COLD HARDY PALMS
Selecting and growing palms for colder climates.
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Fall Palms Update
by PalmTreeDude- 9 replies
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So far we got down to 23 degrees F. All of the palms (of course) are fine. Some get pretty big over the summer, especially my needle palm, it was covered by the bananas, and now that I can see the while palm, it got really big, much bigger than it looks in the pictures.
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Palm disaster
by Palm crazy- 20 replies
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Some sad news on my feather palms. Two months ago I started fertilizing four of my feather palms with blood meal. They show no sign of anything wrong, until this month when the weather finally got warm they started dying. (March & April well below average.) One of them the whole center died out, that was my only BxJ. All the rest have either solid center with total leaf gone on trunk and the others have center partly dying with good looking older leaves. I’m not sure what to think about this… my problem was fertilizing to early and then we never really got warm till early May. I’m not going to fertilize any other feather palms till early June. I think I’ve learn my le…
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Trachycarpus takagii x Trachycarpus wagnerianus
by Jonathan Haycock- 1 follower
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My fathers Trachycarpus takagii (T. wagnerianus x T. fortunei F1) flowered for the first time this year (female). He pollinated it with Trachycarpus wagnerianus and seeds appear to be developing. Hoping the resultant backcross (T. takagii x T. wagnerianus) will stiffen the leaves further (more wind resistance) without significantly reducing leaf size. My father and I had a little chuckle at the irony because he was the first out of the two of us to produce a cross. I emigrated to Australia in 2019 to follow my dream to grow a wider variety of palms and create hybrids, yet my father (who’s not that interested in them) beat me to the punch in the UK.
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Supremely Sabal!
by MarkbVet- 3 followers
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Here's a sampling of various Sabal palms that I've recently obtained. Most should be hardy here in zone 8. I've re-potted into larger pots when they arrived; awaiting warmer weather and sun to make 'em grow! Hopefully these pics will post in correct sequence, with close up of name and then pic of whole plant. Two w/o visible names are Sabal palmetto var. "lisa" (tall, thick/fused leaves), and S. minor (last pic).
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Old IPS article on Cold Hardy Palms in Southwest Ohio
by WestCoastGal- 9 replies
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I happened upon an reprint of a study done by David A. Francko and Sarah L. Wilhoite from Miami University in SW Ohio, on "Cold-Hardy Palms in Southwestern Ohio: Winter Damage, Mortality and Recovery" which was pretty interesting. The study involved the following palms: Rhapidophyllum hystrix (needle palm), Sabal minor (dwarf palmetto), Sabal minor Louisiana (blue-stem palmetto), Trachycarpus fortunei (Chinese windmill palm), Trachycarpus takil (Himalayan windmill palm), Sabal palmetto (cabbage palm), Sabal etonia (scrub palmetto), Sabal bermudana (Bermuda cabbage palm), Serenoa repens (saw palmetto), Trachycarpus fortunei Norfolk and Greensboro and Livistona chinensis…
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Parajubaea peeling
by Zifool- 8 replies
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Hi all, I've recept yesterday some parajubaea seeds but i need to peel them. I've tried it so hard somebody have tips to do it easy ? Thank a lot ! other tip for germination ? soil ? method ? temperature ?
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I am asking for a German fried who is not a member here. Before too many words, a few photos: This Sabal was planted in 2007 and grew very well until three years ago. Leaves started becoming continuously smaller since then and this year, it started to push out a flower stalk from the centre - it almost looks like a mini-corypha's terminal spike. It is protected every winter and never sees temperatures below -8C (17.6F). Has anybody ever seen anything like this? Any chance of survival/recovery? After all, it is still alive and growing... Any suggestions as to how to facilitate its recovery? thanks!
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Butia x Queen update.
by Palm crazy- 17 replies
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Here is an update on my B x Q. This one was planted as a seedling many years ago and is finally getting some size to it. I haven't had to protect it in a long time. This palm is so much hardier than I would have thought. It is growing in one of my best microclimates between two houses and there's a tall holly tree above to give overhead protection. Not bad for z8a. Although I don't get that cold very often. Anyone else growing this B x Q? What has been your experience? What are its limits when it comes to cold?
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Determining the temperature growing range of palm species
by Mauna Kea Cloudforest- 1 follower
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I'd like to start a meaty scientific discussion on what is the optimal temperature growing range for specific palms, and how to visualize that data in a useful manner that includes the photoperiod. This is not a topic for ADD Facebook style fly-by reading. You have to dive into this topic if you're interested in it. I've been playing around with a colored spreadsheet to visualize the temperature range. If you look at the chart below, you can look at the growing range, and then take a 10-15F photoperiod for ideal growth and determine if a palm is well suited to grow in your climate. For example, beccariophoenix alfredii has an optimal growing range between 60F a…
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Most tropical looking hardy palm
by climate change virginia- 32 replies
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Requirements Zone has to be tolerable of 7b or 8a either one is fine (Does NOT have to be feather palm), Has to have a nice amount trunk. Thanks.
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Advice for Mule Planting Location
by DAVEinMB- 2 followers
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Good morning everyone. I just picked up a couple of 65 gallon mule palms and wanted to get some opinions on planting location. I know there are a ton of factors that go into how cold tolerant these plants are and I have no knowledge of their specific genetics. As the crow flies I'm about 5 miles off the coast in the myrtle beach area, zone 8b. My plan was to plant them in an open area of my front yard that receives sun all day long, including early morning sun. I could put them in a more protected area which may provide a better microclimate but I'd rather keep them out in the open. As a side note these palms spent over a year in containers on the nursery's lot howe…
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Hybrid Phoenix (reclinata x roebelenii)
by Phoenikakias- 5 replies
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I have potted up my young plants a couple of days ago, and from now on pot is about to remain constantly outdoors till to ground planting. Plants (at least one) while in cold frame took a look of roebelenii on steroids! But air humidity in the cold frame is higher and now plants have to cope with the lower humidity of open air. They will be fine but probably this will change to some extent their appearance. Anyway I found on this occasion a good opportunity to take some stills under natural day light, which capture their greenhouse look. Maybe in Florida with higher air humidity those hybrids would still retain this look...
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Trachy "seedlings" zone 6b
by nick1427d- 12 replies
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Hey everyone first time posting. Been attempting to grow palms for about 2 years now. Have "killed" 2 larger Trachy due to rot and 1 needle over winter, none protected. I have about 20 Trachy seedlings with about 2 to 3 straps sitting in plastic pots at the moment. I'd like to have them permanently in the ground around my inground pool. I have some ideas on protection during winter and since I got these dirt cheap not terribly worried if a few don't make it. Question is should I wait to plant these now, this fall, or next spring? It's getting very hot and humid here. Should they be planted in afternoon shade? Maybe wait till they get a bit bigger? Currently they are …
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How much space between palms?
by newtopalmsMD- 2 followers
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I have 2 questions about spacing between palms. 1. I have a 2 gallon sabal minor Cape Hatteras that I am thinking of planting 3 feet from a trachy that has begun to trunk. See picture below, with the sabal still in the pot. Is this far enough apart? My thinking is that by the time the sabal grows wide enough to impinge on the trachy, the trachy should have 5 or 6 feet of trunk and so the frond of the two plants would never touch. Reasonable? (BTW I highly recommend the blue dune grass in the background as a companion plant to palms. ) 2. I have a second trachy slightly bigger than the one on the right hand side of the picture. I have a 2 gallon sabal Birm…
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Large and nice winter protections pictures needed
by zootropical- 8 replies
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Dear all, I am working on a article project about exotic plants and palms protections from cold during winter. This article will be publish in october 2013 in Plantaexotica. Any pictures with some details (location, lowest temperatures, sp. protected ...) are welcome. Pictures may be free of copyright. But I will write the name of the photograph. I have already two papers from french growers but I would like to present US and Canadian growers to. You can answer here or contact me by email at jmdupuyoo(at)yahoo.fr Thank you. Jean-Michel
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Native Palms In Snow?
by PalmTreeDude- 13 replies
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With all the snow in the Southeast, has anyone seen or taken pictures of native stands of palms in snow? I am sure there are tons of Sabal minor covered in snow in both Carolinas and stands of Sabal palmetto covered in snow in South Carolina and Georgia, also Bald Head Island, N.C.
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((BxJ)xS)) or ((JxB)xS)) Post Here 1 2
by Dartolution- 4 followers
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There are a number of threads related to this specific tri-genera hybrid, with posts smattered about here and there. If you have one of these, please post an image of it and source if possible with any cultural notes including cold hardiness or observations related to its appearance. There is very little data on these hybrids, and what is out there is disorganized. These seem to be more popular lately than even mule palms. ((Butia sp. x Jubaea) x Syagrus sp.)) or ((Jubaea x Butia sp.) x Syagrus sp.))
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Zone 5 and 6 palm growers 1 2
by Coldpalms- 2 followers
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Anyone out there growing palms outside in zone 5 or 6?
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Mule palms in 8a Atlanta
by GApalm- 2 followers
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I purchased two large mule palms from an Atlanta dealer he said they were from Texas and had survived the big freeze in 2020. however; I have read on here that they may struggle in 8a and are rather more like a zone 9 palm. They are tall beasts with thick trunks and lots of lush foliage. They do have trunks similar to a butia than the queen palm. They have been in the ground about five months and have both flowered with seed pod. One is bigger than the other, I’m not sure how old they are. I am worried about the cold hardiness of them, I want to make sure I have everything covered, should the weather dip below 25-30f. I purchased some heating cables from Amazon,…
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Cold hardy banana plant
by charlotte palm guy- 2 followers
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I planted 2 cold hardy banana pants last spring at about a foot tall for each. Both somehow exploded into the height you see in the pic over a single Summer. They grew about 10 feet in one season. Is this even possible? In Spring will the just pick back up where the left off? As you can see the leaves are all dead right now. I think the morning sun and partial shade really helped these explode. One of the 2 pants was in full sun a year before and didn’t grow much at all so I moved it to side of house that you see in pic. Charlotte, NC located
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Beautiful palmetto in the piedmont.
by Brad Mondel- 1 follower
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Near Anderson, SC
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Parajubaea ID
by Marius- 15 replies
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Hi Everyone. I just bought these two beautiful Parajubaeas. I’m so excited to finally get Parajubaea. Not sure which species they are. I suspect that the one in the ground is torallyi due to rusty colour under the pinnae. Any thoughts will be welcomed. Now I have to make a plan to get them to my house. I’m in Bloemfontein, Free State and the palms are in Gauteng Province.
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So far so good 1 2
by DTS- 2 followers
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This is the first year that I’m not going to protect my needle palm until it gets too cold for it So far, a cold event brought it down to 18 degrees, and it’s currently 29 out. No damage at all on it so far. Tonight it’s supposed to get down to 19f, so it will go through basically the same temp twice. Also, I forgot about these little Washingtonia and Sabal seedlings behind it, so far the Sabal Causiarum has less damage than the Washy hybrid. Already know that they probably aren’t going to make it to next year but I guess It see how far they can go.
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fastest-growing trunk
by Sandy Loam- 10 replies
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Can anyone tell me which of the cold-hardy palms has the fastest-growing trunk (in a humid subtropical climate)? By "cold-hardy," I mean at least as hardy as a Sygraus Romanzoffiana. Please don't say Washingtonia Robusta. I can't grow those in my region because some fungus or disease is attacking them. Thank you
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Sabal Brazoriensis
by WhoDatNation- 1 follower
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I’m just wondering where in the yard I can put this bad boy coastal plain NC ZONE 8A Thank You Gary from Gary’s Nursery in New Bern NC
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