COLD HARDY PALMS
Selecting and growing palms for colder climates.
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In short, a dry climate with little rain, with temperatures of -8 °C in winter and high in summer. Many hours of sunshine. Which one do you think can survive with better conditions? Charts with values from 2 previous years. Salamanca/Castilla y León/Spain Thanks.
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Transplanting S. palmetto seedlings
by Manalto- 5 replies
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These two seedlings appeared at the base of my Sabal palmetto. I realize that they're slow growers but I like the look of young sabals, especially when grown in a little shade, (and the price is right) so I'd like to move them. Two questions: Do they look to you like S. palmetto seedlings (and not another species delivered by birds)? What's the best method and timing for moving them?
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Looking for a Jubea and T. Princeps in the PNW. Any advice on where to go for quality and price?
by Moe Exotic- 13 replies
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Hey Guys, New to this forum and didn’t find a thread on this in my searches (I’m sure its here I just can’t find it). I’m in Kingston, Wa and am hoping for some leads. I’ve put in all sorts of edible and ornamental trees and shrubs with a few palms as the most recent addition. I just have 1 waggy and 5 fortunei so far. I can’t find many places in WA that carry a selection of hardy palms. I would like to add a larger jubea. I can’t afford 2k tree but also don’t really want to start from strap leaves. Palms Northwest is the only place I’ve visited in person since I started planting. They only had one and it took a beating over the winter. It’s looking like a…
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Trachys: misleading survival rate
by smatofu- 11 replies
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Hi, after last winter of the century in Texas (2021, temp down to 0F), trachies survival rate was maybe 50% (extremely rough estimate). I saw green fronds on those surviving trachies in spring and summer. In the last few months I was surprised to see many supposedly live trachies to die! Including one of mine (very healthy palm before the winter) I cut the trunk on my palm. The bottom part of the trunk was white/yellowish/healthy, the top part of the trunk had a slight brown color tint. It is a reminder how delicate palms are and that they have very small abilities to recover from stresses!!!
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fall planting?
by Briank- 4 replies
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need some advice. This is my first year growing palms Spent all summer digging holes and planting palms. I have quite a few still needing to put in ground. In particular I have 2 15ga Bismarks. I live 5 miles from beach in heart of San Diego. Our weather in San Diego is pretty much ideal for planting year round I would think. We don't really have seasons. As next week we will have 4-5 days in mid 80's after this rain. Should I hold off planting any more palms for the year and wait till spring? I have about 20 palms growing on my patio, we never get frost were I live, never below 40 degrees. So I think I can leave out throughout fall n winter. I was thinking ab…
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Washingtonia robusta?
by Dartolution- 1 follower
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What is the agreed upon zoning for planting this palm? I also read that it is an extremely fast grower. I live in 8a and honestly I have not ever seen it sold here, or maybe Im just looking in all the wrong places.
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New R. Hystrix!
by LasPalmerasDeMaryland- 1 follower
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I decided to try a needle palm here in zone 7b Mid-Atlantic. I figure that after 3 years of protection they should be near bulletproof here as they are rated as zone 6b and the summers here can be sweltering. I tried them here before but the first one died during the fall due to transplant shock (as it was shipped bare-root from the west coast) and the second one was a Home Depot blue pot from florida. I don’t think the blue pot one was a very strong plant as the leaves were quite brittle and snapped frequently. I’ve heard blue pots in general aren't very strong due to over-fertilization since they’re so slow growing. Anyway, this palm was shipped with a pot! So…
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Sabal time :
by WSimpson- 1 follower
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I know it's been hot in Texas and even the Midwest but here there has been a pesky Low pressure system off the Southeast coast that's been hanging around for the better part of the week . Well that Low is moving on and I'm going to get in on some summer like weather . Sabals love 80'sF-90'sF with lows in the 60's . Sabal Birmingham on the left and Palmetto on the right . My HC palmetto might bloom this summer but it should next summer . Hopefully I will have a lot of seed on my Birmingham that has been lacking a lot of seed for 3 years now for some reason . ( Possibly it needed to recover fully from 2018 when I had a record eight day below 32F period ? It has ful…
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NW Louisiana Butia
by John Derek- 1 reply
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Today while out and about I found these around 12 foot tall Butias. These are probably the largest I have found locally. They are in front of a closed down Sonic drive in. I collected 56 plants from around the base of it. We had an 18 degree night already over late fall, but these girls are obviously tough as nails.
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USDA hardiness map shows only the southern limits of Kentucky lay in 7a, although large portions of the rest are in 6b. I noticed Louisville and Lexington geographically fall here and with the well-known help of urban heat island/canopy/ body of water it could be possible to to grow Trachy’s/needles/s. minor in this area without protection, provided they’re established. Had anyone here seen this pulled off?
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Oregon Mule Palm Finally Taking Off
by MRB1192- 10 replies
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Well, it has been two years and two months since I planted my Butiagrus Nabonnandii in full sun in my Zone 8b garden in the suburbs of Portland and am happy to report it is finally growing steadily. The past two summers it put out a total of just two fronds, but this summer, with the help of a consistent fertilizing regimen and some very hot weather as of late, I am thinking I should get at least 3 fronds.. No protection or supplemental heat for this one in the winter.. Curious to hear from other Mule owners in OR/WA how your palms have done the past couple of years. both with winter cold and summer growth?
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Oregon Pindo palm in flower
by Chester B- 14 replies
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A few shots of my biggest Butia flowering for the year. This is the second time it has for me, last year it did not flower.
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Sabal minor in Native Habitat
by Manalto- 1 follower
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I stopped off in Brooks Park in Chickasaw Alabama yesterday and got this shot of Sabal minor growing at the edge of the bayou. It's pretty swampy here but they seem to be thriving.
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Waite Arboretum: Possible Jubaea hybrid seed?
by Jonathan Haycock- 1 follower
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The Payneham Jubaea chilensis is a very fertile palm, producing copious amounts of pollen and subsequent fruit. The Jubaea chilensis at Waite Arboretum appears to be self-sterile, offering tiny quantities of poor quality pollen per inflorescence and up until today, hasn’t dropped a single fruit over the last 2 years despite pushing almost year round spathes. A while ago, I noticed a limited number of fruit forming on the Waite Jubaea. They were more elongated than the round fruit typically seen on this species. I picked up the ripe windfall, cleaned the fruit to reveal seed that is again elongated, but also smaller than regular Jubaea. Due to the prev…
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Trachycarpus Fortunei Sexing
by GeorgiaPalms- 2 replies
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Hey all. It's been a while since I've posted on here, and my Trachycarpus is flowering for the first time this year. I am not certain if it is male or female, but I am thinking it is male. Is anyone able to confirm? I've attached a few photos. Thank you!
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Update on my Portland Oregon area zone 8a palm tree survivors (in unheated greenhouse over the winter)
by MarkbVet- 1 follower
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Most of my palms made it through winter, though I lost my 15 gallon Sabal palmetto (variety 'lisa' was also damaged but still alive). Also lost my Nannorrhops ritchiana seedling, and my 2gallon Serenoa repens 'Silver' looks to be toast as well, despite these being in greenhouse and protected from severe cold and rain. It was wet/drippy in the greenhouse, which may have affected the Mazari palm, but I'm surprised Serenoa didn't do better. My 2 gallon Brahea 'super silver' lost all but one small leaf; not sure if it will pull through. Still, I had a lot of things survive, including many varieties of palms (some exotic hybrids) and two small Joshua tree seedlings (reg…
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Trachycarpus fortunei leaf disease
by Palmphile- 1 follower
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Hey everyone can someone help me figure it out what is wrong with my trachycarpus fortunei, has been declining for several months, thanks.
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Vlads place
by Love them palms- 1 follower
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some of you may remember this titan Vlad who lives in Browns point Washington in the Pacific Northwest. took a trip out there with his sort of mentor Dave Alvarez.. Vlad is ill from cancer but he had a good enough day to talk with us, also had the pleasure of meeting Bryon Jones who was also there. he built the amazing gardens at the point defiance zoo. here's some pics. you may have to scroll down a bit. the pic upload messed up     …
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Phoenix Dactilifera Central Texas Survivor 5F
by Collectorpalms- 1 follower
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These were planted in College Station, Texas right before the Big Texas Freeze by a month or so if I recall. I saw them About a week after freeze toasted. I am Guessing planted Dec 20, Jan 21. I contribute survival due to drought stress from being new plants.
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2 headed Jubaea
by LivistonaFan- 1 follower
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I had recently been looking at somewhat overpriced Jubaea and discovered this remarkable specimen. Do any of you know of other multi-headed Jubaea especially adult specimens? I've seen this phenomenon before with Livistona chinensis, but I can't imagine what it would look like on a palm with such broad trunks. Now I'm a little bummed that I didn't buy it🤔.
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Possible Butiajubaea hybrid?
by John Derek- 1 follower
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I found these older girls in North West Louisiana in mid December by pure chance. While admiring them at an abandoned Sonic drive it I noticed an abundance of sprouts. I transplanted 52 which all are doing great. I drove back by there last week and noticed the one in which I dug up sprouts was very blue and about 15 feet tall. What are the chances that this girl is actually a hybrid butiajubaea? The other one although is similar size is not as blue. The Fonda are very long and arching. Our winters are cold and summers are hot. What do the experts think?
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palm advice
by palm789- 9 replies
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im debating on buying a 8ft fortunei the thing is ill be moving in a year or so,can i keep it in the nursery pot until i move,will it be heavy to lift in nursery pot its in a 40liter pot
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Anyone growing mint around their palms?
by DAVEinMB- 11 replies
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I understand mint can become a menace in the garden but I can't help but think it would be a nice addition in a few spots. Anybody have luck or is this one of those keep-in-pot type situations
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So is this a new species of palm that looks like lush green grass year hound? 😂
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