COLD HARDY PALMS
Selecting and growing palms for colder climates.
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Hey guys, I'm not in Texas, and I am very sorry for what all of you are about to go through with your gardens. That said - I'm interested in seeing the outcomes. Not the miserable carnage, that will be sad - but what curious palms managed to survive and under what conditions? I wanted to create this thread now, before the chaos begins. Once you all begin to feel that cold, and once you emerge from it at the end of next week, please come here and post your pics so we have all of them in one spot. If you can, specify: The species The low you experienced Compounding weather factors like freezing rain, etc. Try not to respond to this th…
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Help!!! Ok 4 palms planted in ground on my lawn 2 had fond pull and they look pretty sad.
by Bill Nanaimo- 1 follower
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I have 4 palms planted in the ground in my front lawn, 2 have fond pull and look pretty sad they other 2 don’t look to well put don’t have the fond pull, I have 4 more in the back yard that are in garden beds that are doing great, I’m wondering if this might be because I let the grass grown right up to the trunk which might have lead up to too much water or mositure being around the trunk, as the ones in the backyard all have stones around them. whats your thoughts or ideas ???
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I´ve been reading posts about the recent polar vortex that affected texas and northern Mexico and this reminded me of this palm species (Brahea berlanderiana/ B.dulcis) that grows just across the border in Coahuila. I think this might be the most cold hardy palm in Mexico and maybe one of the most cold hardy in NA at least for sure is the palm with the coldest natural habitat, but i am only refering to the palm species that grows in the Sierra Madre Oriental of Coahuila and Nuevo León. Serrania del Burro in Coahuila is their northernmost population, they mostly grow on the eastern side of the mountains growing among oaks and junipers. …
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How is everyone feeling about next week\weekend.. Seems like NTX may get spared the worst of it this time around and the lows appear to be higher than the lows we got here in January 2021.
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Well I've caught the palm bug and lemme tell ya, it's been taking me on quite the ride. My property didn't have much in the way of landscaping when I purchased it, just a few small flowering bushes, etc. Nothing exciting, nothing tropical looking. Although the lot wasn't eye catching, it did give me a blank canvas to work with. As a brief overview, I've added some trees to the front yard but didn't do any structural changes. The back however, has received a retaining wall with 3 large planters built into it. This area extends from my concrete patio and serves as both additional patio square footage as well as an area to add some palms and whatnot. Here's what I've …
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How to kill a palm without digging it up?
by Sandy Loam- 1 follower
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Hello PalmTalkers. I need to kill several chinese fan palms (livistona chinensis) without digging them up. How can I accomplish this? In the past, there has been advice on PalmTalk about drenching the growth point with kerosene/lighter fluid - e.g.: http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?/topic/16797-phoenix-dactylifera-medjool/ However, I am reluctant to use kerosene because the trees are right against a wooden fence. I do not want to create a risk of fire. The reason I cannot dig them up is that these trees are attached to other livistona chinensis which I want to keep (sold to me as clustering palms, but turned out to be seeks planted together in the same p…
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These are some CIDP sprouts I am getting after planting on Sep 8, 2020. I will be posting updates of these plants.
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According to NWS North Texas: coldest temperatures since the Arctic Outbreak of December 1989*. (*Possible...)
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Hello Everyone, I have just joined the forum after having been brought here by a google search for cold hardy palms. I saw some other posters also from New Mexico and thought I'd add some photos of mine. I live on the west side, about 5,100 feet in elevation. Summers here are very hot, with some rain; while winters can get very cold. The palm pictured was one of 3 five gallons I bought at a nursery in Phoenix back in 2006. It has not been protected very much other than occasional Christmas lights to give some supplemental heating. When I planted this tree there were no other trees in the yard and it enjoyed a south facing very sunny location next to my wall.…
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Decided to start a thread to keep track of the growth of these two hybrids that I got from Patrick Schafer on December 5th. yatay X jubaea and jubaea X yatay. The smaller of the two is the jubaea X yatay and it took some damage in shipping but it's doing fine. The yatay X jubaea is the bigger of the two and it also has some damage from the tag being tied tight and high up on the meristem. Leaves are coming out a bit deformed from that, but it will grow out of it. They are putting on some good growth in the three weeks since they arrived. First photo is right after they arrived and I potted them up on Dec. 5th, second photo is today, Dec 27th. They went full pinnate…
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Here we go again. Another severe freeze warning issued for most parts of Texas for the coming week. Lows in the mid to low 20s. Are you guys prepared? Any changes in choosing palms ?
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the speed of the mule 1 2 3 4
by sonoranfans- 6 followers
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First let me say, I dont live in a cold zone, it either 9B or 10A depending on mother nature, this year was 10A. I did live in zone 9a gilbert AZ for 10 years where my best feather palms were queens(20F minimum in 10 years). With that experience, I do have quite a few palms that might be considered cold hardy. I use these palms in the colder more frost prone areas of my yard, and because I like them. One of the most beautiful of these palms is the mule, or x butyagrus. My little 3 gallon hybrid was purchased from mike evans in august 2010. Here it is, the middle 3gal palm as purchased.
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Portland (Ore.) Train Station Palms
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I had a several-hour layover at Portland Union Station last month and was fascinated that a number of palms are thriving in front of the station. Anybody know what type of palm these are?
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Hey everyone, I'm thinking about doing a thread highlighting the palms growing in and around Myrtle Beach. Of course the area is littered with sabals but I wanted to focus on the butia, washingtonia, trachy, phoenix, etc. that are sprinkled around. There are some well established, mature trees around here that look like they've been doing well for many years. Question is, would you guys rather have the posts broken up by type of palm or just throw everything into the same thread? Let me know and I'll start throwing pics up. Thanks!
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This is my first post here, I hope I am not posting in the wrong section. I live in the Houston area and two years ago I have started to plant palm trees after I cleaned the landscape of some other trees from my house. Now, after all of the work that I have done to redo my landscaping on my own, at least I see that my lawn is coming back to life. The palm trees, I have or perhaps I should say I had because I don't know how may are still alive, fourteen. I have already bought two small Pindo Palms that I keep outside in pots right now but they are slow or best case scenario medium growing. Also, I am looking for some Texas Sabal Palms that I can get but I don't know…
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How far north...Mule palm 1 2 3 4
by sashaeffer- 4 followers
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Curious does anyone have a Mule palm in the ground they successfully over winter with protection? if so how far north are you(zone)
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Sabal Palmetto In Zone 7b? 1 2
by PalmTreeDude- 1 follower
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Is it possible to grow a Sabal Palmetto in zone 7b? I have seen a few here but I have no clue if they are protected. I was thinking I could protect one (if I get one) for the first two years to let it get established and then leave it unprotected for the rest of the winters after. What do you think?
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Anyone Got Pictures of zone 8+ Palms In Zone 7 or Below? 1 2 3
by PalmTreeDude- 2 followers
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Anyone have pictures of zone 8+ palms in zones 7 or lower? Please post them here!
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Butia x Parajubaea Cocoides 1 2 3 4
by smithgn- 2 followers
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I didn't want to hijack another thread, so I thought I'd make a Butia x Parajubaea hybrid thread. Anyone else feel free to post pictures of yours as well, whether it be a Butia X Parajubaea cocoides or torallyi or even a sunkha. Anyways, here's mine purchased from the one and only Patric Shaffer. Butia capitata x Parajubaea cocoides: You honestly couldn't have packaged this any better. A puncture in the box during shipping. Luckily it missed the plant! This big guy is going into my newly purchased and put together greenhouse. By the time spring arrives, do any of y'all think I can put it in ground? Thanks and look forward to seeing everyo…
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Filifera Update 3.5 years old 1 2 3 4
by SailorBold- 2 followers
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Here is an update of my Washingtonia filifera 'TorC' palms for mid summer. The palms were planted in March 2013 as strap leaf seedlings. First pic is from June 2013 ~ 3 months in ground.
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Juvenile Trachycarpus wagnerianus at 50°N 1 2 3
by Pal Meir- 1 follower
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I planted a juvenile 4 years old Trachycarpus wagnerianus, which I had grown up from seed in 2003, on 28 April 2007 outdoors in Heidelberg/Germany at 49.4°N. The following pics document the very limited growth and its struggle with long and hard freezes. Here are the photos of the first 4 years outdoors from 2007 to 2011. (1) first day in the ground (2007-04-28) (2) first winter outdoors (2008-02-03) (3) after the 3rd winter (2010-03-12) (4) the 4th summer (2010-07-19) (5) the 4th winter (2011-01-01) (6) the 5th summer outdoors (2011-08-20)
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Hi. I am making my own thread to update randomly for the people who care, so I won’t inadvertently hijack others’ to post updates of my projects. Feel free to reply. Enjoy.
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Trachycarpus Fortunei Winsan 1 2 3 4
by Chris Wilson- 5 followers
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Anybody growing Trachycarpus Fortunei Winsan? I have one that is about 5 1/2 years old, it is a very fast growing palm it's around 9 feet tall at its tallest leaf tips now. There is not very much information or photos of this palm, I've read that the mother palm has 360 degree fronds but none of seedlings were showing that trait so far. My palms fronds are getting rounder but are not 360 degrees yet. I also read that it is less hardy than regular Fortunei but since I live in Ohio I have to protect it every winter, the lowest my palm has seen unprotected is 19 f. If anybody has any Photos or information about this palm please share. Here is some photos showing the growth o…
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First I want to say that the data will also be entered into the Freeze Damage section for individual species. Pictures will be entered with my hand held but discussion will primarily be with laptop for ease of use. Hopefully pictures will be worth a thousand words. First up a ray of sunshine.
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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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