COLD HARDY PALMS
Selecting and growing palms for colder climates.
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Windmill's getting Fried in DFW (Sunburn)
by PDXPalm- 10 replies
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Any advice? Same thing happened last year!
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Windmill's getting Fried in DFW (Sunburn)
by PDXPalm- 4 replies
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Three of my 5 Windmill's are really taking a beating from this hot weather. New Growth is fine but many Fronds are burnt. These are 6 foot trees. Any advice?
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Windmillpalm
by James Robert- 2 replies
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How close to house can I safely plant windmill palm. I'm in Greenville SC.
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Windmills in the Bronx 1 2
by bronxboynyc71- 1 follower
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Hey all, new to this site & just acquired a green thumb. My name is Robert, and I live in the Bronx, NY. looking to learn all I can about cold hardy palms. Just recently planted 3 windmill palms in my yard. They where purchased from chillypalms. My hardiness zone is 7b. Kinda in a microclimate!! I guess? Advice & criticism is welcome. Good luck to all
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Windmills palm :(
by Farmerboy920- 5 replies
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I bought this one windmill palm a few months ago and it doesn’t look good. Any tips on what is happening here. Too much sun? No pull spear. - fertilized once this year bought from lowes thank you you
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Windstorm aftermath.
by Alex Zone 5- 5 replies
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57 miles per hour winds last night, greenhouse got knocked over. Actually it's currently 4 feet away from it's original position.
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Wine palm diseases
by Yankee- 16 replies
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Hello everyone. New to the forum! Have a few large wine palms by my house, this one in the picture we’ve had for at least 8 years and lately the heart seems to be struggling followed by other branches that look pretty wonky. Was wondering if any one had any advice on what could be causing this and if there is anything I can do to help it?
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Winter 21/22 predictions!
by Swolte- 1 follower
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Hey all, just sharing some of the potential bad news (see link!). Hope it won't turn out to be another palm massacre here in Texas but at least I'll be more prepared. I am definitely holding off on any z8+ palm purchases! https://www.severe-weather.eu/global-weather/polar-vortex-returns-usa-europe-winter-2021-2022-fa/
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Winter is Coming
by GregVirginia7- 5 replies
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Looks like that “dip in the jet stream” is coming our way...so far I see two days/nights sub-freezing with most nights into low 20’s F and some upper teens. I’m off tomorrow so I think I’ll do a little prep but not like past winters. As I said earlier, I want to grow cold hardy palms in normal NOVA winters without overdoing it on the protection. Anyway, the new Trachy F. will get well protected, as it should for a winter or two with an umbrella and a nice layer of burlap and frost cloth on its cage with lights on the ground around the trunk and up to the crown, just a matter of inches...but everything else is going to get protection lite. The established Trachy will get s…
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Winter is coming...
by Swolte- 2 followers
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Just wanted to wish everyone here a mild winter and share protection plans! Temperatures here in Central Texas have already been below freezing and next week we may see another dip (Fall basically lasted a week, ugh...). I don't have a lot of zone-pushing palms, technically, however, I do have a lot of a newly planted and/or younglings in the ground. I have yet to lose a palm to cold (some spear pull, though). This is what I do: - Get a big bale of straw and wrap the straw around the base of the palm where the spear is (if possible). I hold it in place by some sticks and cheap netting. - In addition, put a frost cloth over the top for the more sensitive palms …
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Winter is Here
by GregVirginia7- 0 replies
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Freezing nighttime temps are arriving over the next 14-consecutive days...predictions have 14-nights below freezing (Fahrenheit) but only two daytime temps below freezing. For the cold hardy, this seems like a reasonable scenario as day temps will allow for recovery from the night’s freezes. In that period, there will be two consecutive days/nights below freezing...one at 25/12 and the next at 30/19. My palms have had worse long-term freezes than this...but I’ll wrap the Trachy’s trunk for the two consecutive days below freezing. The Sabal Brazoria and the Chamaerops Humilis are protected as usual all winter but will let the Sabal Minor straplings tough it out with just f…
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Winter pics Jan 2015
by Peter Timmermans- 2 followers
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Some pics I took at the beginning of a short cold spell which ended yesterday. Lowest low so far this winter -5 C (23 F). Hope it won't get colder.
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Winter preparation
by smatofu- 7 replies
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Hi, I am thinking about buying 240ft 1200W heating cable for about $115. Palms will be wrapped with the cable and then with blankets. Advantages: only 1 extension cord, reliable, fairly cheap, heat spread linearly (as opposed to point heat with lights). Any thoughts? S.
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Winter Protection
by Gator- 24 replies
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Fall is here and Winter wont be far behind it. I am needing some protection ideas for this winter. I have an 8' in the ground trachy. In the past, I have wrapped it with foil lined bubble wrap and that was worked ( It isnt very aesthetic ) but it has worked. I also have 2 washingtonias that are maybe 5' , a 4' sabal minor, and a Red grass palm. All of which I would like to overwinter. My Central Utah winters have sunny days with intense solar radiation, temperatures 30-40 degrees , but the nights are long and lows are usually around 10 degrees. I have debated building temporary greenhouses around them... but I am open to any and all suggestio…
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Winter Protection
by ahosey01- 16 replies
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Anybody ever try sticking a roof de-icing cord on a temperature-activated outlet under their mulch? Curious if this would buy you a few degrees in your yard overnight.
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Winter Protection
by greatsoldier- 3 replies
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Just brainstorming a few ideas in order to save my palms this winter. This is my 1st year growing majesty palms in zone 5b and Im planning to use red infared heat lamps that turn on when the temps drop to 45. All this is inside a tee-pee wrapped with multiple layers of shrink wrap. Is there anything Im missing? Is there any reason why this couldn't/wouldn't work?
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Winter protection for Pindo Palm in 7b
by knikfar- 13 replies
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This will be my pindo palm's first winter in the ground. I've planted it in, what I think is, a nice microclimate. It's about 10' away from the east wall of my house, 5' away from the west wall of my greenhouse and about 4' away from the south side of a large willow oak. The oak is at least 50' tall but I've had the lower canopy trimmed up to allow sunlight at the base. It'll get full sunshine from the early morning until early afternoon in the winter. That being said, I'm in Raleigh, NC, zone 7b. I'm planning to have to protect my pindo a few nights every winter. There will definitely be some winters, like the past two, where I won't but I can't count on that. So I'm won…
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Winter protection for small trachy?
by newtopalmsMD- 5 replies
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Has anyone covered a trachy in a pile of leaves for the winter in zone 7a as a means of winter protection. It's been in the ground 14 months. Read about this in palms wont grow here but feel a bit funny about burying a live tree (below) in leaves. Any experiences would be helpful. (Last winter a used a cage covered with frost cloth and Christmas lights whenever it got down to 12 degrees F.) Thanks
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Winter Protection Tips Please
by D Palm- 1 follower
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I am going into my second winter with my Roystonea Regia. I moved it twice this spring and summer. It’s final spot is 10’ from the back porch south facing spot of the house. A swimming pool was installed with a 20’ walk way which should be a favorable micro climate. I have noticed over the winters, 20-30’ from the house (before the pool was installed) frost would rarely accumulate on the grass. Furthermore, the grass stayed green throughout winter in this zone while the rest of the yard browned over late Jan-Feb. Any tips for protection will be greatly appreciated!!
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Winter protection...now starting
by sashaeffer- 27 replies
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Wanted to share what I do to protect my in the ground palms that has proven to be very good protection. 55 gallon plastic barrels. I only use the white or semi transparent ones. Spray foam. Takes 4 cans of spray foam to line the barrel Christmas lights. C7 or C9 and sometimes regular 40 or 60watt light bulb Thermocube Burlap or frost cloth to wrap palms 4 ft re bar PVC tube ratchet straps Barrels easily stack, so if we get a stretch of nice weather I can simply remove the top barrel. It's also very easy to service the lights if they should quit for any reason. Palm being protected here is my 1 Washingtonia filifera
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Winter Questions
by BigBilly- 1 follower
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I have a potted windmill palm and I was wondering what I should do with it once winter comes (7B), Also I was thinking about getting a needle palm, Should I just wait until Spring ?
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Winter season palm recovery
by MarcusH- 1 follower
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I'm counting the days to March . After experiencing a cold winter with an artic blast with lows of 16,21,24,28 and freezing rain recently I like to show you guys the recovery process of our palms. This has been our palms first winter and it definitely was challenging and sad to see what they had to go through. Some of my palms completely defoliated like my Queen and Wash.Robusta but the good news is they all survived and recovering well thanks to our Texas sun . Our Wash.Filifera in the backyard lost 3 fronds .I'm not going to celebrate yet but I'm not going to expect another severe artic winter since we already got hit several times this winter. Enough is enough. The s…
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Winter Still Here
by GregVirginia7- 2 replies
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Excellent cold hardy palm...somewhat protected needle under a holly tree... Unprotected needle just as cold hardy but has suffered some segment tip damage. It’s been plastered to the ground three times this winter. Had an umbrella over the medi all winter and knew I was pulling it a bit early. It’s not used to this kind of direct hit. However, the pup on the left side has looked far better than the larger parent this winter...uniformly green while the parent culled several fronds and has a few more It’s going to kill. A bit concerned as it has a yellowish look but maybe it’s making room for new fronds coming out. I did fertilize all my palms Saturda…
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Winter watering needs of different palms
by opiecrunch- 1 follower
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Wanted to get peoples takes on watering during the winter..I live in southern Kansas near Wichita and currently have a Washy Robusta,filifera,Butia odorata,sabal brazoriensis,sabal palmetto,sabal lisa,sabal minor mccurtain,sabal minor emerald Island giant and a trachy bulgariensis.Last winter nothing was watered from Nov till late March..a very knowledgeable palm friend of mine is telling me that all of my sabals and the trachy should be watered throughout the winter,but my butia and washys are better kept dry like I've done in the past.Any thoughts on watering sabals during the winter? Thanks
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Winter weather 1 2 3
by Palm crazy- 1 follower
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Had my first heavy frost this morning at 30F, colder tonight into the upper 20’s. Tender flowering plants/palms are inside for the winter. This cold spell is supposed to last to the end of the week. Good bye banana, ginger, canna leaves. There always the first to go any ways. LOL!
