FREEZE DAMAGE DATA

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   Cocos nucifera

   October 21, 2008 by Walt

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   The coconut palm in the below photos was the first one I discovered when I moved to Highlands County, Florida, in 1997 (and inland county situated equal distance from the Atlantic Ocean to its east and and Gulf of Mexico to its west). I've been tracking its growth ever since then. The palm is located approximately 10 miles NE of the small town of Lake Placid, Florida (I live 2 miles east of town). But on the morning of January 5, 2001, I experienced the coldest freeze (radiational) in the 11 years living here. That morning my low temperature bottomed out at 22 degrees F (-5.5 C) with heavy frost in the open yard. Archbold Biological Station, 9 miles to my south, rec…

   

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   Chamaedorea plumosa

   January 15, 2007 by elHoagie

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   30F (night one) - no damage 27F (night two) - no damage

   

   Last reply by Austinpalm, June 11, 2018
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   Chamaedorea nubium

   February 26, 2015 by Alicehunter2000

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   Anybody got any info on these? Got to be pretty cold hardy considering the altitudes they grow. Maybe another Chamaedorea for 9a/8b climates?

   

   Last reply by Darold Petty, July 26, 2016
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   Sabal causiarum

   June 29, 2009 by plamfrong

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   Here's a Sabal causiarum from the same Seattle garden as the heavily damaged Brahea edulis. It was planted as a small plant in the early 90's. It has never had really heavy damage, (this is the worst I've seen it) and benefits somewhat from being surrounded by pavement and rock. As for the ID, well we can only hope the owner got it right. It doesn't look right for a lot of the better known hardy Sabal species, though. Here again is the weather for that neighborhood during our big freeze. The coldest night was about 16 degrees but it was below freezing for a long time and snowed almost two feet. Magnolia Weather Station History

   

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   Sabal domingensis

   January 10, 2008 by tank

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   In north Florida. Low of 21 F, 10 hours at freezing temps. 3 days of freezing temps. No overhead protection. Little or no frost. No damage. Small plants with a few character leaves in the ground. Even smaller plants in 1 gal pots showed no damage as well.

   

   Last reply by LeonardHolmes, June 16, 2023

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   Foxtail palm

   March 4, 2022 by G Escamilla

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   My foxtail palm is drying I planted back in November when I got my new home and we had some cold weather like 30 degees I live in texas what can I do to help my palm

   

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   Dypsis Black stem - "true"

   January 27, 2013 by trioderob

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   after 3 nights of near freezing temps 32F- 35F with clear nights and very low R.H. major damage noted. palm is burned approx 40 % on all fronds. some top fronds expeosed to lowest temps burned 90% - but palm survived. this is a 4 foot tall specimen planted last winter.

   

   Last reply by trioderob, February 5, 2013
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   A Lift After The Big FL Freeze!

   January 16, 2010 by Paul The Palm Doctor!

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   I don't know if this idea has already been offered, (and if it has forgive me!) but I thought of something oh-so-basic today, while watering my browning tropical plants. If we need a bit of an emotional "lift" after two whole weeks of mind-numbing, and seemingly relentless cold in the Gulf South, try the following: 1. buy a brand new palm at your favourite palm source, that was greenhoused, and therefore is a vibrant green! You will "focus" on the planting, establishment, and growth...and this palm will be a harbinger of what the other not-so-pretty cold damaged palms will look like (a bit later in the year!) 2. Buy a trio of pretty foliaged or flowering plants t…

   

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    Phoenicophorium borsigianum

    January 17, 2007 by cfkingfish

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    We were a few days without heat at our greenhouse after the visquine tore and blew off about a month ago. The greenhouse is located almost 10 miles inland with no urban or river warming effects. I have a few 2 gallon P. borsigianums, they recived slight burn at 43.5F with no canopy.

    

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    A suggestion

    March 30, 2022 by Than

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    I check this forum often looking for species data but sometimes I feel that the information people share here is of little practical value because we only share the minimum temperature a species has seen but how about next day's maximum? Knowing only the minimum doesn't help much to know the real hardiness of a palm. Some of you live in climates where it may get, say, 26F at night but then will reach a balmy 60 next afternoon. Whereas others will see 26F at night and then just 35F or even 32F next day. We all know that these two hypothetical situations would affect the same tree in totally different ways. So how about everyone shares not just the minimum their palms have …

    

    Last reply by Phoenikakias, March 30, 2022

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    Verschaffeltia splendida

    January 17, 2010 by Rusty on Pine Is.

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    Verschaffeltia splendida , bronzing on all but one leaf, and that single one is off color.......grown under canopy, so no frost although had spotty areas in the open, lowest here abt 34.5 during the 7-10 day event. I would guess that this is less acute injury and is more chronic damage, largely precursed by the prolonged below 40 temps.

    

    Last reply by naraj, August 14, 2013
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    FOXTAIL AND FREEZES

    January 29, 2008 by gsytch

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    I noticed that with the freeze we had in early Jan, Foxtails suffered little if any damage. It should be noted there was no frost due to dry air, and some areas inland from em saw freezing or below for 10 hours, dropping to 26-27F. Two years ago it hit 30F for a few hours but there was HEAVY frost that night, and damage was significant if only on outer leaves. My foxtails are absolutely fine with 28.9F although one is sheltered. Any comments? My poor Mango has shown damage about 35' up the tree where most of the blooms were. Luckily, it will bloom again. Greg in New Port Richey (it was 38.9F this morning in my open cold back yard)...

    

    Last reply by tikitiki, January 22, 2009
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    Bismarckia Freeze Damage Galveston, Texas

    March 21, 2018 by westbay

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    My 10+ year old Bismarckia was damaged by two days of freezing weather early this winter. I think it will be Ok, but wanted other opinions. Should I trim more fronds?

    

    Last reply by Cade, July 12, 2022

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    Syagrus amara

    January 17, 2007 by quaman58

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    4 foot strap leaf in raised planter bed for 2 years. 27F--no damage. Was previously more sensitive and brown spotted during Winter. But this year finally started growing much more quickly. Just a more established plant, perhaps.

    

    Last reply by blake_tx, April 12, 2012
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    Acrocomia aculeata

    August 20, 2010 by Kathryn

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    Grown from seed and planted in the ground in spring 2005 Damaged in hurricane Gustav in 2008 - lost leaves on all but the north side Experienced snow in December 2008 with a low temperature of 32ºF warming up later in the day - no damage from this cold other than the bent leaves due to the weight

    

    Last reply by DavidMac, March 15, 2013
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    My Palms in snow

    December 14, 2010 by Juni Perez

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    I usually leave my potted palm trees out in the yard until mid-December, bring them in to an enclosed porch (temps go down to the mid teens F at lowest), then bring them back out to the yard between late March/early April. These are shots from before bringing them in this past weekend. The lowest temps we've seen this past month was 10°F in my yard last Thursday. T. wagnerianus: Butia capitata: T. fortunei: NOTE: These are links to the pictures direct from Facebook. Some companies block them. They all showed slight leaf damage, but are fine. I worry more about letting all that snow seep into the pots when it melts though. The only in-ground pal…

    

    Last reply by Juni Perez, February 11, 2011
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    Queen Palms in Hernando county

    February 27, 2010 by jrh735

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    Can someone please tell me if Queen palms will survive in Spring Hill Florida ? It seems to me that they do well for a number of years until a bad freeze. Will they recover ? Why do people cut them down ? Ive seen a few very large ones that have survived for 20-30 years ? Please help !!!

    

    Last reply by jrh735, February 28, 2010
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    Trithrinax

    February 1, 2007 by PalmGuyWC

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    No one has reported on Trithrinax yet. It's no secret that they are extreamly cold hardy and will take the mid teens but one of mine is getting cold tested for the first time. That is T. biflabellata. (aka, schizophylla) It's the dwarf of the group. Mine is 17 years old and only about 3.5' in heigth and has 6 heads. It's growing in an exposed area and looks fine after 23F. It was covered with white frost many nights this year. No damage what so ever, and appears to still be slowly growing through this misserable winter. My other two species are T. campestris and acanthocoma (aka. brasiliensis), both very hardy. Dick

    

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    I'm pretty sure my Royal Palms died...

    August 23, 2010 by sandstorm

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    We have several royal palms in our yard and I think that this past winter killed over half of them. We are relatively new homeowner and they were here when we purchased the house. This past winter in Central FL (Brevard County) had several days in a row when the temp was not out of the 30's. About 8 or so of our trees now look like nubs. The center piece broke off and the top portion of what is left is mushy (like it is rotten inside). Could we cut the tree down to where it is solid and would it grow back from that or are they a total loss? Thanks for any information - Sandy

    

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    Brahea armata

    January 16, 2007 by tropicalb

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    22F....15 gal and small 5 gal plants left in the open showed very little foliage damage...fronds had just a slight curl to them.

    

    Last reply by RyManUtah, February 5, 2020

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    Phoenix rupicola

    January 16, 2007 by Patrick

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    I let temps get down to just above 25 without giving protection- no visible immideate damage. Colder nights I gave protection in the form of a sheet & lamp. I still don't see any damage. Absolute low was 23

    

    Last reply by The7thLegend, January 25, 2014
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    Chamaedorea radicalis (arborescent form)

    December 26, 2013 by ghar41

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    Handled the following temperatures without damage

    

    Last reply by Sandy Loam, June 11, 2018

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    Livistona saribus

    January 16, 2007 by BS Man about Palms

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    BIG 15 gal in pot. Fronds were lush, 3' across. Now looks anorexic spikes, leaves at 1/3 their size. No protection, hit 26F hardly protected with sheet. No visible frost. ------------ Adding info, since I have been a little leary of overwatering this winter due to damp-offs last winter, I have watered on the light side. I think with the large size, I think its possible it was too dry and cold. (probably large enough it was still consuming some water through this winter and I haven't given it enough.) ----------------- Also, brought into garage tonight, spear looks pretty good.

    

    Last reply by tank, April 23, 2010
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    AAAAA More data

    January 17, 2007 by STEVE IN SO CAL

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    At the risk of sounding like Bossy Bob...there's a lot of Chatty Cathys on this thread. Let's keep it about the freeze data...whoever volunteers to edit this work someday will have to sift thru less BS if we keep it to the point. Clever, witty quips are unavoidable(since this is a comedy club as well), as well as comments and observations pertinent to the subject. Also, some are assuming we know how cold it was, what size the plant, etc so please be complete...I'm assuming that incomplete data will be edited out, so you're wasting your time sharing incomplete data. We have one chance to get this right, so lets not bugger it up Don't forget, there is a weather threa…

    

    Last reply by STEVE IN SO CAL, January 27, 2007
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    Acrocomia

    January 28, 2007 by DoomsDave

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    I have about a dozen of these, most are in five gallon pots, all were exposed to three nights of 24.8 F (-4.4 C) and a fourth consecutive night at 27.8 F. No white frost.

    

    Last reply by blake_tx, April 12, 2012