COLD HARDY PALMS
Selecting and growing palms for colder climates.
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Waite Arboretum: Possible Jubaea hybrid seed?
by Jonathan Haycock- 1 follower
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The Payneham Jubaea chilensis is a very fertile palm, producing copious amounts of pollen and subsequent fruit. The Jubaea chilensis at Waite Arboretum appears to be self-sterile, offering tiny quantities of poor quality pollen per inflorescence and up until today, hasn’t dropped a single fruit over the last 2 years despite pushing almost year round spathes. A while ago, I noticed a limited number of fruit forming on the Waite Jubaea. They were more elongated than the round fruit typically seen on this species. I picked up the ripe windfall, cleaned the fruit to reveal seed that is again elongated, but also smaller than regular Jubaea. Due to the prev…
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Waking up my W. Robusta and more
by earthworm73- 14 replies
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Well since this was our second 70F/21C day in a row I decided it was time to wake up the Washingtonia Robusta for the season. Here are a few pics of the unwrapping. This winter because of the size of the trunk I had to use three strands of C9 Christmas lights. I saw a small amount of fungus on the emerging spears but not a big deal it will quickly grow out of it. This things is a beast and I did not expect it to live this long. Going on it's 4th summer
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Wanted to buy king palm seeds
by Bill Nanaimo- 5 replies
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I’m interested in growing a few King palms from seed can anyone recommend a good site to buy king palm seeds from
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Wanted to say Hi 1 2
by Chad king NC- 1 follower
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I haven't been on an online forum other than Facebook in awhile. So I thought I would say just say hey. I live just north of Winston Salem, NC. in zone 7a. I mostly focus on cold hardy palms and agave. Here are a few recent pics of my yard. Followed by some taken last yr. Thanks for looking.
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Warm nights in Texas
by smatofu- 1 follower
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Finally, we will get some warm nights in Texas (60-70F in DFW). I hope our surviving palms will start growing. My sabal mexicana has been moving very slowly so far; maybe 1/4 of an inch per week.
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Warming Chicago temps 1 2 3
by ChicagoPalma- 2 followers
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Its that time of year when half of my house gets torn down by a tornado and spring is here! Palm tree looks like it kicked the bucket but you never know. Anyways, this year our climate skipped spring and we are straight into summer (we never have an actual spring). Anyways, the tropical landscaping is soon to be worked on as planting will be in may and I will get to work in april after my birthday!
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Was it really my fault and will it survive? (Mule Palm)
by LivistonaFan- 4 replies
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I purchased a Butyagrus online in Spain and after 4 days in its parcel it arrived here. The leaf on the left and the spear in the middle each had a "white spot" (plant cells which cannot perform photosynthesis?) at the leaf base and they were extremely wobbly. I assumed that this was because of its time in the parcel as it certainly was warm and dark in there and therefore the palm could have pushed weak growth during this time. Furthermore it was in coco coir and had basically no roots which is why I have re-potted it very carefully in a slightly bigger pot with better soil. Due to a short heatwave which started the next day (37°C) the mule palm was in filtered shade beh…
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Wash the pollen off The Rhapis Palm today
by HoustonTropical- 1 follower
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Washington filifera is too yellow
by LeonardHolmes- 1 follower
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I have a Washingtonia filifera that I planted in an especially well-drained location hoping that it will survive damp North Carolina winters (Colington, NC 8b/9a). It has been in the ground 3 years and is doing well - except that the leaves yellow prematurely. It has drip irrigation and gets Palm Gain and/or Carl Poole palm food every spring and early summer. It is south-facing and gets almost all day full sun. Soil is sand/silt from old sand dunes. I've tried adding organic matter and even lime (although pH seems to be around 7). What should I try to get this thing to keep green leaves longer?
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Washington robusta seedlings
by Colin1110082- 1 follower
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Hello, I ordered two washingtonia seedlings from palmpeii nursery and here they are I planted them they look nice 😊
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Washingtonia × filibusta Question
by BigBilly- 9 replies
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I am beginning to think that my palm may not possess a significant amount of Filifera genetics, and I would appreciate a second opinion on it.
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While exploring Ocean Isle Beach on google street view I found these Washingtonia and date palms that seemingly recovered from that once-in-a-century cold event back in 2018: 256 State Rd 1144 - Google Maps 9 Raeford St - Google Maps 43 Richmond St - Google Maps 217 State Rd 1144 - Google Maps Interesting that the left one made it but right one croaked E 2nd St - Google Maps 54 Richmond St - Google Maps This one is in Kure Beach 1337 US-421 - Google Maps Appears to be one across the canal 55 Richmond St - Google Maps Looking rough, but still made it 134 State Rd 1144 - Goog…
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Washingtonia dead? What do u guys think?
by Latinmtl67- 1 follower
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Hey guys, should i cut more? Is it dead? i drop peroxide on it. i live near Montreal, Canada
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Washingtonia Filibusta
by Yeehova- 3 replies
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Does anyone have any seeds for sale?
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Washingtonia Filibusta 1 2 3
by ZPalms- 3 followers
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I've been thinking of growing a new palm tree from seed and was wondering how well the washingtonia filibusta does in North Carolina zone 8A? and does anyone have any Filibusta seeds because I have looked everywhere!
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I posted about this particular Washingtonia, which I believe is filibusta, in early February. I collected a bunch of seeds from the ground at the base of this palm, located at 944 Bragg Blvd, Fayetteville NC, and sowed them in a shallow Taco Bell take away container. I placed the container on a warming mat and two weeks later, I have a ton of baby washies. The parent palm has been in its currently location since at least 2007, based on the oldest streetview images available on Google. Since then, this parent plant has experienced multiple single digit temps, and multiple freezing precipitation events, with seemingly no protection or care at all. I'm hoping the offspring f…
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Washingtonia filibusta in West Columbia, SC
by Scot from SC- 16 replies
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I drove to the Columbia area today to run some errands, and I took a quick picture of the decades old Washingtonia there. Please excuse the photograph's quality; it was taken with my cell phone's camera.
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Washingtonia Filibusta petiole/boots color
by MarcusH- 1 follower
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I've planted two Filibustas this year. They show a lot of Filifera characteristics but I've noticed on some of the older fronds that the base petiole ( boots ) turned purple the last few days . Is this typical on old fronds that are about to die ?
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Washingtonia filibusta seeds
by Uruguay Andy- 3 replies
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Hello, I’ve been trying to find some washingtonia filibusta (hybrid) seeds before I return to Uruguay in late November. If anyone is selling here or would know where I would be able to find for sale. Shipping to Northern California. Thank you, Andy
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I'm sure most people who view the forums have probably seen this palm pop up before and I'll be heading out to see the palm in person sometime soon but the building was torn down and thankfully they didn't remove the palms, but the filibusta/filifera will be really taking the test of winter this year without that extra heat from the side wall! It's free standing now and I'm nervous for it but I hope it makes it! Just thought I'd give an update on it since I think it's the biggest I think in Fayetteville unless somebody is hiding more somewhere else I'm also glad they didn't remove any of the sabals because that would be a such a crime because of how slow they grow a…
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Washingtonia Filibustas and Robustas aren't common here. There are probably a hundred or so spread across the Columbia area if I had to guess. I've kept my eye on dozens of them over the last several years and I've noticed they've always had noticeable burn during those years. During the extreme cold years where we dipped into the low teens and ultimately down to 10 degrees, the fronds are all burnt to a crisp and of course by late summer, all of these fronds are replaced. My question is this: Do these washingtonias grow faster when their fronds are burned every year by burn? Or do they grow at the same pace they normally would had they not been burned? My theory use…
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Washingtonia filifera
by MarcusH- 1 follower
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Can someone tell me from this picture if these are Washingtonia filifera or robusta? The person sells it as California fan palm here in San Antonio. I messaged the seller but no response yet. I'm looking for a filifera but everyone unfortunately sells robustas in San Antonio.
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Washingtonia filifera
by MarcusH- 1 follower
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Growing some Filifera from seeds at home thanks to NBTX11 who donated them to me. Let's see how that works out for me. One will be planted in the front yard once the trunk is visible. Any advices for successful growth would be appreciated. I'm new to this .
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Washingtonia filifera
by Burl- 17 replies
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Any idea why I had this spear pull? Hasn't been colder than maybe 42F. This is the largest of 5 I bought from Cold Hardy Palms and his operation is in the same town as I live. Plant looks good and has done great all Summer. I figure it'll be fine but curious why the spear pull.
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