COLD HARDY PALMS
Selecting and growing palms for colder climates.
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Hello all, I hope you are doing well. I’ve got a short story that, hopefully, will be of interest to at least someone. Today I was checking on some of my Sabal Minor I have growing in pots and I noticed something quite strange with one of them. As I was looking around, I noticed something green poking out of the top of the soil. My initial thought was that some squirrels had unintentionally planted some kind of seed and it had germinated in the pot, so I went to pull it out and I noticed upon further inspection that this appeared to be a new oddly shaped spear coming up. This baffled me, as all of the Sabal minor I own have been repotted twice and…
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Top 5 fastest growers 1 2
by Jubaea_James760- 2 followers
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What is your top 5 fastest growers thus far? I count the new leaves as well as overall growth. Chamaerops Humilis (single plant) puts out a ton of leaves every year but not much overall growth so I didn't include that one. Some palms put out 2-3 leaves & you can see sufficient growth, so whatever growth is to you Here's my top 5: #1 Brahea Edulis (7-8 leaves) kinda lost count on this one. Extremely fast for me. #2 Livistona Nitida (6-7 leaves) same, lost count. #3 Trithrinax Campestris ( unknown amount of leaves) this one put on some good vertical height & girth. Its a double & recently noticed a third pup/sucker? Coming up that I may cut off.…
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Lightning strike to palm
by NBTX11- 2 followers
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It appears my large Filifera got struck by lightning last night. Should I be concerned. My wife heard a large crash last night. I didn’t hear it I was sleeping through it. When I went out this morning there was palm debris everywhere and this huge gouge out of the trunk. What should I do, if anything.
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Chicago 2023 Small Tropical Garden/Area
by ChicagoPalma- 3 followers
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I ordered some plants for this year's new tropical garden and planted 4 colocasia 'aloha', 1 Canna Tropicanna, and 1 colocasia 'coffee cups', also of them will probably survive with the mulch and maybe external heating, Im also getting the palm this week, either wednesday or some other day. I also had a change of plans after talking with my parents and they say it would be better to have the palm in the backyard by the hammock. Currently I have 1 giant calla lily 'white giant', 2 giant cannas, and also 1 more canna tropicanna and 4-5 colocasia 'aloha'. They will be planted in the backyard with some musa basjoo and will make a nice tropical backdrop. Will send pictures lat…
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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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Palms in Norfolk Virginia
by NBTX11- 3 followers
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Sorry no photos. I recently spent 4 days in Norfolk, Virginia and saw several large palms. I was quite surprised. I thought they were contained primarily to Virginia Beach, but this was Norfolk, not VB, and it was also away from the coast a couple miles. I saw several large trachycarpus that were quite tall, maybe 15 or 20 feet tall that had healthy looking crowns, well inland. Near the Beach in Norfolk, I saw Sabals and some type of feather palm. It was quite far away, so I couldn't tell for sure, but the crown sure looked like a phoenix. Maybe it was a Butia, it was quite far away, but the fronds were not curved like a Butia and from a distance it appeared to be …
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For the Ground
by MonkeDonkezz- 12 replies
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I have very minimal yard space and I could only fit one palm. What do yall recommed?(I know the usual trachy, minor and needle, I am asking for something other than those three)Also, If I were to protect it, would a Robusta work in the ground with yearly defoliation?
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Mule Palm Initial Watering Requirements
by Cool Mule- 1 follower
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Hi All, We just had three field grown mules planted around our pool yesterday and wanted to get some advice on watering requirements at this early stage. They range in height from 12-15 ft overall with 4 to 5 feet of clear trunk. We have bubblers going to each palm that can vary the water output. These bubblers are on a separate zone for our irrigation. Is there a certain volume of water I should be targeting? Planning to water daily for the first few weeks but also want to make sure I don't overwater. My plan was to see how quickly the bubbler filled a 5 gallon bucket and adjust the water rate as needed to achieve the appropriate volume/hour. The palms…
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Potted Trachy survived 4f!
by MonkeDonkezz- 0 replies
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I will add pictures, but I am genuinely surprised it survived. All I did was put it in a greenhouse and that's it. It even survived when I accidently left it out in the open on my screened porch after a 9f snap. It did suffer spear pull though and lost 3 leaves, but it there is a new spear, though with brown tips, growing.
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Radicalis next to pool?
by krishawkins- 5 replies
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I planted a small palm (c. radicalis) by my pool - a friend came over last night and I told him I had intentions of doing a row of palms by the pool. He told me not do that he knows someone who had the palm roots go through concrete and destroy the pool. Everything I read online says palms can be planted near a pool and the root system shouldn’t be disruptive. What are your thoughts?
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Filifera seeds
by Ltapia- 18 replies
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Any one know by chance a reliable source we’re to get some pure filifera seeds ?
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Palms in Iceland
by Alex High- 1 reply
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Hello all, It looks like I may have the opportunity to go to Iceland this summer, which I am super excited about. Despite its very high latitude, it's surprisingly mild due to the Gulf Stream, and as such I know a few palms have been planted in Reykjavík. I have been doing a lot of research trying to locate these to visit and film for my YouTube channel, Palm Planet, and I think I have found 3 so far. The first palms I found in an article from 2019, and it says they were planted on Sunnuvegur street, so I will try to find them. Unfortunately the streetview for Reykjavík has not been updated since 2013, so the palms are not visible there. If anyone has any specific de…
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Mississippi River
by PaPalmTrees- 2 replies
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Is this dumb or why not?
by N8ALLRIGHT- 2 replies
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So my needle palm has flowered this year, he's a boy. My cerifera has flowered also, she's a girl. So I'd seen the palm family diagram and Rhapidophyllum and Chamaerops were somewhat closely related. So why not. My needles flowers are on there way out while the blue med isn't ready. How would you go about collecting, storing, and applying to the female when she's ready. Just winging this here, my plan was to cut off the last inflorescence from the needle shake it on paper,fold and store in the fridge. Then apply when she's ready. Pretty much zero chance for any other pollen contaminating this as I'm in Missouri . Thoughts
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Chamearops cerifera
by Abbi- 14 replies
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Anyone know when chamearops cerifera start to produce seeds? And has anyone had fast growth in there cerifera palm in cold climate? I’m in uk I bought these 2 they are in bigger pots than the photo now but I’m not sure how old they are??
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Welp after a mild winter (I think previous low was 14) an arctic blast 2 weeks ago dropped temps to -6. Protected them with burlap and plastic wrapping, no supplemtal heat, planted in front bed about 4 feet from house. Looks like larger one faired a bit better.
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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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Whats this near the spear?
by MonkeDonkezz- 3 replies
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My trachy has been recovering from spear pull since late march, and in the last couple days this appeared: is this a good or bad thing?
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Neelde Palm flower spike!
by DTS- 1 follower
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Just noticed that like 5 minutes ago! Too bad it needs a male and female plant to *produce seeds :(. Is there a difference between male and female flowers?
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What do you think?
by Alex Zone 5- 15 replies
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My wife is saying "that's too many minors" Is there such a thing as too many 🤔
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Trachy left to fend for itself in Sweden
by Ringil- 1 follower
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Hi everyone, First post in this forum for me. Hardy palms and other exotics are something I've been interested in for quite some time (decades) and I've tried my luck planting them out north of Stockholm - in a cold city called Uppsala (just south of 60N latitude and lot colder than Stockholm in winter) many years ago. Through the years it went surprisingly well - every time we had a big freeze I just covered the Trachycarpus and other exotics in snow, which we had a lot of some decades ago. They survived this way for quite a few years - until I moved to Stockholm for work. To my knowledge the fig trees are still there - turned into fat bonsai's by now. A few y…
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Just planted this beast this morning…AB giant
by orlandozone9b- 3 replies
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Purchased this Alfie a few months back and just installed it near the shores of lake Apopka earlier today. Does anyone have an idea as to how large this specimen will be in 5, 10, 15 years??
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Best Quality Fertilizer for Palms
by MarcusH- 2 followers
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With so many fertilizer brands on the market it's not easy to pick the right one. For now I'm using a Big Box Store brand ( Miracle-Gro) . What brand is the Mercedes under all fertilizer?
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This is a Jubaea Chilensis grown from seed and it’s officially putting out a first leaf. These things can be tough to get sprouted and can easily rot with too little sunlight or too damp soil. soil mix: peat/top soil/earthworm castings mixed together and then the resulting medium finally mixed with 50% perlite. pots are deep “disposable” plastic pots from Amazon. humid zone 8a Alabama.
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