Patrick 245 Report post Posted January 16, 2007 No damage on a young plant, unprotected at 23 degrees Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DoomsDave 10,054 Report post Posted January 16, 2007 Three days of 29 degrees F, big fifteener, no problem. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SubTropicRay 161 Report post Posted January 17, 2007 They must grow slowly out there. Even here in their native state, they are slow. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dave-Vero 674 Report post Posted January 17, 2007 Doing well at 23 degrees fits with Florida experience. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alicehunter2000 753 Report post Posted January 17, 2007 Will be trying one of these in North Florida........will eventually (hopefully decades) know if it can handle temps in the upper teens. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Palmy 17 Report post Posted January 27, 2007 21F about 1 foot tall, several years old and I don't see any damage. I cant wait till mine gets bigger whenever that will happen. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edbrown_III 311 Report post Posted January 31, 2007 These will return even from single digits. I saw some in Jax. that recovered from around 14 F. I think below this the canes die. But when it got this cold there was gale force winds. In fact there were some 60 footers up against a building in downtown Jax that survived a 14 F night in 81 but 83 killed them ( high winds) I saw some at the college that largely survived 89 here in Jax ( North Fl) 4 nights 3 in teens ( 16, 17, 19, 22 if memory serves me) there canes werent destroyed. You can get a 10-12 foot plant in a decade if you use good fertilizer and have it in a wet area so hang in there Best regardds, Ed Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AJQ 11 Report post Posted March 19, 2007 I have one planted out here. It got badly sunburnt which I think has not helped when ther colder weather came. It has seen -4.8oC/23oF. It looks quite yellow now and new spear pulled away. Perhaps if I can get one which is Acclimatised to the sun then it may well stand a better chance in the colder waether. Regards Andy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joe palma 181 Report post Posted March 30, 2007 12 one gallon plants, sprouted from seed 3 yrs ago, ~3 leaves, 6-8" tall, under 65% shade cloth, no other canopy close by, saw 32F, frost at least one night, no wind exposure, no damage. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freakypalmguy 489 Report post Posted January 6, 2009 25F and many hours and nights at or below freezing with many mornings with short periods of light frost. No damage Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnorell 469 Report post Posted January 6, 2009 My small plant has only endured 27F so far (with no damage), but I did read an old Principes that gave data from a big freeze in Dallas in I think 1958...it stated that (the then-named) Paurotis had died to the ground in single digits and brutal, lengthy cold, but came right back from the roots. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kailua_Krish 576 Report post Posted February 22, 2010 (edited) Seedling growing in pond exposed to sky. Multiple hours below freezing ultimate low around 20. Leaves 100% damaged but looks as if it will recover (hopefully). -Krishna Forgot to mention a larger one of these in a protected location came through with no damage whatsoever. Edited February 22, 2010 by krishnaraoji88 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Austinpalm 238 Report post Posted June 4, 2010 3-gallon sized plant in ground under canopy exhibited 25% defoliation at 16F with a plastic bucket for protection. Also experienced several night-time lows in the upper 20's and low 30's. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dave-Vero 674 Report post Posted April 5, 2011 This winter's 26º F (-3º C) freeze, followed by 28 a couple of weeks later left mine unfazed. No leaf damage. It's now got about 2 m tall. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NorthFlpalmguy 43 Report post Posted February 11, 2015 I have around 10-20 in 3G pots (but 1G size) under oak canopy but they still get a nice layer of frost. Unprotected, they have gone through nights of 20-22 for multiple hours. There is visible damage to some leaves.. maybe 10%. Not nearly as bad as I first expected. I have some unprotected washingtonia robusta seedlings next to them and 99% of the hundreds I have are dead. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alicehunter2000 753 Report post Posted February 11, 2015 Takes a while to see damage on A. wrightii I'm surprised about your washy's...that sucks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NorthFlpalmguy 43 Report post Posted February 12, 2015 Takes a while to see damage on A. wrightii I'm surprised about your washy's...that sucks Yes, I think they're showing more of the December hard frost damage now but they are still doing better than I expected. I was surprised myself as I have only seen robustas torched like one other time and I used the same seed source both times located around Orlando. I do not really believe in cold hardy acclimation but when I get my seeds locally, I hardly lose any. I really do not care to have too many robustas but it's nice to have a few dozen per year. I have a few hundred pure Fillys to replace them so all is good. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iwan 210 Report post Posted March 6, 2018 Here are my lows for the Feb. 2018 freeze: 2/21 21.6F 2/22 23.5F 2/23 27.9F 2/24 25.1F 2/25 26.5F 2/26 29.3F And duration info from a local AG station. Large one, planted 2009 from a 2G. Small one planted Nov. 2014 from a citrus pot. Just starting to split. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
