COLD HARDY PALMS
Selecting and growing palms for colder climates.
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Best Method for Winter Protection?
by ChrisA- 21 replies
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As summer nears its end, I can’t help but think of the cold weather that is coming. Miraculously, in this high desert, I’ve been able to get a filibusta established to the point that not only can I not protect it so well, but, outside of a freakishly bitter winter, it really does not need the protection. However, I have two young palms, one newly planted this year, which are not robust and established. These need my best efforts for several more years until they are possibly large enough to balk at our average winter. These are a Sabal uresana, planted in 2016, and a new Brahea armata, just planted in May of this year. The sabal received zero damage, under …
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Best mulch for windmill
by palm789- 4 replies
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As above just looking for suggestions thanks.
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Best nurseries in the Rio Grande valley
by blake_tx- 1 follower
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It's been a while since I've been down there. Please list your favorite nurseries down there please. Thanks in advance!!
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Best palm for hot summers, cold winters?
by jfrye01@live.com- 6 replies
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I am wondering what the best trunking palm would be for my zone 6b climate...Temperatures are often in the 90s to 100s through July, August, and part of September, and we can go up to a month between rains. Winter tends to be cold, with temperatures in the 20s-30s, dropping to the teens and single digits, and rarely, probably two to three times a winter, the negatives...I was wondering what the best trunking palm for the west side of my brick house would be...keep in mind the west faces the hot afternoon sun in summer, yet in winter, this tends to be somewhat of a microclimate.
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I just moved to Merritt Island and I am looking for the best places to Chambeyronia macrocarpa & Kentiopsis oliviformis. Any suggestions? David
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With the windmill doing pretty well, I am going to plant two bigger larger cold hardy palms. So some suggestions would be nice for what they could be and recommend especially because of my climate.
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Best pinnate palm choices for San Antonio TX 1 2
by Ben OK- 46 replies
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Not to start any fights, but I am hoping to get opinions from folks who have been growing palms in TX. I have mentioned that I will be moving to the SATX area soon. The house I am buying is in the suburbs and it has a 0.29 acre lot. The yard is mostly just grass, with a nice pool and patio area. As I try to plan out my vision for the space, I am seeking some advice about which pinnate palms would be worth trying. I don't plan to protect my palms, unless they are small and pretty new in the ground. So keep that in mind when considering whether a palm would be worth trying. It is my understanding based on what I have read and observed in the area that the best ch…
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Best place to buy Sabals?
by ahosey01- 2 followers
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Can anyone point me to the best place to buy harder-to-find Sabal species? Sabal pumos Sabal bermudana Sabal birmingham Sabal minor Jungle music’s selection isn’t huge.
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Best potted palm tree? 8b
by Peachs- 25 replies
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60L pot (16gal) South facing (lots of sun in summer) Self-watering pot (never lack water) In zone of passage, distance of pot to wall 1 meter. So I must buy at least with 1 meter of trunk to facilitate the transit. I do not want it to be temporary, so it should not grow more than 6 meters high... Which one do you recommend?
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Best Quality Fertilizer for Palms
by MarcusH- 2 followers
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With so many fertilizer brands on the market it's not easy to pick the right one. For now I'm using a Big Box Store brand ( Miracle-Gro) . What brand is the Mercedes under all fertilizer?
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Best reliable palms for northern San Antonio?
by fr8train- 2 followers
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I see a lot of dead Washingtonia trunks all over the place, but when I drive deeper into the city there are a lot of healthy specimens that have bounced back. What I imagine are Texas Palmettos all look healthy (not enough people plant these here), as do Trachycarpus Fortunei. I've seen one large Canary Island Date palm at the Rim that looks like it's recovering, and some Butia at a local restaurant. I went to a local nursery and the guy had tons of very healthy looking mule palms, but I haven't seen those anywhere outside of there. Still, it seems like 99% of what's planted are Washingtonia, and even then there aren't that many of them considering what I would thin…
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Best slow release fertilizer?
by Sabal King- 2 followers
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Wondering what everyone uses for slow release fertilizer on their palms?
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Best Soil PH Test
by ahosey01- 0 replies
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I have thrown most of my palms directly into the native soil without bothering with a PH test. I believe most of the species I have aren't super fussy about soil PH, save perhaps for the Bismarckia. That said - I would like to understand my PH and get it to the optimal place for each of my palms if it's way off. I have Brahea armata, Bismarckia nobilis, Phoenix canariensis, Chamaerops humilis, Phoenix dactylifera, and will soon have Sabal uresana. Can anyone recommend the best soil PH test I can do myself without having to send it off to a lab?
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Best sun exposure for Sabal minor zone 7a?
by newtopalmsMD- 1 follower
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What is the best sun exposure for sabal minor in zone 7a. It currently gets sun from 10 am to 1:30 and 3:30 till 6. The is a limb from a nearby oak that casts a shadow from 1:30 till 3:30 in the summer months. Is it worth having that limb cut down to get more sun on the sabal? or is shade mid afternoon shade better? (or doesn't it really matter?) Thanks
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Best Trachy Look-a-Like for Acoelorrhaphe wrightii
by Alicehunter2000- 1 follower
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As everyone knows I experienced a brutal winter. One of the palms that took the most damage was Acoelorrhaphe wrightii. Since it is likely that the tall trunks on this palm will not survive, I was looking for a Trachycarpus species that would look similar that could be planted in the same area. I fully expect the A. wrightii to survive at the bottom (root zone), but it will be several years to get the trunks back to the size that they were. I figured if this happens again at least I could group some Trachies in there to give me something more than headless trunks to look at. So what species looks the most like A. wrightii? and is cold hardy to 15 degrees F.?
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Best Understory Palms for PNW?
by BeyondTheGarden- 6 replies
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As my garden gets bigger, I find myself wanting to fill dead space with understory palms. So far I've got a few needles, a sable minor, and a few Chamaerops humilis (maybe not exactly "understory" but I use it for the same function). They're all quite small, most are brand new to me. I've also got a few Arenga engleri's and Chamaedorea microspadix, but those are marginal where I live and will eventually need protection or perish, and I don't really include them in my list of dependable palms here. I'm looking for palms that stay around human-height and form a hedge, a ground-level backdrop of wild fronds. Our summers are so mild, I think everything I listed gro…
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Best Way to Separate Livistona chinensis
by Pee Dee Palms- 1 follower
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I recently bought a Livistona chinensis and decided that I wanted to separate the 5 palms each and just have 5 specimens that I can plant all separately. What would be the best way to do this while keeping all the palms alive?
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Hello everyone. Hope everyone in the lower 48 is staying warm and has their palms comfy. I was wondering if anyone has a great painless way to tie up fronds of a Washingtonia or Phoenix type of palm. You know.... the ones that eat you alive if you get to close to their teeth and thorns. I was just wondering since I seem to struggle each year when it comes time to get them ready for winter. I am not so much worried about the Phoenix yet as it's still easily manageable but with the Washy, it's up on a tall ladder territory and takes me several try's and with a few nice scratches and a couple drops of blood lost. As always, I appreciate the he…
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Best way to water Phoenix sylvestris
by MesquiteRetreat- 0 replies
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Back on May 24, 2017 I asked “How much water is too much water for a Royal”. The response was basically, “You cannot over water a Royal”. So, thanks to the input of so many folks, we seriously upped our water and now we don’t worry about him. I also got some great advice about our Sabal. It was suggested that we take him off regular drip and just water him deeply once a month. Wow, what a difference that made! He is now one happy fella and we don’t worry about him either. Now, I have the same question about our Phoenix sylvestris. Photo 1 is from a distance, and I think he looks fine, except for maybe some telltale signs of the recent freeze we got here in Deep …
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Big Archontophoenix in Northern California
by Patrick- 2 followers
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https://www.google.com/maps/@37.9795898,-121.7848433,3a,28.5y,232.41h,89.23t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s_ueSU-YWHi2dUyerAe3Ibw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 Hello all, I saw this tree from the main road yesterday and had to Go back to Google to find it. It's pretty darn big and probably one of if not THE only Arch. in the city. They usually struggle and flounder up here. Winters in this area are just a bit too cold and wet and they just barely get going again by the end of summer. This picture is probably 3 or 4 years old and It's probably about 18' total height at this point. What's even more impressive to me is that this palm is on the NORTH side of the house so it's def…
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Big Box Palms
by Chester B- 15 replies
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It's that time of the year that the big box stores here bring in their shipments of palms and tropicals. Pretty basic selection but still nice to see. The other big box also stocks pindos and I do see the odd Ch humilis cerifera White and Orange bird of paradise Washingtonia robusta and filibusta Trachycarpus fortunei Chaemerops humilis Assorted cacti and agaves Agave attenuata Ensete maurelli
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I just posted the other day about some Chamadorea that I saw at Lowes and ran into something else today so I figured I'd just make a thread where i could post this stuff. Don't want to fill up the forum with new posts every time I get overstimulated from seeing a new potted tree. Anyways, picked up 2 Adonidia today at Wally's for $25 each in League City TX. Might be old news to you FL folk, but I don't see them for sale here often due to being out of zone. Pretty good size for $25 I think.
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Big Box Store Finds 2023/4
by DTS- 2 followers
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These giant majesty and cat palms I saw at Lowes made me want to revive the old thread about this, but I’ll just start a new one!
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Big box stores -2024 1 2
by Chester B- 1 follower
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Huge queens, Pygmy dates, Washies, Bottle palms! And Bismarckia at the Kingwood Lowes here in the Houston area. Only one Bismarckia left as the bluest one is coming with me!
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I wonder if the big box stores here in Texas actually sell pure Robustas . How can I identify if it's a pure Robusta or a hybrid ? How does a Robusta dominate Filibusta look like? The reason why I'm looking for answers is my advertised California fan palms turn more and more into Robustas . I've bought these two young palms at our private nursery in 3G pots. The new fronds coming out do have a lot of Robusta in it. I'll post pics later the day .
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