COLD HARDY PALMS
Selecting and growing palms for colder climates.
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And the winner is.......the green one!
by frienduvafrond- 5 replies
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How hardy is Butia Yaytay X Jubaea?
by knikfar- 1 follower
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I live in Raleigh, NC, zone7b side of zone 7b/8a line. I just ordered a butia yaytay x jubaea from Patrick. Does anyone have experience with this hybrid and can tell me what kind of winter lows its tolerated? Most of our winters don't go below 10F. 16F was our low this year and that's the lowest temp we've had in three winters. But of course, every once in a while we'll get a cold one and drop into the single digits. So I'm just wondering how difficult it'll be for me to keep this guy alive. I have a regular butia now and I've wrapped it in mini-christmas lights and covered with frost cloth on the coldest nights. But it hasn't experienced anything severe yet. Any insights…
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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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A few pictures around the yard
by WSimpson- 7 replies
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My Butia odorata is taking over the walkway . A picture from inside the house . Pretty big Minor volunteer . It's an NC ecotype . Sabal Louisiana . Lots of seed ripening . My largest Needle Palm . It's about 7-8 feet to the tip of the highest frond . This Citrumelo will look like this throughout Christmas and they start falling off in early January . I get more people asking about this tree . I've gotten to where I don't answer the door anymore when I think someone is inquiring about it . Will
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Zone 7 Update
by GregVirginia7- 7 replies
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Good morning! Don’t want to be boring on such a beautiful day but wanted to update on my zone 7 palms here in Northern Virginia. So far, no long, oppressive stretches of heat, somewhat cool nights, beneficial rains…not your typical NOVA experience… Named it Sasquatch…it’s trunk is about 9 feet tall now and that furry top 2 feet reminds me of a Sasquatch head. I do think it’s genetically engineered for the winter cold. It’s been a great palm. Sunny, wetter Needle… Shady, drier Needle… Brazoria really busting out and I’ll have seeds for the first time in 8 years or so…will definitely sprout some and share some if the damn sq…
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Ask the experts :)
by Palmlover_78- 1 follower
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Hey Gang :), I have Windmill Palm seeds that have sprouted, and are doing good. Half of them haven't , and 5 of them have already starting to rot. Despite my efforts I think it might be time to throw the seeds out in the compost :(, The photos are the seeds that haven't even begun to germinate and the other one obviously have :P, They ones that haven't germinated still are hard as rocks and sink like stones when put in water...are they dead or what? I started them around mid January.. Thanks a lot
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Where to buy a 2-4ft CT Dactylifera
by SRJbb99- 5 replies
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I’ve been searching the better part of 6 months and can’t find them anywhere. I know they aren’t truly cold hardy but a local meteorologist in the Dallas area has one and I wanted to give one a shot. Any ideas? I would even take 4-6ft overall with no trunk if I could find them.
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Spear pull protocol..
by Borderzoner- 1 follower
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Well it's been almost 2 months since the last major freeze. Nearly all roebelinnis, majesties, queens got the spear pull going on. The last of em are just now spear pulling. Nasty fungusy smells coming from the larger queens that are spear pulling. Some smaller roebelinnis, cat palms and majesties are melted to the ground. Not much hope there unless they are able to sprout from rhizomes. My main question is for the bigger queens and majesties. They have spear pulled but it's complicated because I don't know if it's too late since they started pulling weeks after the freeze event, and there's fungus smells all up in the holes. And on top of that its been raining off and on…
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I'm still learning how to differentiate between the date species but I assume these are CIDP? Sylvestris?
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In memory of...
by frienduvafrond- 4 replies
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One of my favorite butia in town. The slim trunk and open crown really made it look tropical imho. Sadly, it had not pushed out a spear by the end of july, and was removed. Another victim of the harsh winter event.
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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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Crown-shaft palms for Houston?
by Little Tex- 5 replies
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anything other than Chamaedorea radicalis or a royal or foxtail? maybe kings or rhopies?
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Zilker Gardens February 18, 2022 Austin, Texas
by Collectorpalms- 1 follower
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Some recoveries some failures, too many to mention. But here are some pictures. Austin had 25 earlier this month. A fair amount of damage. 10 maybe 12F last February. Very warm spot south of the Skyline of Austin. I have grown to love their hardy cycad collection.
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Chamaedorea hybridization
by Chester B- 1 follower
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Does anyone known if Chamaedorea radicalis and microspadix will hybridize? i have about 10 microspadix clumps already in the ground and will be planting out a large number of @DoomsDave radicalis that are ready to go in the ground this year.
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Moultrie Palms, anyone been there.
by steve617- 15 replies
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Me and the family are heading to Orlando on the Oct 25th. We’re going to stay that night in St. Augustine. We're staying 5 miles from Moultrie Palms. Was curious if anyone from here been there. Read great things about them. We won't have much space but would love to get a couple seedlings. Thanks for any info.
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Windmill palm Growth and development
by Brandon James- 1 follower
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Hey all, I’ve been taking pictures since I planted my windmill palm here in maine. I’ve found it interesting to see the trunk development and the crown shoot upwards. Hopefully the palm continues to weather our island here on the coast, it’s already endured two winters as we go into a third here. The comparison picture is two years, the left one is when I’ve planted it and the right was this august. curious if anyone else has progress pictures of their plants and how much they have grown?
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I got a Sabal minor
by PaPalmTrees- 14 replies
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Sabal minor
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Lytocaryum Hoehnei first flowers
by Laaz- 4 replies
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How long does it take the flowers to open? Over a month now & they still haven't opened. This one has three coming & the other has two. Butia's on the other hand flower in just a couple weeks.
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BuJubaea unhealthy fronds
by LivistonaFan- 7 replies
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I bought this ButiaXJubaea F1 about two months ago online. I knew that it had extremely stretched fronds (there were some more, I did cut many of them in the last weeks), but considering the price tag and size of the plant, I ordered it nevertheless. First, I repotted it (though there were just few but relatively healthy roots) and after two weeks in part shade, I then put it in full sun. But instead of making more compact, darker green fronds, the new ones look even worse than the old ones. Do you think it was too long in a very shady position and needs some time to regenerate or is there another problem? Sry for the bad quality of the phot…
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Butia catarinensis seed germination
by GregVirginia7- 4 replies
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They’re here...they appear to be the right shape and size and they were nice and clean... Float test had all but one sink so I guess one floater out of 14 isn’t bad...now the reading starts...any experienced tips welcome!
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Canary Leaf Opening
by ahosey01- 7 replies
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Wondering if it is normal for my canary palm to open its leaves very slow. I don't know much about palms yet. This was taken Saturday morning: And this was taken about 10 minutes ago: That leaf that is opening pretty much looks the same in both pictures. Is that normal? When my Phoenix dactylifera opens a new leaf, it takes about 4 days from the first sign of opening until it is fully opened.
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Hi, everyone would these following palms work in alberta could they live up to Christmas Day and then protect them so there not in a box most of the year? I want to know how cold hardy these palms are 1 Washingtonia. filifera 2 Sabal x brazoriensis 3 Sabal. minor 4 chamaerops humilis 5 Trachycarpus fortunei
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Fernandina Beach
by Jcalvin- 1 follower
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We decided to take a short get away this week, so we went to Fernandina Beach (about 45 minutes down the road across the Georgia/Florida line). I’m not sure how many pictures I’ll have a chance to take for the next couple if days, but here are just a few.
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Palms planted in March vs May (Z6)
by ColumbusPalm- 11 replies
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Just wanted to throw out some observations for the colder climate folks. I originally asked when to plant my 3&7g Sabal minor and 7g Needle palm back in March and ended up planting all 4 then. They are all growing quite well now and I wouldn’t be surprised to see 3 new fronds from each (except the 3 gallon minor) this season. They’ve all pushed out 1 and the 7g are all starting to flower. Seems it has helped them establish quicker even though they saw some 20F nights after planting. I planted a Sabal Louisiana in May and it has done nothing. Wondering if July/August will treat it better but I’m surprised. All of my potted palms from May are also going real…