freakypalmguy 310 Report post Posted January 6, 2009 27F and many hours and nights at or below freezing. Three foot tall Illawara 80% brown. Central spear was just starting to unfurl and is looking bad. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SouthSeaNate 125 Report post Posted January 17, 2009 Archontophoenix cunninghamiana, rather stupidly growing in England 2 @ approx 9ft tall with no overhead canopy have badly burnt & "bronzed" fronds, mostly on the highest ones. Lowest temperature -2C (28F), plus a few other nights down to freezing or just below. One night it was below freezing for around 15 hours! They are still very much alive, they had horticultural fleece wrapped around them & a duvet cover over the top. Unfortunately they had already been damaged before I decided to wrap them... 2 smaller ones, 1 @ approx 2ft tall & another @ 5ft, received no protection other than natural canopy above & suffered no real damage... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tikitiki 12 Report post Posted January 22, 2009 triple in the ground for about 3 years. Ranging from 1ft of trunk to 3 foot. Little protection. It started to show some browning after the first night at 32f with no frost. Now after the 2nd and some frost it is looking worse. Still just cosmectic damage at this point.l I hope. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dave-Vero 656 Report post Posted January 23, 2009 31-32 degrees from 9:30 pm until near dawn, 30 at dawn. Dry air, no frost. My A. cunninghamiana with maybe 4 feet of trunk, total height at least 15 feet suffered no visible damage. We'll see how tonight (probably a bit warmer) goes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ruskinPalms 543 Report post Posted January 23, 2009 Low of 27.3, radiational freeze, no wind, unprotected. below freezing from approximately 12:30 AM to 8:15 AM. Lots of frost. Pictures 36 hours after the freeze. OK condition so far...very minor browning. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rafael 424 Report post Posted April 7, 2009 Could anyone tell me if cunninghamiana is stronger than alexandrae facing frost and freeze. And how much stronger. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
velutina 58 Report post Posted February 8, 2011 I have a 3' trunk A. cunninghamiana that has just survived it's second winter here with minimal protection (christmas lights). It has seen temps between 26-28F and no damage. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sutter Bob 27 Report post Posted February 10, 2011 Here are a few young ones (3 winters) after being hacked by me after typical winter damage. R. baueri in middle. Low 27F. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dave-Vero 656 Report post Posted February 10, 2011 Our low temperature in December was 26 F (-3 C) with lots of wind at the airport, less than a mile away. 28 degrees two weeks later. Archontophoenix cunninghamiana, with partial sky blockage from a tall oak but clear sky directly overhead, suffered no significant damage, only barely-noticeable leaf browning. Archontophoenix tuckeri, next to it, suffered maybe 50% leaf browning, unsightly but not very harmful to the tree, which, along with two others, has resumed normal growth. This is a rather bad photo of my tree, which is the tall feather-leaf hiding behind an Acoelorraphe wrightii and a native Simpson stopper bush (Myricianthes fragrans). To the rear, you can see damaged leaves from Syagrus schizophylla and Satakentia liukiuensis (pretty much ruined). In the foreground, a Zamia pumila is shedding leaflets. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sutter Bob 27 Report post Posted July 9, 2012 Had a low of 20F six months ago. Lost about five cunninghamianas - all in the open. The three shown above under cover of tall pine all doing fine. Others rebounding with moderate defoliation. I'm definitely on the borderland for this one, but under tall cover or south side of house worth a try. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ghar41 201 Report post Posted July 12, 2012 Hi Bob, Ive had good success with Daconil poured right down the throat of burnt A. cunninghamiana spears and have saved them that way. More recently Ive taken the advice given here on palmtalk to use Hydrogen Peroxide the same way- it works well also and is cheaper and non toxic. See post #31 on the following thread: http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=32990 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
enigma99 585 Report post Posted December 26, 2012 I also live in the area. (Rocklin/Roseville) My Kings have been around for a few winters now. I used to wrap them and use hydrogen peroxide after freezes, but now I just use propane. One 89.99 Home Depot patio heater 48,000 btu, can warm a huge part of the yard. And how often does it get below freezing? Or below 30 when the Kings start burning? A couple nights a winter. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sutter Bob 27 Report post Posted December 27, 2012 Used peroxide on some last winter after the deep freeze and suspect it might have made a difference. Like the idea of the propane heater but am getting lazier and just letting them fend for themselves this year. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zootropical 10 Report post Posted January 25, 2013 Dear all, Any news after the last cold snap in west USA? Sincerely. JM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tropicdoc 374 Report post Posted January 16, 2017 South Louisiana- 2 nights at 26 F. First night wet with advective freeze very windy. Second night radiation freeze. A. Cunningham no clear trunk, 7 foot tall overall, under heavy live oak canopy. Bud protected with xmas lights and bubble foil. Some leaves exposed sticking out of the top. Exposed leaves are about 50% browned, one rachis wilted. The palm is alive and doing ok and is working on opening a new frond. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sandy Loam 317 Report post Posted November 19, 2017 On 7/11/2012, 8:41:20, ghar41 said: On 7/11/2012, 8:41:20, ghar41 said: Hi Bob, Ive had good success with Daconil poured right down the throat of burnt A. cunninghamiana spears and have saved them that way. More recently Ive taken the advice given here on palmtalk to use Hydrogen Peroxide the same way- it works well also and is cheaper and non toxic. See post #31 on the following thread: http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=32990 ------------- What does this mean? (The "Throat" ). There is no opening, per se, to drop peroxide into a palm's bud. Only if I harm it by slicing it open will the bud be exposed. -------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sandy Loam 317 Report post Posted November 19, 2017 .... Also, there are a lot of people posting here on damage the morning following a freeze. Isn't Archontophoenix Cunninghamiana one of those palms which will look fine for a month+ after a freeze, but then starts to decline then? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RedRabbit 1,678 Report post Posted January 27, 2018 No damage from 28f. Additional info can be found here: http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?/topic/55520-2018-freeze-in-central-florida/&do=findComment&comment=834723 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sandy Loam 317 Report post Posted January 28, 2018 Mine all had a lot of frond damage at 23 F in the extreme freeze this January. However, the crownshafts look fine, so I think they will pull through and start to look normal again in the late spring. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sandy Loam 317 Report post Posted May 26, 2018 Update as of May 2018 : - of my five larger archontophoenix cunninghamiana, only three are now producing new green growth at the spear. I won't pronounce the other two dead yet though. I will continue to wait until next year even. "Large" = the crownshaft is about as tall as my head, or slightly higher. - the medium-sized one is also growing out a new spear, although very slowly and reluctantly - all of my very tiny/juvenile archontophoenix cunninghamiana were killed This January was certainly my worst cold event in eight years. It consisted of two freezes, a week and half apart: 27 Fahrenheit the first time and 23 Fahrenheit the second time. The 27 F event was worse because the below-freezing temperatures lasted so many hours, although it always went above freezing after at least 10:00 or 11:00 am. The 23 F event was also much quicker. Either way, the back-to-back impact of these two freezes was the absolute limit of what this palm can tolerate. Recovery will be slow in the survivors. The new growth that I see in the palms mentioned above is very slow, reluctant growth. They are barely clinging onto life. It is a zone 9b palm, not a zone 9a palm. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lou-StAugFL 154 Report post Posted July 22, 2018 (edited) Now that summer is in full swing I can see that my a. cunninghamiana looks like it is coming back normally from some cold damage this past winter in zone 9A. The emerging frond during the cold was damaged and stunted you can see that in the first photo, but you can see the new one is full size. This tree is under some live oak canopy so it is very protected but not close to the house. Edited July 22, 2018 by Lou-StAugFL Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lou-StAugFL 154 Report post Posted March 31, 2019 (edited) Here is a far away and close up shot so you can see the crownshaft of my Archontophoenix here in St. Augustine, Florida. We didn't have a freeze or frost this year. I think it has been in the ground for maybe 5 years now. So they do well in a protected area here in St. Augustine. I am just a few blocks from the intracoastal waterway. There is live oak and cedar tree on the northside of the palm so it is somewhat protected. I am 5'10" tall for perspective on the size of the tree. Edited March 31, 2019 by Lou-StAugFL 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites