COLD HARDY PALMS
Selecting and growing palms for colder climates.
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SE Georgia Afternoon walk
by GaDawg- 11 replies
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Took a brief walk in the woods today with the family. For some reason, I can only load one picture.
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Syagrus x Jubea & Butia x Lytocarium
by Alicehunter2000- 2 followers
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Does anyone have these two hybrids and can you show pics? Thanks (not Jubea x Syagrus)
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Livistona nitida trunk
by Alicehunter2000- 7 replies
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This palm was tucked back into the corner of my yard behind my large S. causiarum and never got the glory it should have received. It is a really cold hardy and pretty palm. I wish I had several more planted but just didn't realize how nice they are until owning this one. Anyway here is a closeup of the trunk., its got a redish color and the fronds self clean nicely.
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Sabal causarium or something else?
by Turtlesteve- 13 replies
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Made an interesting observation this week. I have three supposed Sabal causarium planted out right now...two from one source (2nd year in the ground), and a small one (about 3 gallon) planted early this spring that I got from someone else. We've hit about 25-26F a few times so far this winter, and the small one is 100% burned already (what a wimp!). The other two show no damage, and took low teens last winter with light damage (this is consistent with the species when mature, so I am told). So the 3rd palm is obviously different from the first two. I suspect it will survive the winter since the growth point is well underground. So - any guesses? - The s…
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Sago "Palm" project Central Maryland
by mdsonofthesouth- 9 replies
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I know I know they aren't palms! But still cold hardy testing none the less lol. So far these have seen 19F, many low to mid 20s for lows at night and even 36 hours bellow freezing! Might as well document these while we are having this well bellow average false winter....errrr Fall. Here they are right before our first dip in the teens. Filmed around November 20th Here they are this AM. ZERO protection from our weather and so surprising that the little guys are still doing so well. Hoping they pull through to spring as Id love to have a set of these in the garden.
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Gardening in the Coastal SE 9a
by Alicehunter2000- 5 replies
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http://southeastgarden.com/matts-palms.html Thought these plant trials are interesting for those in 9a.
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Zone pushing Rhapis
by NC_Palms- 16 replies
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I went to one of the local nurseries today hoping to find a Livistonia but I came home with a Rhapis instead. I will certainly be protecting this palm when it gets below 25ºF
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Small Bismarkia, S. riverside, S. causiarum
by Alicehunter2000- 0 replies
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Just some pics from this morning....supposed to get 37 tonight....I'm ok with that as long as no freeze.
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Small Bismarkia, S. riverside, S. causiarum
by Alicehunter2000- 17 replies
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Just some pics from this morning....supposed to get 37 tonight....I'm ok with that as long as no freeze.
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Savannah, Georgia
by GaDawg- 1 follower
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Here are some pics I took of Savannah. I think there are very few cities that can match the charm and beauty of Savannah. A couple pics are pictures I had stored on my phone. We have a mild 8b climate here that rarely gets below 20f, but when it does it’s usually brief. On rare occasions it stays low enough to kill palms that should be 9a, but it isn’t too often. I live between this climate (8b) and close to Brunswick, ga (9a).
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Northernmost CIDP's
by Chester B- 1 follower
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I've yet to visit southern Oregon, but a quick scan of google maps showed some a real nice CIDP in Gold Beach. As far as I know these are the northern most ones in North America. I have a feeling their range may be creeping slowly Northward. https://goo.gl/maps/g1DRgMP3ZHR2
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Sabal minors in Central OK
by Dave_OK- 12 replies
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New to the board...Wanted to share a few pics of my Sabal minors from the Oklahoma City area (Z-7A). I've got around 20 or so Minors of differing sizes in my landscape. Some are seed-grown from my largest plant and others were purchased. Most of these have been in the ground for right at three years now. I've had my largest Minor for eight years and was fortunate that it transplanted successfully at the end of 2015. These plants absolutely thrive in our Oklahoma summer heat and get through winter with very little damage here. I've had some slight burn during our coldest winter snaps (mid-single digits), but nothing worse. The smaller Minors are the "McCurtain" variet…
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Another Nice VA Beach Sabal Palmetto 1 2
by PalmTreeDude- 1 follower
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I had a thread with a bunch of things about VA Beach Sabal palmettos, with pictures and streetview links, but just could not find it. Anyway, here is a nice Sabal palmetto in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Notice how it is inland. Also, apparently there is a street called "Palmetto Avenue" in Virginia Beach just down the street from this nice palmetto. The palmetto is the pin on the map, the other pin shows Palmetto Avenue. I did not expect palmetto to be in the name of anything north of North Carolina, so that's neat.
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Another cold night.
by Palm crazy- 35 replies
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Woke up to 31F the airport 8 miles away had 21F last night. No Morning fog, a sunny day to help warm things up to the mid-40s. So far the plants are still looking good the next few nights are going to be colder I think. My geranium still have flower buds and a block away they are still in full bloom. About the time this mini cold spell is over (by the end of the week) I think the East coast will be getting this cold.
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Today I accidentally came across on fine specimens of T. fortunei. Heat island make them happy.
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Phoenix theophrasti 1 2 3 4
by GaDawg- 4 followers
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Why aren’t there more of these being utilized here in the US? Can these handle the southeast’s humidity? I know many people aren’t advised to plant filifera- another palm that doesn’t like humidity- in the southeast, but I’ve heard of quite a few people that grow filifera- as opposed to the less hardy robusta- in 8b/8a South Carolina, middle 8a Georgia, the pan handle of Florida and in Texas. With the hardiness, I would assume there would be more of these.
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Anti Freeze
by NC_Palms- 12 replies
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Apparently they an antifreeze for plants that can increase hardiness by a few degrees. Does anyone use this and does this work? I can only imagine the palms I could grow with this. https://www.planetnatural.com/product/freezepruf-frost-protector/
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Pre, during and post winter progress 2018/2019 1 2
by mdsonofthesouth- 64 replies
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The current status of my palms up front right before the cold snap on thanksgiving. Chamaerops fully defoliated and pulled on 2 trunks but put out seed in April. Livistona fully defoliated as expected and the cerifera got sick on some potting soil but bounced back in the ground but is slow as molasses. Will be updating as fall and winter progress.
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Zone 7 garden
by Henoh- 2 followers
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My garden is outside of city heat island, about 30 km to the east from Zagreb at weekend house in rural area and the garden is one or two degrees Celsius colder than the city. There are not many palm species but few thrive and some strugle from year to year. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=waO7VjkjvN8 Trachycarpus princeps, geminisectus, ukhrulensis, princeps hybrid/new form, ‘Nova’ and all Chamaerops are pasive protected with heavy mulching with pine straws and for some species with some cover against snow and rain during winter. Same garden under snow two winters ago https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WCB5NSxBpLo Here are included pictures from previus win…
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Fall Palms Update
by PalmTreeDude- 9 replies
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So far we got down to 23 degrees F. All of the palms (of course) are fine. Some get pretty big over the summer, especially my needle palm, it was covered by the bananas, and now that I can see the while palm, it got really big, much bigger than it looks in the pictures.
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So my son went over to one of his friend's house and when I dropped him off I noticed two rather robust dark green/blue balms in their front yard. Sabals are all over down here and are widely used in residential landscapes. So I see them on a daily bases and some stick out as exceptional examples and others are well... ehhh. Thought I would ask you folks you opinion on them. Two pics I snapped yesterday, the last is a street view from 2011.
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Not a Palm question
by GaDawg- 1 reply
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Like the title says, this isn't a Palm question. But, with the wealth of knowledge here, I was hoping to get some of your opinions on Crinum Lily's. We have a wide variety of Crinum Lily's here in South Georgia, close to the coast, about 20 miles from Florida. The things is, I don't know the names of most of them. I want to buy a stiff leaved, upright variety that grows pretty huge and is evergreen/semi-evergreen. I see them planted here in clusters and as solitary specimens. I even see wild swamp Crinums at my grandpa's, along side the road and at the okefanokee. Does anybody have any recommendations? If so, list color bloom, size if plant and and at wh…
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Starting off palms in the Blue Mountains (NSW)
by JasminInYarpshire- 1 follower
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Hi all, Just looking for some idea on this one. I'm currently renting in the Blue Mountains (just moved out here from UK!), but will be settling permanently in the next year to 18 months, and may well be moving down to the coast (central to mid north coastal NSW - fingers crossed!). I've got a small yard (sheltered) and large balcony (less so) in the upper blue mountains, around 950m altitude in Leura/Katoomba area. The balcony is a little bare so thinking of potting some palms here, and starting them off so I'll have some plants ready to go into the garden in our permanent home. Does any have any suggestions for any palms that could tolerate both conditions? Ideally…
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S. louisiana Bluestem
by JSKeys- 7 replies
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I decided to move a little (one zone) out of my comfort zone and try out S. louisiana Bluestem. I just got these 1 gallons from Mail Order Natives and they look very healthy with a good size root ball. They'll spend the winter in pots and then get planted in the Spring. For many years I've played it safe with the pretty much bulletproof dwarf palmetto, needle and windmill palms. If we get a truly zone 7a winter after they go in the ground these bluestems may be toasted, but I'll chance it. Does anyone else have experience with S louisiana in zone 7a?
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Elegant Trachycarpus & others
by dekaoxtoyra- 1 follower
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i have many species of trachycarpus some are very elegant and some are very different