COLD HARDY PALMS

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   Protection question - heating cables

   February 14, 2021 by KellerAg

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   Hello everyone, I’ve read this forum for a long time but never posted. I’m in Keller, TX (8a I believe) and I wanted to ask if anyone had experience with the pipe heating cables available at Home Depot? I wrapped all of my palms/cycads in burlap and then used the pipe heating cables, followed by landscape fabric and then a 9 mil tarp. The species are Mediterranean fans, butia capitata, cycas revoluta, cycas taitungensis, cycas panzhihuaensis and a hybrid tait x panzi. With the exception of yesterday afternoon for about 3-4 hours, the temp has been below freezing since Thursday which is when I did all of this prep. The heating cables hav…

   

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   Hardy palms are slow

   February 10, 2021 by climate change virginia

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   Hi I have noticed hardy palms are slower than most plants for example (most)Butia spp: Slow, (most)Sabal spp: slow, (most)Trachycarpus: Slow, Jubaea: extremely slow. This is just something I observed.

   

   Last reply by Jimhardy, February 14, 2021

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   A simple idea to protect smaller palms

   February 14, 2021 by Palm D

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   The surgery... was a success

   February 11, 2021 by DAVEinMB

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   Well, probably. Super root bound 7g double head Livistona Chinensis gets the ol conjoined twins surgery. Hopefully the roots it lost aren't enough to kill it.

   

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   Large Butia Palms Spotted in Zone 7b

   January 7, 2021 by Palm Man

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   Spotted these large Butias at an office park in Huntersville, NC, just north of Charlotte. They apparently were transplanted/established before the harsh winter of 2017-18 in which the temperatures remained below 32F for several days. They are fruiting and seedlings are coming up in the nearby shrubbery.

   

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   Brahea ID

   August 4, 2019 by Marius

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   Hi Everyone. I will appreciate any inputs/ comments on the ID of these 2 Brahea palms.

   

   Last reply by utile, February 12, 2021

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   Queen palm fronds drooping

   February 11, 2021 by Tony Taylor

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   First timer here. I have a mature queen palm that over the last couple of years the new fronds come out, look good for a few weeks, and then droop all the way down. I live in south Louisiana and a number of years ago we had a pretty significant freeze, although I don't remember it dipping below 25 degrees. Seems the problem has been since the freeze although this may be coincidental? Any suggestions? Thanks!

   

   Last reply by Tony Taylor, February 11, 2021
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   Weather... not good. 1 2

   February 8, 2021 by Swolte

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   *Heads out to get extra frost cloths*

   

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    W. Filifera

    February 9, 2021 by Peachs

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    Hi. I have untied it a few days ago (transplant 5 months ago). I notice that almost all the leaves are bending. Is it normal? How do you see it? bbfree Thanks!

    

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    Fake palms at marina

    December 11, 2020 by climate change virginia

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    I saw fake palms at a marina and I thought I should show you guys.

    

    Last reply by climate change virginia, February 10, 2021

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    Tiny Sabal minor

    February 6, 2021 by buffy

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    Found this at the lakehouse. I have no idea where I found it, but it's tiny and has been flowering for two seasons.

    

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    virginia Virginia Palms 1 2 3 4 6

    July 8, 2019 by SEVA

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    I figured I would start a new topic giving an update on some of my palms and other things growing in a Virginia garden. Now that I've had a little more free time, I've been catching up on quite a bit of weeding and such. It's still a work in progress. Hopefully, I can get the photos to load. Ever since getting a different phone I've had some difficulties uploading photos, so trying the computer.

    

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    Some exotics in Brest, France

    February 10, 2021 by EastCanadaTropicals

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    I love seeing Mediterranean and exotic plant in cool, oceanic climates, and this is no exception. I found them on google street view. Lotsa Leaves on this Trachy: Large Monkey Puzzles: Another CIDP: Big Cordyline, as big as the ones in the zone 10 Ireland coast: Trachy Madness!

    

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    Seeds and more Seeds...

    February 7, 2021 by Palmlover_78

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    Hey guys I have 142 Windmill Palm seeds, How many good trees will I get? , the seeds are fresh but, based on Christmas Palms I get 5 good trees out of 14 seeds, Do Windmills have a higher success rate? Thanks a lot

    

    Last reply by Chester B, February 8, 2021

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    Hmmm

    February 1, 2021 by DAVEinMB

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    CIDP are really hard to find around here but looky what I stumbled upon. I didn't buy it but was super tempted. The nursery got 3 in to see how they'd do, if they still have them in March I think I may have a spot for it

    

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    Winter is Here

    February 6, 2021 by GregVirginia7

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    Freezing nighttime temps are arriving over the next 14-consecutive days...predictions have 14-nights below freezing (Fahrenheit) but only two daytime temps below freezing. For the cold hardy, this seems like a reasonable scenario as day temps will allow for recovery from the night’s freezes. In that period, there will be two consecutive days/nights below freezing...one at 25/12 and the next at 30/19. My palms have had worse long-term freezes than this...but I’ll wrap the Trachy’s trunk for the two consecutive days below freezing. The Sabal Brazoria and the Chamaerops Humilis are protected as usual all winter but will let the Sabal Minor straplings tough it out with just f…

    

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    Cycad has the blues

    February 5, 2021 by Paradise Found

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    My cycad hasn't flushed in two years. Is there anything I can do to make it flush this spring/summer? It's a taitungensis x guizhouensis.

    

    Last reply by RJ, February 6, 2021

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    Ice damage on palms 1 2

    December 16, 2020 by climate change virginia

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    my palms have ice damage outside they are medjool date palm seedling we had freezing rain today they have rips in the grooves of their leaves. I will post pictures later.

    

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    Wet feet in zone 9A (Sabal Casiarum and Washingtonia Filabusta)

    January 27, 2020 by ceeskiroy

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    Hello, My passion is to create a palm tree landscape but unfortunately I have to strikes. Im in zone 9a, which used to be zone 8B, and Im low on the water table. Drainage can be iffy in certain spots of my yard because its higher in silt, but it can be sandier in other areas. The biggest issue is that Im low on the water table. So what I did was dug a 18" hole and waited for the water to fill the hole. Then I kept adding sand back until it was no longer wet. I was left with about a foot depth before the hole held water. So my questions are: 1. Is this still considered wet feet being that I should have 1 foot of soil for the roots to not sit in water? …

    

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    How long does it take to germinate butia x jubaea seeds?

    January 27, 2021 by EastCanadaTropicals

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    I am buying some on ebay.

    

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    8 hours after 14f-trachy/filifera-Central NM

    January 27, 2021 by jwitt

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    Seen teens beginning in October. 5273' elevation.

    

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    Cold Hardiness of Date Palms

    December 18, 2020 by ngservet

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    What is more cold hardy Medjool date palms or Sylvester date palms? I see the Sylvester's in the Charleston SC are but not any Medjool Date palms. When I used to live in Houston I noticed after the winter the Medjool's always looked better than the Sylvester's and seemed to handle the cold better. Is there something I am missing? When you drive along 278 in SC heading to Hilton Head Island there are some really nice Medjool Date Palms to the entrance of one the housing developments near I-95. They have been there for more than 10 years so they must of faired fine during there 2010 winter!

    

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    snow insulation

    January 31, 2021 by climate change virginia

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    snow is getting dumped on the dmv snow is a good insulator agains the cold I have boxes and buckets over my palm seedlings in the backyard luckily they made it through january so once these snowstorms cease they should start growing again luckily I have 0 spear pulls and 4/5 are alive. We have got a 9a winter so far. 18 degrees is said to be the low on wednsday so that would make it a 8b winter hope my palms pull through

    

    Last reply by RJ, February 2, 2021
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    Real Jardin Botanico, Madrid

    February 15, 2020 by necturus

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    I was recently in Madrid and got to spend about an hour in the botanical garden there. They have a nice collection of palms in USDA zone 9a. I didn't take many pictures but thought I would share a few. I was especially impressed by the Trachycarpus martianus, Butia sp. gigantea and Parajubaea torallyi.

    

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    Biggest Waggie I have ever seen

    January 30, 2021 by Chester B

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    I've seen some that have around 15' of trunk before, but never one that was this robust and with such large fronds. I can confirm the owner of the nursery has said it is a wag.

    

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