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Livistona decora (decipiens)


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25F and many hours and nights at or below freezing with many mornings with short periods of light frost. No damage

Matt in Temecula, CA

Hot and dry in the summer, cold with light frost in the winter. Halfway between the desert and ocean

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two weeks with moderate freezes and heavy frost between -4°C/25°F and -6°C/21°F and one night with -8.5°C/17°F and days of only 0°C/4°C (32°F/39°F)...

small plant shows serieus damage on the leaves. leaves feels a bit soft and looks very light green. the bud looks still fine but i wonder for how long. (update coming spring)

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  • 2 weeks later...

Two night s at 32f the 2nd night with heavy frost no prbems at all. All three have about 4ftCT.

With a tin cup for a chalice

Fill it up with good red wine,

And I'm-a chewin' on a honeysuckle vine.

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Mid 20's every winter for a night or two. Little or no damage. L decora, L. saribus, and L. nitida are all hardier than L. chinensis in my opinion. Oh, and they grow much faster too. Jury is still out on L drudei, however.

Land O Lakes FL, a suburb on the North Side of Tampa, FL

Summers are great, 90f/32c in the day & 70f/21c at night with plentiful rain & sun

Winters are subtropical with occasional frosts and freezes. Tropical cyclones happen.

We have a few Royal palms in the warm microclimates but Coconuts freeze.

I am a Kayaker, Hiker, Bicyclist, and amateur Photographer that loves the outdoors.  

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  • 1 year later...

Many hours below freezing with an ultimate low around 20 degrees. Small palms (3 gallon size) all toast with spear pull, looking pretty dead, I have a feeling if these were older they would have been fine.

-Krishna

-Krishna

Kailua, Oahu HI. Near the beach but dry!

Still have a garden in Zone 9a Inland North Central Florida (Ocala)

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Update April 2010: Only one of mine survived, again I think these would have been fine if they had been larger. In addition I lost two small Livistona marie.

-Krishna

-Krishna

Kailua, Oahu HI. Near the beach but dry!

Still have a garden in Zone 9a Inland North Central Florida (Ocala)

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I have a 2y.o. l. Decora protected in a greenhouse by snow rain and wind, during 2 days we had -7 C and -5 C by night and -3 C and 0 C by day. The palm has no damage after 4 months and it's growing

ciao

Federico

Federico

Ravenna , Italy

USDA 8a\b

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better performing than washingtonia and queens for me.

14 days with sub 32degrees F, ultimate low around 17/18. covered with small blanket. about 20% leaf burn, 2 spears pulled and so did 2 fronds.

palm was 1 year in the ground from a 7gal. first winter and it did great on a record cold year.

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Luke

Tallahassee, FL - USDA zone 8b/9a

63" rain annually

January avg 65/40 - July avg 92/73

North Florida Palm Society - http://palmsociety.blogspot.com/

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Ultimate low of 16F with multiple lows in the upper 20's and lower 30's. Significant frond damage but palm has already put forth 2 new spears.

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Clay

South Padre Island, Zone 10b until the next vortex.

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Ultimate low of 16F with multiple lows in the upper 20's and lower 30's. Significant frond damage but palm has already put forth 2 new spears.

This palm grew very well the following spring/summer and was approximately 10ft tall (tip of highest frond) by winter of 2010/2011. The following very hard winter of three days below 32F with an ultimate low of 17F was too much. All fronds were torched, but many petioles remained green until April at which point the entire palm turned brown. The spear and growing point were easily pulled. Surprisingly, many smaller L. decora (growing point still underground) in the yard survived.

Clay

South Padre Island, Zone 10b until the next vortex.

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Mature trees dead after low of 17F in Austin at Zilker gardens. Pictured in July 2011

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Current Texas Gardening Zone 9a, Mean (1999-2024): 22F Low/104F High. Yearly Precipitation 39.17 inches.

Extremes: Low Min 4F 2021, 13.8F 2024. High Max 112F 2011/2023, Precipitation Max 58 inches 2015, Lowest 19 Inches 2011.

Weather Station: https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/KTXCOLLE465

Ryan (Paleoclimatologist Since 4 billion Years ago, Meteorologist/Earth Scientist/Physicist Since 1995, Savy Horticulturist Since Birth.)

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Mature palms lining I-45 in Houston look fine (just some tip damage) after two winters with lows around 20*F and a few days with afternoon highs below freezing. They actually looked comparable to the Washingtonia hybrids growing beside them...

:) Jonathan

Jonathan

Katy, TX (Zone 9a)

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If you are referring to the ones along Interstate 45 south of downtown planted about 5 years ago, Hobby airport is the closest airport, they had no daytime highs of 32 or below, and the coldest was only 23 this winter. I saw them a couple weeks ago, and they were alive but looked a little rough. Mine had little damage last winer after 15.5 but died this winter after a low of 17 because the duration of below 20 was much longer.

Ryan

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Current Texas Gardening Zone 9a, Mean (1999-2024): 22F Low/104F High. Yearly Precipitation 39.17 inches.

Extremes: Low Min 4F 2021, 13.8F 2024. High Max 112F 2011/2023, Precipitation Max 58 inches 2015, Lowest 19 Inches 2011.

Weather Station: https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/KTXCOLLE465

Ryan (Paleoclimatologist Since 4 billion Years ago, Meteorologist/Earth Scientist/Physicist Since 1995, Savy Horticulturist Since Birth.)

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If you are referring to the ones along Interstate 45 south of downtown planted about 5 years ago, Hobby airport is the closest airport, they had no daytime highs of 32 or below, and the coldest was only 23 this winter. I saw them a couple weeks ago, and they were alive but looked a little rough. Mine had little damage last winer after 15.5 but died this winter after a low of 17 because the duration of below 20 was much longer.

Ryan

Oops, my bad, should've checked the weather data before making the statement. There were quite a few days with highs below 40*F though. Sorry to hear about your L. decora, how did L. chinensis fare up north?

:) Jonathan

Jonathan

Katy, TX (Zone 9a)

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  • 6 years later...

Three L. decora scattered around my yard have survived this winter's low of 17F with 36 consecutive hours below freezing. These palms were plants after 2011 when the previously described palm died.  All plants have 1 - 3 foot of trunk and survived with significant damage to fronds but no spear pull. All appear to be growing well now.

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Clay

South Padre Island, Zone 10b until the next vortex.

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