COLD HARDY PALMS
Selecting and growing palms for colder climates.
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Jubutiagrus in bad shape
by 8B palms- 6 replies
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Hi to everyone, I bought 3 jubutiagrus from Tim Hoppers, mine and one I gave to my old boss are doing great. A friend of mine got the 3rd one. At the end of October it was looking excellent and better than the other 2. However, since then the palm has gone into a rapid decline. All the outer fronds have died turning a crispy brown, see the pictures below. There appeared to be a white powder on the emerging spear. I told my friend to try spraying hydrogen peroxide to see if it would help. The palm had fronds reaching 8 feet high. It has gone from perfect shape to the current condition in 4 weeks. All the outer fronds are now dead, the center spear is still green and firm,…
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Butia x Jubaea - Jubaea x Butia seeds
by ZPalms- 6 replies
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Anyone know anyone who has access to these? I've looked everywhere and nobody seems to have them at all and these have been top priority on my radar! much appreciated if anyone does!
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Water requirements
by LI_Pets- 6 replies
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Just bought the following; most 4-6.5 feet Canary Island - date palm mule pindo bizmarkias windmill sabal causiarum rhapis multi arenga elgleri Sabal minor silver saw c. microspadix seashore Allagoptera arenaria they are still in the containers for a few more days, two questions how much/often water should I use now? After planting, should I install a bubblier on all or some of these? how much is too much or to little. I know these are basic questions to you experts, just want them to thrive. Lastly fertilizer needs tks
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Sabal minor ID
by TexasColdHardyPalms- 6 replies
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This dwarf is clearly not a regular minor. Its around 20 years old from seed and has been flowering for a long time. This year it shot up the tallest flower of its life and is only a few inches above the leaves. Flowers stalks are as big around as a pencil do not typically extend past the leaves. Seeds produced are extremely small just a little bigger than guihaia. Palm has multiple trunks but top of the leaves are less than 36" Any guesses to what variety it is?
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Here we go again - bismarckia nobilis
by akaranus- 6 replies
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Its that time of the yr that i have already forgot that we have winters..New hope, new spot...south facing wall, best microclimate in garden, whole day winter sun..digg out for about 1m and replace my soil with pomice and goid soil...on the bottom one brick to keep roots in air, atleast for few yrs, from eventual winter over raining..also heating cable for long winter nights to keep it worm and cozy....hope to see some sirious grow soon with our blazing summers in front of the wall and watering and feeding regulary...
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Cycas pectinata
by ESVA- 6 replies
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Wondering if anybody has tried Cycas pectinata far outside its natural cold hardiness zone. I've got 4 plants that I raised from seed (think I bought a pack of 5 seeds and 4 survived). Now they're around 6-inch caudex size and have outgrown indoor areas. Usually I put them outside for the summer and drag them back indoors for the winter with the first frost and winter them on an unheated enclosed porch which usually stays around 30-40F (which is good for inducing clivias to flower) but temp;s can go down to 20F if teens or single digits outside. Usually the leaves get burned off / turn brown, but once temps warm up I put the cycads back outside. cut off the old ragged lea…
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suckering palm ID
by TropicalDude- 6 replies
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Some kind of Chamaedorea ? And how freeze tolerant is it for Orlando?
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Listed as 9b: Pinanga Coronata & Gaussia Maya
by Sandy Loam- 6 replies
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Dave's Garden lists Pinanga Coronata & Gaussia Maya as USDA zone 9b palms. Has anyone had success in growing these in Zone 9a?
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I said that I would never do it... but I did...
by Sabal King- 1 follower
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I've always wanted W. Filifera, but being naive and uneducated early on, I tried W. Robusta, and well you know how that goes in a zone 8a DFW area.... I've held off for almost three years, but this spring, I finally felt comfortable with some local genetics and bit the bullet.. I planted two W. Filifera (as pure bloods as pure bloods can get). The backstory is interesting, as the owner here in the DFW area hails from a small valley town in Arizona, which is a solid 7b, which sees ice, snow, mid-teens temps through March, and the parent palms on their property have been there for decades. The seeds were germinated, and seedlings brought to DFW in the 60's-70's by fa…
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Waggle score
by Chester B- 2 followers
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Perusing the local classified ads website and was watching this one for a while. The price kept dropping as I think the size threw people off and not the time of year most people are thinking about their gardens. At $80 I couldn’t pass it up. It’s about 4’ tall overall. It always pays to keep your eyes open.
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The first palm is Beccariophoenix Alfredii Palm, the second palm is ARCHONTOPHOENIX CUNNINGHAMIANA, and the third palm is Syagris romanzoffiana.
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Super Fast Brahea ID?
by Collectorpalms- 1 follower
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There is a Brahea, not exactly sure which one at Moody Gardens in Galveston. It survived the freeze while a few Date and Washingtonias nearby died. Surviving a long cold snowy duration 18-20F is not unusual, but how fast and healthy it looks in about as humid place as Persian Gulf is interesting to me. It’s not blue and not green. It was planted around 1999 as a small palm. It’s now very tall. It can be mistaken for a Robusta. Here it is pictured from 3/18/2022
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Winterization of 2023 Chicago Tropical Garden
by ChicagoPalma- 6 replies
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Sadly winter will come at some point, bringing the beautiful plants to be covered up, and since I am really hoping that the new winterization protections will work, Im also wondering about a couple things, also coldest temps usually start in decemeber with -4f to -3f at night or day to -7f to -10f at night during february, anyways Im wondering about a couple things. First of all, Im wondering if I can mulch the canna and elephant ear bulbs and put a tarp over it or a frost cloth for the winter and then reapply some mulch on the tarp to keep the bulbs warm during the winter? Second of all, can I also leave the musa basjoo in the ground, which Im asking because if it had be…
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Trachy and Friends
by GregVirginia7- 6 replies
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Hi folks...been a while...Palms seem to be doing well in south facing situation in Springfield, Northern Virginia...this Mediterranean Fan gets a burlap corral and top...just gets a string of C-9 lights around the perimeter at ground level to let a little heat rise. Got it at a local garden center. They had it in a greenhouse...had 3 leaves covered in mites...a little in ground situation, some mite killer and it exploded...I think in ground since 2014...This Brazoria seems way too far north...it suffered the winter before last but last winter was an easy one...just gets a little burlap tent in the winter, no heat...Maybe I’ll add some C-9’s this winter...will enjoy it whi…
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Help - Sylvester Date Spear Pull
by joetx- 1 follower
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Hey Y'all, I planted this Sylvester back in March. There was one slight freeze after planting (32F). About a month ago the middle fronds (spear) pulled. I used copper fungicide and hydrogen peroxide. Still no new growth. I don't really water it, but decided to today as the soil was dry down about 4 inches. Any thoughts on what to do, if anything? Was going to wait until fall to finally call it. Thanks!
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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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When do I stop watering Sabals for winter
by newtopalmsMD- 2 followers
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This year I see lots of people are watering sabals every or every other day. I adopted this practice and it seems to have benefited my newer sabals (Louisiana in particular is on its 5th pretty large frond of the summer). I see this advice (though less often) for Trachys as well. So my question is, for 7a areas, when do we stop the daily watering in preparation for winter? I'm in MD with pretty hot and humid summers...good for sabals, maybe not as good for Trachys. My sabals range in age from a sabal minor Cape Hatteras that put out its first palmate frond this summer to a sabal minor in its second year of putting out seeds, to Brazorias, Louisiana and Birmingham in…
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Windmill Recovery Question
by PDXPalm- 6 replies
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So, I think some of my trees are recovering. But I noticed as the spears are pushing there is some yellow. Any suggestions?
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Wax Palm Hardy???
by climate change virginia- 6 replies
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I saw that wax palms are hardy to zone 8. https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Ceroxylon+quindiuense. I don't think this is right so I'm posting in this here for clarification from the experts.
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While exploring Ocean Isle Beach on google street view I found these Washingtonia and date palms that seemingly recovered from that once-in-a-century cold event back in 2018: 256 State Rd 1144 - Google Maps 9 Raeford St - Google Maps 43 Richmond St - Google Maps 217 State Rd 1144 - Google Maps Interesting that the left one made it but right one croaked E 2nd St - Google Maps 54 Richmond St - Google Maps This one is in Kure Beach 1337 US-421 - Google Maps Appears to be one across the canal 55 Richmond St - Google Maps Looking rough, but still made it 134 State Rd 1144 - Goog…
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Trachycarpus Latisectus
by steve617- 6 replies
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Yesterday I got this Latisectus x Waggie Hybrid. A friend got a few of these from Jeff St Gelais. My friend has a older one and it looked very nice. Anyway I have never had a Latisectus nor a hybrid until yesterday. I've read not as cold hardy. Was wondering about growth rate, size etc. I'm sure as a hybrid with a male Waggie it will have a different characteristics. Since im in 7a it will become a house plant for a months out of the year. Thanks for any info.
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Summer recovery...
by The Converted- 6 replies
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Evening all After what was a long, wet and at times usually cold winter, a decent start to summer very welcome. Despite building a make shift cover to keep off the rain and bubble wrapping the pots to keep out the cold, my first winter with palms did not go so well. Next Winter will require more thought.... Out of 6 palms, I had 4 that spear pulled between late Feb and early May. They were promptly treated with Hydrogen Peroxide, with additional treatments over the following weeks. Over the last week or two there has been sudden / tentative signs of recovery. My Butia Odorata and 2 CIDP's didn't fare too well. All 3 were badly hit and spe…
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Sabal Louisiana in habitat, St. Landry Parish, LA
by jfrye01@live.com- 6 replies
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Found these last week along US-71 between Alexandria and Krotz Springs...one can only wonder how old these are!
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Needle Palm and winter wet.
by siege2050- 1 follower
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I bought 3 1 gallon Needle Palms that are getting their divided fronds now, and I have read that needles like water. But what about growing them in places that can be damp after winter rains, and snows when it might get down to 0F? I dont want the roots to rot. Close to my house water can accumulate for a day or two after heavy rains, or snow in winter and that is where I would like to plant them if possible.
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Anti-transpirants
by Swolte- 1 follower
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Has anyone tried these to help overwinter palms? I happened to read about them on an information sheet from Nurseries Carolina. They say it helps zone-pushed plants with overwintering. Once you spray anti-transpirants like 'Cloud Cover' or 'Wilt Pruf', it prevents plants from drying out when they are frozen since the coating will prevent excess moisture loss. Thoughts?
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