COLD HARDY PALMS
Selecting and growing palms for colder climates.
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Hello guys I’m new I live in Albuquerque NM zone 7b the dirt in my yard is sandy dry I bought 2 Trachys 15g roots are coming out of the bottom holes some yellow in some tips but looks healthy any tips to potting in my soil and high dry heat summers any thing helps ?
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Germinating Chamaedorea Radicalis seeds
by Zach K- 5 followers
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Just ordered some C. radicalis seeds from Ebay. Does anyone have experience germinating them? Would love some tips. Thanks.
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Cold Experience with Butia x Jubaea
by knikfar- 1 follower
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For anyone who has a butia x jubaea hybrid, what are the harshest conditions your palm has experienced and survived? I'm refering to lowest temperature, duration and/or exposure to snow/ice/freezing rain.
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Trachycarpus Wagnerianus Pollen wanted
by Swartie- 0 replies
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Hi There, I'm new to growing palms, my Trachycarpus Wagnerianus is just starting to flower and i think its a female, was wondering if any UK owners of a male Waggy could be so kind as to send me send me some Pollen so i could get some seeds, would be happy to send some seeds in return Thanks Phil
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Discoloration in Queen Palm Fronds
by Pee Dee Palms- 2 followers
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So I noticed there was some slight discoloration in my queen palm's fronds. Anyone know what this is? My guess is a deficiency or the light intake this palm was getting.
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what's happening to this trachy???
by newtopalmsMD- 3 replies
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I live in Olney MD, zone 7a, and it was a pretty mild winter. Tonight I went to start removing mulch and cut dead fronds and found the frond in the first picture coming out of one of my trachy's It pulled fairly easily but the end is not dark like is usually get when a spear pulls. Also the stem of the frond had the consistency of slightly undercooked pasta. The next full frond is bluer than I'd like. Also fronds are wilting and turning brown about half way up the fronds. See fronds in second picture. Other green fronds are wilty and sagging. Is this a fungus problem? or could it be something else. I did spray in the crown twice with copper fungicide and used a …
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Help!! Trachycarpus Fortunei crown rot help
by Palmy Pal- 2 followers
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So last snowfall here in Nc my trachycarpus was right beside my greenhouse and under the gutters of it and i think what happened was some water poured into the crown and froze solid damaging the heart. The spear pulled a couple weeks ago or whatever and I poured hydrogen peroxide in it for a good week about every day. I cleaned some of the gunk out of it a few days back and came back to do it again today and found out it was even deeper than what I thought it was when I cleaned it out a few days ago. I’ve gone as deep as I can with the tweezers and the hole is deeper than what they can reach. You can see how deep that is in the picture attached. Should I cut the trunk bac…
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Is this transplant shock?
by MonkeDonkezz- 6 replies
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I transplanted this trachy mid April. I got it delivered from Plantvine. It came with just a little burn on the tips of the leaves and these weird white marks and spots as seen on the pictures. When I was transplanting it I had to disturb its root ball quite a bit due to there being these fertilizer purple balls stuck between the roots. It has started spreading a new leaf recently, though its burns seem to be getting worse, especially on the oldest ones. Is it due to transplant shock?
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The little butia that could
by NWpalms@206- 1 follower
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Got this butia last year kinda hidden in the corner of a nursery for 50$. It was on my porch and my Cane Corso tore it to shreds, so then I stuck it out in the yard and forgot about it. Got frozen in a 5 gal pot probably several times this winter, especially December 5 day freeze. Went to check on it and it’s pushing a beatiful new Frond it looks like absolutely zero winter damage on it just recovering from a thrashing still. This one tough little butia, I wonder what variant… just labeled pindo when I bought it.
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So yesterday I emailed Patrick Shafer to see what hybrids he has in stock. He responded with a list of a bunch of different palms. The 2 I am highly debating on are Butia x Lytocaryum weddellianum and Butia yatay x Syagrus romanzoffiana. Since there aren't that many pictures of them on the internet, I came here to see if anyone has any pictures of them. From the few pictures I have seen, it appears that the Butia yatay x Syagrus romanzoffiana has a much more slim trunk than that of a normal Mule Palm. The Butia x Lytocaryum weddellianum seems to have a relatively slim trunk too. I am pretty confident that the Butia yatay x Syagrus romanzoffiana will be able to live in my …
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Brahea armata
by BeyondTheGarden- 3 replies
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I wonder if i will kill these straight away or if they will prove to be resilient....
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Toppled Mule 1 2
by Manalto- 4 followers
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I'm not at the house at the moment but my neighbor sent me this photo of my mule palm that has been in the ground about a year. I guess it had blown over in the wind. He staked it for me. I noticed, the last time I was there and working in the yard, that it was wobbly. It's in the shade in the early morning but gets full sun for the rest of the day. Are they known for having weak root systems? Any suggestions?
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Juania australis :)
by Plantasexoticas- 1 follower
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Hey everyone, hope you’re all well Thought I’d share with you all an update on my seed grown juania, After a bit of a stressful year for all my palms while I moved house, they are now settling again and putting on new growth. The Juania, considering everything have done well despite the extra stresses and I’ll be looking at maybe re-potting them this year. Seed was purchased in 2016 and it’s been great to watch them grow and now develop pinnate leaves
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Impulsive purchase
by Alex Zone 5- 1 reply
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Half price, there is some damaged tips and a broken frond. Guess I need to find a nice container, it's definitely will be spending winters in the dining room next to a south facing window.
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Coldest Temps you saw in Winter of 22 1 2
by Gator- 7 followers
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I had 4 degrees here in Central ( High Elevation ) Utah for the 8th year in a row.....we had a zone 7A winter
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Sabal Hybrids - When do they bloom?
by Allen- 17 replies
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I've got 2 relatively small palms. Both under 5 feet that are showing blooms for the first time. One is supposed to be S. birmingham and one a S. brazoriensis. I thought they didn't bloom till much bigger? Are they some form of minor instead? birmingham??? 3-4' tall brazoriensis??? 5' tall large fronds
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Palms in central Virginia
by Virginia Palms- 17 replies
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Howdy y’all! I’m a palm grower in central Virginia and I’ve got a few ideas to put out there to the palm world. Firstly, with regard to zonation: I feel as though the usda hardiness zones need to be updated because as I’m sure some of y’all have noticed, there are plants and animals living and thriving in places they didn’t use too. For where I live near Charlottesville, Virginia, we haven’t reached a 7a temperature in the last 10-15 years at least, it’s been reliably 8a or above sometimes 8b or 9a some winters. Because of this, I’ve been able to grow palms and other tropical which have previously been a stranger to my area. For starters, I’ve had a red banana (Ensete m…
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These are a first for me, I currently don’t have any of these palms in my collection. the first is a 3 gal needle palm from NE Ohio Palm Trees on EBAY. Now I need to find somewhere shady to plant. the 1 gallon Sabal minor, saw palmetto and needle palm are all from Mail Order Natives out of Northern Florida. not bad for $10 each and $12 for the needle.
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Mule Palm Not Enjoying Northern Zone 8b
by MRB1192- 10 replies
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Hey All - I've had my Butiagrus Nabonnandi in the ground for about 2 years in Portland, OR. Planted in full-sun, well-draining soil, fertilized each spring and watered regularly during the summertime. It continues to push out new fronds, but In each of its first two winters, it's had substantial leaf damage. Through it may not be killed outright by our winter low temps, I'm thinking this is more of a Zone 9a+ palm long term, at lest in the Northern US.. Our wet winters make it challenging to grow certain types of palms that are theoretically hardy to our zone, like W.Filifera. Curious if anyone in Northern Zone 8b has had long-term success with this one …
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Surprising Finds in Twin Cities, MN
by DreaminAboutPalms- 3 replies
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This place always puts palms out as annuals. The 2015 Washingtonia almost looks like same one as 2014. But temps got to -20 that winter so no chance. Last pic in October 2018 look like a coconut?
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Hi guys, what are some good websites to check past tempature?
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Kuato T. Princeps
by RJ- 9 replies
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So I have this T. Princeps that is going Kuato. It has been pushing smaller and smaller fronds for some time and has recently formed a bulge on one side that appears to be attempting to push a frond or two. Not sure what’s causing this and if there is even a remedy to it. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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Palm tree in Louisville, KY
by Alanin502- 2 followers
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I'm assuming this is some sort of a Palm tree. These are growing in the island on Central Ave beside Churchill Downs in Louisville, KY. Any idea what these are? Louisville is zone 6A. They are not protected in any fashion during the winter months.
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Can Sabal Minor Grow in Gravel?
by JDH23- 2 followers
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Hello all, I recently decided to plant my large Sabal minor in the ground this year, and I’ve ran into a bit of a dilemma. I live close to the St. Louis area on the Missouri side, and the soil in this area is a mixture of very rich clay and rocks due to close proximity to both the Missouri and Mississippi River and the area being sort of a transition between the Great Plains the rocky Ozark region. Knowing this, I decided to dig a little deeper than normal to get rid of as many rocks in the soil as possible and then backfill with some of the natural clay. This was going relatively as planned, as many large rocks were removed, but just as I dug to the desired depth o…
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