COLD HARDY PALMS
Selecting and growing palms for colder climates.
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Sabal 'lisa' 1 2
by ahosey01- 1 follower
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Maybe I suck at using this forum - but I searched for this palm and couldn't find jack. Anybody got any info they'd like to share? Any photos of one growing? Any experience growing them in a dry climate or hardiness reports? I have a few more spaces for palms in my garden and have a few ideas of what to plant. Think this might be one of them. Would be great any info anyone has to share.
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After the 6F I had on December 24th , I've been watching as to how well my various palms faired , and after about 1 month I believe the winner here is my Sabal palmetto . Below is a picture with all three visible . On the right is the Palmetto with just a little tip burn , and to the left of it is the Birmy with a little more tip burn , and the Trachy to the the left of that one shows shriveled fronds and severely burned fronds . It really looks like crap . I'll fertilize it in May and water it well in warm weather which should spurt a lot of new growth over the summer . Further left is a totally unfazed Minor and to the left of that is another Palmetto ( …
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Chamaedorea Radicalis Red Lined Leaflets
by DAVEinMB- 2 replies
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Pulling some weeds and cleaning up a bit around the yard and noticed this on one of my c. radicalis . Is this something that commonly happens with them?
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Trachycarpus Fortunei (Variant)
by steve617- 3 replies
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I have a T. Fortunei that I've raised from seed. It rarely looses a frond. It's the only one I've raised that developed so quickly. I'm sure its a regular Fortunei. It will be 3 yrs old this summer. 1st pic was about 9 months old and produced a 3 split frond. The second pic was around a year old. Thanks for looking.
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Question about concocting my own fertilizer recipe
by Jubaea_James760- 6 replies
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Was thinking about going organic ( down to earth fertilizers ) this year with my palms & cycads & had a question. Everything would be in 5 pound increments, so if I add 1 fertilizer, lets say 6-2-4 & I add another, 8-5-8 does it compound to 14-7-12 or does it just equal out & add up the remainder?, if that makes sense to 8-3-8? Also, if anyone makes there own fertilizer from Down to Earth & cares to share they're recipe it'll be much appreciated. -James
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Would a mule work for me? 1 2
by ZPalms- 1 follower
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I just wanted to see the general consensus about whether getting a mule palm would be the right choice or if it would be a zone-pushing novelty. I've been reading that its hardiness goes down to about 16F degrees, I know that Butia palms are bulletproof here, I don't know of anyone who has lost a Butia or ever seen one dead. Would that be a good reason to try a mule palm, or would it be more susceptible to damage than a pure Butia?
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The trunking Jubaea of Roseburg Oregon 1 2
by Cody Salem- 1 follower
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I was digging through my phone and found this pics that I took around thanksgiving last year. They have probably been in the ground for 15-20yrs. They took a pretty good hit in the 09-10 winter and lost some big washies next to them. These photos don't really do justice to just how massive those trucks are. They must be almost 3 feet in diameter.
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How to arrange windmills in their new home?
by ckh1980- 2 replies
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Hello all, I have a fairly narrow flower bed along the fence line that is roughly 20'x5'. I want to rip all the over grown mess out and start over and I'd like to plant a few windmills. I live in SEVA in zone 8a so they do pretty well here. Does anyone have any pics of something similar they could share, as Google hasn't been much help. I've been back and forth as to whether not I'd plant 3-4 trees in a line, or do clusters of 2 at either ends of the bed and fill the middle with other plants. Are there any guidelines of general rules for planting these? Thanks!
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Ask your cold hardy palm question and I will tell you what Chat GPT says! It's pretty amusing and smart. If you are not familiar with Chat GPT it is a AI system that will talk to you in a chat like manner. Who will go first! Post your question
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exceptional good Trachycarpus seed harvest...
by kristof p- 11 replies
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This year the harvest on my Trachycarpus palms is exceptionally good. One of my trees has the leaves hanging from the weight of the heavy inflorescenses. This one takes the crown this year in terms of seed production.
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Chamaedorea microspadix after a freeze
by matthedlund- 1 follower
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I thought I'd take the chance to highlight a cold hardy palm that's really underutilized in Northern areas. Here in Seattle, zone 8b we had a freeze the week before Christmas with lows around 17 degrees F and several continuous days below freezing. We've had enough warm weather now that damage is showing on many other plants, but these are looking pretty good to me. These have been in the ground about 6 years now, in heavy shade. Bonus pics of some random bromeliads including Greigia sphacelata, Fascicularia bicolor ssp. caniculata, and Puya berteroniana.
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Shore Acres Park - Near Coos Bay OR
by Zach K- 1 follower
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If you haven't been, go check out Shore Acres Park near Coos Bay, OR. I didn't have time to snap any good pictures of the park except for these 3 because the crowd I was with was on the move to view the king tide waves event nearby. Anyways, here's to a quick thread of some zone 9 goodness. Plenty of New Zealand flax. There are tons of very mature cordylines there as well. If you have ever visited the OR coast, you will instantly notice the Abundance of mature cordyline trees. There was also an attempt to grow a Nikau palm (Rhopalostylis sapida) aka Shaving brush palm in the garden, but the person who planted it told me its no longer there unfortunately. Looking…
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Palm Identification
by Brandon James- 1 follower
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Anyone have any idea what this palm the top picture was taken after it’s been recovering from a freeze, I forgot it outside and the fronds completely died but it’s pushing up new growth.
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Where to purchase Washingtonia Filifera in Texas
by SusanDallas- 3 followers
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Is there anywhere in Texas where you can be sure and get true filifera and not filibusta? I don't care if it is online or sold at a nursery. I have 8 of them that are over 14 ft. tall. I bought them when they were about 18 inches tall. I need 2 more of them. I would like them to be about 3 ft. tall. I live south of Dallas in a rural area. The filibusters do not live where I am located. I have acreage on top of a hill with no windbreaks. I have been to Dallas Palms quite a few times. I have been told by the employees that they have the filifera. But due to the language barrier, I am not sure if they are true filifera. Most of the employees speak only Spanish and I don't. A…
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Parajubaea Hybrids Observation
by NWpalms@206- 2 followers
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Hi folks, just wanted to share something Noteable with my Parajubaea hybrids (Patrick). Specifically BxPJT and BxPJS, both strap leaf just going pinnate. I am PNW Vashon Island WA 8b/9a. So both of these were left outside under no cover until December, they experienced one good frost, and then put in unheated greenhouse. They were in the greenhouse during the cold snap here in Seattle area end of Dec, and got down to 20f maybe 19. Last week I noticed some white mold on both my BxPJT so I treated and brought the smaller one inside along with its counterpart BxPJS as mentioned above. I did not find any fungus on any PJS hybrids (7) but both PJT. As of now the smaller BxPJT …
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CIDP in Florida panhandle, 8b/9a
by AcerPALMatum- 22 replies
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I’m in a coastal area of the Florida panhandle in Okaloosa county. I was wondering how hardy Phoenix canariensis would be for me. I have seen some decent sized ones on Okaloosa island (On the ocean so probably slightly warmer than me), but no massive ones like I’ve seen in California. A weather station near me during the recent Christmas cold event recorded a low 18.5F. As a result of this event there are plenty of dead-looking queen palms and very sad looking Washingtonia sp. According to NOAA’s website the local airport recorded a low of 22 during that event, and the lowest temp since ‘96 was 20 in 2014. I don’t see many CIDPs around town. How would you guys wager the …
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Sabal Etonia
by Swolte- 15 replies
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Finally found a nice specimen of Sabal Etonia (scrub palm) for my Sabal collection! This one has a nice blue green tint and a beautiful form. Been looking for larger specimens for a long while but I found them really hard to find living in Texas. Finally hit the jackpot at 'Indian Rock Cycads and Palms' (shout out to David Minks for excellent service and communication!). Show me yours!
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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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Found this established washy on google maps growing in Shallotte, NC. Is it filibusta or pure robusta? I'm still not very good at differing between the two when they're this size. Anyway, streetview is from 2013, wonder what it looks like today, or if it even survived this long. Here's a better view: Just down the street someone has two criss crossed sabals planted which I thought was interesting, also wish I could see what they look like now. Here's the link if anyone else wants to look around at the local specimens: https://www.google.com/maps/@33.9688088,-78.3774605,3a,75y,118.67h,87.61t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sXx3_IxXqaYCPrA…
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Mini Sabal palmetto?
by fr8train- 9 replies
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I found this palm at local nursery, and I was wondering what would cause it to trunk at this size? The other palms around it that were this size were not trunking. I took a shot with full size palmetto around it too. I'm also curious what you all think a fair price would be for something like this?
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Years ago I remember using RPS for seeds, but I've I read a lot of bad things about them on here, and their shipping to the US 10x what I remember it being. North Texas palms was a good seller, but I think they're no longer in business. Coldplant - I got very good true princeps seeds years ago. Unfortunely no princeps this year, hopefully next year. Since RPS doesn't seem to be reliable for non-European buyers, I was just sort of wondering where people can get rarer seeds? When I took a break from buying palms, since I lived in the north and ran out of room, but there were options. Now I'm somewhere where I can actually grow some palms outside yea…
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Few months ago I bought some T. princeps x T. fortunei seeds, but only 4 out of the 50 or so popped. They were fresh seeds from this season and I used a heating mat. I was thinking of putting the baggy with the remaining 46 seeds outside for January and February and then trying it again with the heating mat in March. Would this help? PS. None of the seeds rotted and I used an adequate water to soil medium ratio. Also the baggy goes inside (non-freezing part of fridge) on frost nights (not often) or when it goes above 10 C / 50 F.
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Mule Palm Experiment
by sevapalms- 1 follower
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5 years ago, before I knew much about palms, I got a mule palm as a 2 leaf seedling. I read that they were hardy to zone 8a, and given I am in that zone, I thought it would be a good choice. I did not realize that many mules do not survive zone 8a winter temperatures, and definitely not record lows in my area. I decided to plant it anyway last week, and protect it when temperatures reach 18-19 degrees, which happens a couple of times in a typical winter. The soil in my area is extremely poorly draining clay, so I decided to plant it in a mound. About 1/4 of the rootball is below the normal soil level. The reason it is hurricane cut is because of a fungal issue. …
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Going to try in Zone 6B
by Dig The Soil- 4 replies
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Having lived in the desert southwest for decades, I am now in suburban Cleveland and I am going to try to plant Windmill and Needle palms this spring. How should I protect them in the winter? I am choosing southern exposures and will need to be diligent and cross my fingers for sure. Thanks.
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Sabal minor vs hardy evergreens
by Allen- 2 followers
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Who took -1F better, Sabal minor or evergreen trees? Damage may be due to rapid drop in temps? I did a video on this but I am shocked to see so much cold damage to evergreens around town. Leyland cypress - Brown all around town Most magnolia ok but this was a whole area of brown ones Skip laurel - fried everywhere you look Sky pencil holly - established in a protected area Heavenly bamboo Nandina - fried Oak leaf holly - established for 2 years 8 footers - toasted Sabal minor - relatively good . Some have significant spotting
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