COLD HARDY PALMS
Selecting and growing palms for colder climates.
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Here is proof windmill palms can survive the winter on Long Island
by islandwidepalmtrees.com- 2 followers
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Hi my name is Kevin and I am the owner of Island Wide Palm Trees, we are located on Long Island in New York. We sell palm trees as far south as Virginia and as far north as Massachusetts. Here is pictures of one of my customer's Windmill Palms that have survived the past 4 winters. This spring will be 5 winters. You can not ask for better then this. The best way to keep the trees alive is to have a good wrapping system. We have an amazing wrapping system that you can see on our website. https://www.islandwidepalmtrees.com and here is a link to our Facebook video we posted last year about these trees. (wrapping and planting is extra right now) …
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sabal yapa 1 2 3
by Mauna Kea Cloudforest- 3 followers
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I planted a 3 footer in my lower garden this Summer, it's fully frost exposed where it's planted. After reading the hardiness entry for it, wondering if I should move it under some place where it can get some overhead canopy protection.
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Jubaea x syagrus cold tolerance 1 2 3
by tank- 1 follower
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Finally threw down the cash for one of these a couple months ago and was hoping to plant it out in the most prominent spot in my yard as a centerpiece next spring. The large yucca that is planted there has finally succumbed to weevils and I decided to give this hybrid a try in its spot. This spot is also very exposed and will get the brunt of any cold we get. I can generally expect mid 20sF to upper teens every year in my yard. Any info on cold tolerance information for this hybrid is appreciated. Thanks! Jason
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Palm companion plants!
by Swolte- 2 followers
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What are your favorite palm companion plants in your climate! You do surround them by grasses? Yucca? Hosta? Pics please! Oh, and non-organic materials, like rock-types, count too, of course!
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Fantasy Mule (Butia x Syagrus) Hybrids 1 2 3
by Alicehunter2000- 5 followers
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What combination would be your fantasy mule and why? What would be the thinnest trunked of both species? Feel free to share pics of some of the more unusual species listed. Limit it to only Butia and Syagrus species.......Jubaea, Allagoptera, Parajubaea, Coco's and Jubaeopsis are not the same animal and are not invited to this party. I pulled these off Wikipedia: Butia species Butia archeri Butia campicola Butia capitata Butia catarinensis Butia eriospatha Butia exilata Butia exospadix Butia lallemantii Butia lepidotispatha Butia leptospatha Butia marmorii Butia matogrossensis Butia microspadix Butia noblickii Butia odorata Butia paraguayensis But…
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Growth speed Butia yatay x Jubea vs Jubea x Butia yatay 1 2 3 4
by Love them palms- 6 followers
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I reviewed 3 seedlings from Patric a week ago one was a Butia yatay x Jubea and one was a Jubea x Butia yatay, plus a Butia x parajubea sunkha. Just kinda Curious between the first 2 which one is the faster growing, I live in the the PNW so hopefully they are compatible with my area,anyone have experience with these species?
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7A Mule progress over years 1 2 3 4
by Allen- 6 followers
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Progress of the 7A mule. Pretty happy with how it is doing so far. In winter it took some frond spotty damage but outgrew it by now. It went thru 9F in protection. 2017 2019 2020 2021 2021 Getting fat trunk Protection Method 2020
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yatay x jubaea F1 1 2
by sonoranfans- 2 followers
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I have this little yatay x jubaea F1 from patric shafer, probably from Dick Douglas Garden. It is showing signs of a yatay blueish tinge. This might be an advantage of this cross, but I have two and only one shows the blue at this time.... I don't need a palm this cold hardy, but I want it anyway, LOL! I will find a spot for it if I have to clear with a chainsaw, LOL! these are not so easy to find, I don't know anyone other than patric who offers this hybrid.
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Queen Palms in San Antonio 1 2 3 4
by ChrisA- 2 followers
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Hello Palm Friends, Reading back in the posts it seems Queen Palms are not long term viable in the San Antonio area due to some pretty severe cold weather that comes every 10 or so years. While walking in the King William area I came across a very large sized Queen palm and was curious how long it had been there to have grown so big. Google street view goes back to 2007 on this street and shows a good size Queen palm in the residence at the corner of Adams St and Forcke St. This queen looked obliterated after the cold winter of 2011, but has since rebounded quite nicely. The photo is from a visit in May of this year. Any others in the Alamo Cit…
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Phoenix dactylifera Hardiness? 1 2
by PalmTreeDude- 1 follower
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I heard that Phoenix dactylifera is hardy to zone 8b, is this true? For example, in this picture of the S.C. USDA zones would it do fine in all of the highlighted zone 8b areas?
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Hi all, I found a seller on eBay offering seeds of Syagrus romanzoffiana var santa catarina. Have you had any experience growing them here? Is it too finicky with the heat requirement here? Thanks.
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Exotic looking palms for zone 9a/8b? 1 2
by ShadowNight030- 1 follower
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Im on the border of zone 9a and 8b. The USDA map puts me in zone 9a, but I’d feel more comfortable with a palm that can handle at least 8b winters. To me windmill palms and needle palms are not attractive, so those are out the picture. I have a mule palm, but it’s not doing it’s best thanks to my dog who decided it would make a good chew toy. Does anyone have any suggestions for a palm with a little more of a tropical flare than say a sabal palm, but still hardy in my zone?
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TRULY cold hardy palms ? For zone 6 ?
by The Silent Seed- 1 follower
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Has anybody consistently grown palms outside, in zone 6, without cheating? By cheating, I mean building structures around them, or wrapping them, or heating them, etc.
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Pushing the Zone in 9a 1 2 3 4
by Kailua_Krish- 1 follower
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Just thought I'd share a few photos of my yard in a low 9a North Florida. Sorry the photos arent the best but the lighting just wasnt working. Tell me what you think! First are my two "those wont grow there" palms Parajubaea sunkha Dypsis decipiens Attalea dubia foor good measure
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First Germination xButiagrus seed
by Scott W- 2 followers
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Woooooooooo! Super excited to find first germination from the mule palm seed purchased from @ErikSJI back in November! Can't wait to see the rest start to pop! I layered the seed similar to how Erik does, then buried in soil over heat mats with the temperature set to 92F and then plastic for a humidity dome over that. Seed trays are in a small greenhouse attached to my house, gets full late morning and afternoon sun.
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Will 32F (0 Celsius) kill potted palms?
by jfrye01@live.com- 1 follower
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Well, since it's warm, and supposed to stay that way, I moved my Trachy and Pindo outside...Forecast showed the lows to be at least 35F-50F for the next several days. Anyway, NWS updated the forecast for tomorrow night, that 35 is now a 32...my question is, will this hurt my potted plants? they are on the patio on the Northeast side of my house...I wouldn't imagine 32 would do much damage, but I do remember reading freezing temperatures are much more hurtful to potted plants...I don't want to lug these big heavy guys back inside unless I have to...
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Cold hardy dypsis 1 2
by Mauna Kea Cloudforest- 1 follower
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We need a comprehensive list of cold hardy dypsis, and a list of dypsis that just wouldn't work in the cold so we don't wast time trying. I am going to give this a shot with this thread. Stuff that's already proven itself: 1. dypsis decipiens, 22F, actively grows in the 45-70F range - Norcal Sunset zones 9, 14-17 - Central Florida? 2. dypsis baronii, 28F, grows fast in 45-70F range - Norcal Sunset zones 16, sheltered locations in 14, 15, 17 - Central Florida? 3. dypsis ambositrae,27F?, grows fast in 45-70F range - Norcal Sunset zones 16, sheltered locations in 14, 15, 17 - Central Florida? 4. dypsis onilahensis, 27F? seems to grow in 55F+ range …
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So I don't tend to post many picks of hybrids I've purchased from Patric until I get a chance to get an idea of what they will look like. I've always really liked the Yatay mule that @_Keith has that is a showstopper. So I did purchase a few from Patric last year and they are now starting to go pinate. However in talking with Patric he peaked my interest when he mentioned he had a Yatay X (Mule). Now from my understanding Mules tend to have sterile pollen so it's pretty interesting that patric has pulled this cross off. After a few questions directed at patric and a little digging the mule pollen came from one of two palms that @Gtlevine has in his amazing garden. These …
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Trachycarpus 'Manipur' 1 2
by sashaeffer- 3 followers
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Getting this beauty next week(one on left) and was wondering if anyone here had any growing experience with this palm long term. While I have 7 T. Fortunei in the ground here in my climate this one will remain potted(into larger one than shown) when I get it. It has experienced down to 14f in cold frame so far Anyone have one of these long term? Scott/Omaha USA
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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 Palms Information 1 2
by MarcusH- 1 follower
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One of the most common palm tree in the world comes in different varieties , Filifera, Robusta or Filibusta ( hybrid ) . How much cold can it handle ? How leaf hardy is it etc etc etc ? This topic should be all about Washingtonias . Starting off with my collection with 4 Filiferas and 1 Robusta. Since they are still young it's hard to tell how "pure" they are but so far from my observations my Californias are Filifera leaning ( two of them I grew from seeds in 2022 / recently planted in ground ) and my Mexican is Robusta leaning .
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Jubaea x Syagrus growth in 5 1/2 months 1 2
by meteorologistpalmguy- 5 followers
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Hello All, In the spirit of keeping the end of summer chat lively, I thought I would post about my Jubaea x Syagrus that went into the ground here in Houston back on March 14th. I obtained it as a strap leaf plant from Patric in March, and when planted just had one pinnate leaf opening, and a base of the plant no thicker than a magic marker. Since then the palm has thrown pinnate leaf upon pinnate leaf and the base has fattened up to the thickness of a small soup can. No amount of humidity has seemed to bother this guy at all, nor has the Jubaea blood slowed it down at all. This hybrid has actually grown significantly faster than my two Butiagrus hybrids that wer…
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My Jubaea X Butia F2 Hybrid 1 2
by Scot from SC- 1 follower
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I bought my hybrid from Jungle Music back in June of 2011. It was smaller, in a tree pot which I think might be a three gallon size. It has been in the ground for three years and two months. The growth of it is very fast. I would put it on par this year with a fortunei or faster. The trunk is really getting thickness to it.It is not only faster than a butia, but it seems to take less damage in the winter. It sailed through the coldest night here back in January; it dropped to 10F that night. I did have a frost cloth thrown over it, but it blew off sometime that night. The cloth was over halfway off, and the palm was exposed. I highly recommend this palm! Here are pictures…
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Trachycarpus Species List 1 2
by Alicehunter2000- 1 follower
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It has probably been done before, but could we get an updated Trachycarpus species list. Please list in order from least to coldest hardy with associated temps the species will first start showing damage, and also for the ultimate low one could reasonably expect survival with major damage.
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Palms of Augusta, GA 1 2 3
by Emman- 2 followers
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Inspired by the palms of Myrtle Beach thread, I took pics of palms and other subtropical vegetation in the Augusta metro area There are palmettos, butias, washingtonians, phoenix palms, and even a queen palm
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