COLD HARDY PALMS
Selecting and growing palms for colder climates.
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Cali fan palm
by iamjv- 0 replies
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For any W. Filifera fans out there, like me, here is a interesting article on them with a few interesting tid-bits you may not know about this palm.... happy reading. https://www.palmspringslife.com/palm-tree-key/ Jv
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Windmill Palm fronds bending
by Palmlover_78- 7 replies
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Hey are the fronds on a windmill suppose to do this? I thought they stay fully erect...Thanks
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New Mature Additions to Our Yard
by WestCoastGal- 35 replies
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Wanted to share the latest additions to our yard which were installed on Friday a.m. before the temps rocketed upwards during this extremely hot spell we are having. Hopefully the maturity of the palms will carry them through fine. Historically our inland valley which has some marine influence has temps anywhere from low 20sF to around 113F (a few years ago). We were in the mid 20s last winter overnight for about 12 hours when the winds ceased. Despite a current 9b designation we are trying to plant for Zone 9a for the most part. Our nights generally cool off to the 50s-60s during the summer, although it was in the low 80s around 10pm last night. The x…
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Any Hope in Saving This Palm?
by Alex High- 6 replies
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Hello everyone, I was in Columbia, South Carolina today and there was a massive 40 foot tall T. fortunei with a lot of volunteers underneath. I attempted to yank one out, but I didn’t pull the roots out! Is there any way of caring for this young palm so that it can grow back its roots? Thank you! PalmsUSA
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Cold hardy banana plant
by charlotte palm guy- 2 followers
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I planted 2 cold hardy banana pants last spring at about a foot tall for each. Both somehow exploded into the height you see in the pic over a single Summer. They grew about 10 feet in one season. Is this even possible? In Spring will the just pick back up where the left off? As you can see the leaves are all dead right now. I think the morning sun and partial shade really helped these explode. One of the 2 pants was in full sun a year before and didn’t grow much at all so I moved it to side of house that you see in pic. Charlotte, NC located
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Windmill palm bristles bending (Charlotte, NC)
by charlotte palm guy- 1 follower
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I live in Charlotte and the most recent couple of fonds that have popped up on my Windmill Palm have bent bristles. All bristles are bent about half way up on new fonds. The tree was planted about 2 years ago and grew like crazy last summer. It’s about 8 feet tall from base to top of fonds. Is the bending normal? Why all the sudden are the coming in bent? It seems fine otherwise and is next to house in partial sun. Maybe due to cold weather we have had?
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Hello people. I decided to take a few pictures and a video of a couple palmettos (thought they could of been Sabal Birminghams but they actually look like the BHI or SC variety - but be free to correct me) at the entrance in an exurban subdivision near Benson, NC, just out of the piedmont. I been seeing them for years when I passed by this place, so I had to finally video document them for you guys. Sorry for the low light, I took the pictures around sunset. They look a decent size but I was told by a resident who been there since 2004 that those trees been there when she moved there - so I'm assuming the trees are 16 years old or more. However, this part of Johnston Coun…
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The Incredible Massive and Old Needle Palm at the U.S. National Arboretum in Washington, D.C.
by Alex High- 8 replies
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Hello Palm Lovers, I went back to the U.S. National Arboretum in Washington, D.C. yesterday and visited the incredible needle palm which is 50+ year old and over 10 feet tall in the Asian Garden section. I just wanted to post some pictures of it because it stands tall as a testament to the long-term survival of these and other species in the D.C. area and the Mid-Atlantic as a whole. The Arboretum is a haven for exotic plant lovers and is home to some to an incredible exotic plant collection. Feel free to let me know of any other long-term palms that you grow in the Mid-Atlantic region. Thank you! PalmsUSA The trunk is MASSIVE.…
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Small vs Larger palm for zone pushing
by mdsonofthesouth- 27 replies
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Ok sorry if this topic has been beaten to death, but I am coming up short with google queries. Late last summer I planted a 3 gallon chamerops humilis I bought on a whim at HD that has been nearly unprotected (incandescent rope light around the soil not touching the plant and mulched up a little) in my zone 7a. Its doing very well and actually never stopped growing through winter. It saw brief lows bellow 15F and one extended sub 20F for a couple days with some minor burning but no pull and good growth. So a 3 gallon grown in Miami did well in z7a which seems to contradict some peoples theories. Well fast forward to last week I bought, again on a whim (see a …
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Giant Butia in zone 7b/8a
by Brad Mondel- 2 followers
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Current Palm Collection
by LasPalmerasDeMaryland- 5 replies
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Some of my palms that I’ve collected. Many of these are not going into the ground as they wouldn’t stand a chance haha. Theyre all a bit rough looking due to neglect and me being away. This is a Chamaerops Humilis which I bought from a Maryland Lowe’s as a blue pot. It’s pretty big and I may try it outside but I’m not sure. It may not work out.
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Swamp Butia
by DAVEinMB- 7 replies
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Found this guy growing on the river bank of the intracoastal waterway. This area frequently floods and was just under roughly 2 feet of water for over a week.
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Palmetto Pride
by climate change virginia- 1 reply
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Something I noticed is people in colder climates like north Georgia to Virginia we take pride in our palmettos for example most people not all in Florida take sabal palmettos for granted. But in northern states of the south we honor our palmettos. That's just my observation
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Seed grown palm collection :D
by Plantasexoticas- 1 follower
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Hey all! thought I’d share photos of my seed grown palm collection- been an eventful year and busy with work so it wasn’t until I sat down and checked them all over ready for winter and am very pleased with how well they have grown. For many it’s definitely been helped by a warm summer plus a good amount of rain.
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Why do people complain about Sabal minor being too slow?
by Tennessee Palms- 1 follower
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I am growing hundred's of Sabal Minors all still Seedlings and I'm actually pretty amazed that they're growing much faster than what people say they grow, I have seedlings that are a year old already on their third strap and then my older McCurtain which is two years old and on strap #7. I personally think they grow pretty fast compared to some other palms I have grown from seed.
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Water and Cold Hardiness
by ahosey01- 7 replies
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Wondering if anyone can share some experience on variations in cold hardiness for the same palm species in wet vs. dry soil. I am aware of a local guy here in AZ who has told me that his Bismarckia nobilis has never defoliated in dry soil in cold snaps in the winter, but that he killed one by continuing to water before he figured that out. Anybody have any similar experiences?
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Season’s greetings, fellow palm enthusiasts. I have been trolling palmtalk for years, and I have a healthy obsession with tropicals/subtropicals. I currently have a Trachy that’s been in the ground since the spring of 2017. It sits on the south end of an east facing wall and the houses in my neighborhood are fairly close together and my yard is fenced in, so I’d say I gain a half a zone in hardiness due to site planting. It was protected minimally the winters of 2017/18 and 2018/19. The first winter this little lady was only 2-3ft tall tops, so I built makeshift protection with clear painter’s plastic floor protecter and tall 2”x2” wood (think of a teepee). I made sure th…
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Palms north of Virginia.
by Mr.SamuraiSword- 1 follower
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Maryland a Hardier palmetto and an even hardier Trachy even more palmettos and Fan Palms in centreville MD. kinda like VA beach Next is Delaware A Palmetto near the border of MD and some trachys New jersey Queens, Cocos and Washingtonias on Long Branch beach and some Sabals and more (small) Washingtonias and of course some trachys. Next is New york cocos from IWPT and another trachy Next is CT Some queens in Waterford and some Trachys in Norwalk Next is Rhode island queens. No hardier palms here Last, Mass S…
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Big slow fan palm? 1 2
by Manalto- 1 follower
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Outside of my kitchen, I would like to plant a large palm that fills the window with foliage and blocks the view of my neighbor's A/C unit. I have about 15' between the house and the driveway, so there is space for a large palm. The location is south-facing, with bright shade and dappled sunlight from the high branches of a giant old live oak. It's a protected spot, but I don't want to get too risky and lose my eyesore-blocker a few years down the road. A slow palm would fill the window with foliage for a long time; a fast palm would eventually outgrow its role and get tall enough fill the windows of the room above. Either is desirable. I have asked this ques…
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Can I make a dry microclimate for a washingtonia filifera
by EastCanadaTropicals- 1 follower
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I'd like to find out the driest area of my garden and how to keep a filifera dry in winter protection. I will give them lots of water once I plant them.
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how does this even make sense?
by climate change virginia- 8 replies
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I saw this in Virginia beach a while back ago and they don't wrap their palms right all they wrap is the tip I don't understand how this is helpful because the rest of the palm is exposed.
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Do Butia x Jubaea produce butia fruit or coquito nuts? I assume it's most likely hybrid fruit but there is variation with hybrid palms so I don't know.
by EastCanadaTropicals- 0 replies
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I'm in zone 5b, near 6a and I want to grow the butia x Jubaea hybrid because they are hardier, faster, and more tropical looking than a butia, but I still wanna make butia jelly or eat coquito nuts. I will use heavy protection it's obviously the only way they have any chance of producing fruit out here. I'll even put extra protection in the leaves.
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Schafer Butia hybrids 1 2
by 8B palms- 3 followers
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So just ordered 2 of Patric's Butia x Monty (S.schizophylla x S.romanzoffiana). I know these are relatively a new cross of 2-3 years. Anyone growing these, and have any info on hardiness or pictures/experiences so far. Thanks Craig
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Dark Ring/Spots? What is this?!?
by Dartolution- 28 replies
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This appears on my Sabal Blackburniana. No idea what this is. It appears in a stripe across a couple of leaves. Anyone have a clue what this is? It almost looks necrotic.
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Medemia Cold Tolerance?
by ahosey01- 5 replies
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Anybody got any reports on the cold tolerance of Medemia argun? Couldn't find much data on PT.
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