9? Thanks
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