COLD HARDY PALMS
Selecting and growing palms for colder climates.
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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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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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Fruiting Date Palms in Northern California zone 8-9?
by kylemtncruzr- 1 follower
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Hello, my name is Kyle. My horticultural journey has lead me from bonsai, cacti, and now palms! But what I love more than looking at palms is eating their fruit! So my first major palm purchase will be a fruiting variety, Phoenix Dactylsomethin, but I am concerned about their fruiting ability in Northern CA. Upon searching, I have read various times that you won't get fruit out of a palm in N CA. (Oh yeah? >:]) I'm hoping many of you will laugh at a Californian with his first world problem and tell me, of course it will fruit. I'm in Auburn CA. Edge of zone 8-9. Closer to 8. 1700'. I found a nice little gem of info Fao.org that seems like it's the date palm …
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Livistonia Species List
by Alicehunter2000- 1 follower
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As we did for Trachies, please list Livistonia species from coldest hardy to least hardy. Give two temps. ....one for first sign of damage and the second for death of the palm. Include both F. and C. temp. scales. It will be a nice reference thread for those wanting a quick list of possibilities for their particular climate.
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My Brahea's
by Jubaea_James760- 1 follower
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Brahea's are great palms, especially in temperate climates! Brahea Edulis is one, despite where it comes from it's extremely cold hardy! I would rate it as hardy as Washingtonia Robusta if not a little more hardy in my area. These two been in the ground for almost 3 years now...
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B X J vs. J X B? and other hybrid combos?
by DoomsDave- 37 replies
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Scot from SC's thread on hybrid hardiness piqued my curiosity. He bought a J X B, but thought it might be a B X J instead. I have a B and J something, and I'd like to ID it. What's the key differences to the observer? I recall other threads dealing with Syagrus X Jube and vice versa and one was ugly and one was gorgeous. Will post a pic of my monster, and monster to be when I escape from the Dark Tower. dave
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Cold Hardy Madagascar Palms 1 2
by Alicehunter2000- 42 replies
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I was wondering if there are any other palms and plants from Madagascar that would be worth trying in Zone 8b through 9b? Bismarkia is turning out to be a great (albeit marginal) palm for 9a. Dypsis decipiens shows a lot of promise as well. Any thoughts? Does anyone have a good climate map (zone map) for Madagascar? Do they experience freezing temps anywhere on the island?
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Butia paraguayensis and its hybrids 1 2
by Tropicdoc- 1 follower
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OK, what does Butia paraguayensis really look like? Does it really have a trunk diameter less than a foot? If so, wouldn't that mean a syagrus hybrid would have a trunk somewhere between the queen father and the paraguayensis? Then, you have a slim trunk mule palm for a tropical look. And wouldn't that mean that my paraguayensis x parajubaea hybrids would end up with a slim trunk? Still on the quest for the cold-hardy tropical look. Help me out here guys.
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Texas Queens Palms After Freeze 2021 1 2
by Collectorpalms- 3 followers
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These are alive. Mine had made it though 14.5 but are dead. Looks like 2 in Sugar Land lived through low 10s. He is using Silver Queen and Litoralis as the same. They are not, Also how does he know what they? He should state their background. Most likely they are what was termed silver queens. If they are 30 years old, they may have been from offspring that survived in the RGV, Laredo or north Florida. Those were the silver queens. I had those, I had plants purchased from the RGV. My Litoralis were recent introduction ( Late 2000s) and I got my seedling from Jeff Marcus. I still have a 15 gallon Litoralis, and I have seeds from this past fall from my Silver Q…
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Availability of Cold Hardy Palms 1 2
by Ken Johnson- 44 replies
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Now that nurseries have found the huge market for Cold Hardy Palms they have begun production in huge ways. Soon the entire US will have Windmill palms!
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Palm freeze protection 1 2
by KsLouisiana- 2 followers
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Hey palmtalkers. So here in Lake Charles they are forecasting around 20 for a low over the next few nights! Terrible... But I have a few Queen palms. The tallest is about 20ft. A bismarck that is about 7 ft and a phoenix roebelenii that is about 5ft. Along with a myer lemon, satsuma, lila avocado and a grapefruit tree. I bought a bunch of fabrick and heat lamps and some heat tape. I plan on doing a heat lamp on the bismarck, citrus, and definitely the phoenix. What do y'all think? Should they all be okay? What about the queen palms? Should I bother protecting the 20 footer? Any comments and suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
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New appreciation for the Mules 1 2
by Xhoniwaters1- 1 follower
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Here is a picture of one of my three seedlings I have in the ground. They were unprotected throughout these deep freeze episodes we've had this winter. 60+ frozen hours and counting. Still looking perfect. Awesome palms..gotta plant more!
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Most cold hardy date palm. 1 2
by Jerrrod- 2 followers
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Hi everyone, just wanted to know what the most cold hardy date palm is? I keep getting conflicting information on the internet.
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Sabal minor 'cherokee'
by Shiveringtropicals- 3 followers
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I got these seeds from Rarepalmseeds a couple of months ago and they have finaly began sprouting. Anyone confirmed if they are as cold tolerant as rps says? on the site they where supposed to be able to take -22°C / -8°F but that could be in dry climates only. The only palm i have germinated before was Washingtonia robusta but for me most of them died during winter at -6°C 21°F. We can get fairly wet winters here so any advice or tips would be greatly appreciated. Has anyone else germinated these or similar varieties what were your results?
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Texas Sabals, Little Giants
by Brian F. Austin- 16 replies
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Here are some Sabal Mexicanas(?) in Austin. I wanted to show how crazy long the petioles are. Much longer then the 35"-47" that wikipedia states, more like 144++" They seem to be most impressive at this size and perspective. I put the camera on a timer and added some fuzzy Doofus in the photos for scale. These are all from the Laguna Gloria Sculpture Park where they are growing near oaks and cypress. I have many of these growing from seed along with S. Uresana and S. Causiarum too. - thanks Joseph! I can only imagine what those will look like size-wise in the future. The sunny shot of the flowers is a week earlier than the shady one.
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About to get pimp-slapped. 1 2
by buffy- 1 follower
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Looks like 14F for Monday night. Good bye marginal friends. Let's see what will surprise.
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Why is my needle palm dying?
by faceyourfaces- 30 replies
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In July I bought two needle palms from a guy selling them on eBay. One of them was clearly in worse condition than the other and it went into rapid decline in September. Today I was able to pull the most recent frond out of it and confirm that it's now completely dead. However, the other palm appeared to be in great condition and showed no bad signs until last month and now it is going into rapid decline like the other palm. The oldest fronds are dying one by one and all of them have dried up quickly. The palm on September 29 vs. the palm on November 23: The guy who sold it to me said he would send me a new needle palm in the spring to replace the one tha…
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Southern Oregon - Brookings 1 2
by Chester B- 1 follower
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I made my first trip to Brookings, Oregon and I was not disappointed in what I saw. Lots of exotics that I can't grow here in Portland and many of them were huge. I had 10 minutes that I was granted to drive around and snap photos. I seemed totally suspicious so only managed to get a few decent shots. Unfortunately I wasn't able to get any photos of Washingtonia palms. I did also see some Pygmy date palms planted in a front of a store but had not idea as to how long they had been in the ground. Apparently Brookings has an unusual climate. I took this from Wikipedia The Brookings area has a cool-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csb). …
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Trachycarpus Nainital
by palm789- 2 followers
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Does anyone know the growthrate on these and compared to a regular trachy. Also I finished replanting today any idea on how long it will take to establish and acclimitise to its new area.
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Ravenea Xerophila
by palm tree man- 1 follower
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I know that this is a very slow grower and that it has a root that reminds me of a cycad. I also know that despite its name it does not like to be dry all the time and does enjoy being watered regularly. What else do we know about it? Does anyone know anything that is not listed in Dave's Garden or on Palmpedia or in "An Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms". This is a really cool palm in my opinion, some people prefer the other more lush Ravenea but I like this one because it is so different.
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Rhapidophyllum hystrix in Knoxville, TN 1 2
by Bigfish- 2 followers
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In 2006, thanks to the Southeast Palm Society Hometown Grant (which the SPS gave out every year to plant palm in public places), I was able to plant a bunch of cold hardy palms on the campus of The University of Tennessee in Knoxville. Here are some pictures of the Needle Palms (there were also Sabal minor and S. sp. 'Birmingham' palms planted) right after planting in 2006. Palm #1: Palm #2: Palm #3: And these pictures of the same palms 8 years later in 2014. Keep in mind that this is after a brutal winter where the temperature in Knoxville dropped to -1F (-18C). Palm #1. This one gets full sun most of the day, and has a lighter color…
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Palms in northern mediterranean - 1450 ft a.s.l. 1 2
by LivistonaFan- 40 replies
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Hello, I planted the following palms in an olive grove: Butia eriospatha Chamaerops humilis var. 'cerifera' Jubaea Chilensis Livistona Chinensis Phoenix Canariensis Rhapis excelsa more will be planted in the next years, but primarily I have to check the cold hardiness zone (I will install a weather station soon to check the winter lows). I hope the lows in the coldest winters will at least be >18 fahrenheit
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Jubaea Chilensis 1 2
by SALOttawa- 3 followers
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Hello, I just joined the forum today. I have been growing palms for a few years now, but I have always brought them indoors for the winter. This year I decided to try growing 3 varieties of hardy palms: Trachycarpus Fortunei, Washingtonia Robusta, and Chilean Wine Palms. I bought seeds on eBay. I have found good instructions on the TFs and the WRs, but I haven’t found anything reliable on the Chilean Wine Palm seeds. Has anyone had experience growing these from seeds? Some sites suggest breaking the shell off, while others don’t. I have them soaking in water at the present time and I will be planting them on Friday. I am hoping to get some good advice before then. Th…
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Drive Thru - Brookings, OR 1 2
by Zach K- 1 follower
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I recently had the pleasure of driving through Brookings, OR on my way back home to Portland and decided to snap a few pictures. Please add some of your own if you also drove through! I unfortunately didn’t have all the time in the world so I didn’t get that many pictures. Hopefully I can go down and give it a thorough inspection. Feel free to correct my labeling Enjoy! Yucca gigantea and CIDP Loquat Tree Agave Any idea what kind of this tree is?? Little Pindo Palm and some Cannas in the front yard Some basic Colocasia Sturdy looking Washingtonia Why do Trachy’s …
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N. Florida cold hardy palms 1 2
by tank- 51 replies
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Some recent photos of some of the palms I have planted out here in north Florida. Livistona australis Trithrinax acanthocoma
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