Jim in Los Altos 2,436 Report post Posted January 16, 2007 Mine is trunking and 14 feet tall overall. 26.5F minimum and there's only minor damage to the oldest leaf. Rest of palm looks great. Several days have now passed and my S. sancona has considerably more brown spotting showing up. Half of its fronds are freckled with 1/4'' brown spots. It will be a couple of years before those leaves are replaced. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spockvr6 22 Report post Posted January 16, 2007 These are decently tough palms it seems. I had a very small one (18" seedling with juvenile leaves) see something around 28-30F (since it was pretty much at ground level where I measured an actual 28F regardless of the "official" temp of 34F taken at 4 ft) last February and it emerged undamaged. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Geoff 267 Report post Posted January 17, 2007 Seedling about 1' tall protected by shade cloth slightly burned- nearby temps 27F. But my 6' tall plant I had at my last house was defoliated by temps 25F... though survived somehow. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim in Los Altos 2,436 Report post Posted January 18, 2007 (Jim in Los Altos @ Jan. 15 2007,19:40)QUOTEMine is trunking and 14 feet tall overall. 26.5F minimum and there's only minor damage to the oldest leaf. Rest of palm looks great. Some spotting has shown up on this palm on half of its leaves now that some time has passed. Looks like it will be fine though. Unfortunately it's a slow grower. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Palmy 13 Report post Posted January 20, 2007 I have about 8 seedlings. They are all on their 5 leaf. They held up pretty nicely considering the temp. Where the palm was located it was about 26F. Just some spots. They will all look great at the end of the summer. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Palmy 13 Report post Posted February 1, 2007 ^ all of them fried. I can probably save 2 of them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bayou Bob 2 Report post Posted February 1, 2007 :: I have an S. sancona I got from Gary Wood a few years ago that has been growing well in the ground. When I got it from Gary it was a struggling 15gal. that had been frozen back to the spear at 24. This year it experienced its' first frost in northern California, 5 or 6 nights at 30-32 and has only 10% brown-tipping on a newly-opening lime green frond. It's likely only to grow up here in the warmest, frost-free parts of Sunset Zone 17, but I expect to see it be a tree some day. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joe palma 166 Report post Posted April 10, 2007 Have seven average size 15g plants (no pinnate fronds yet), came out of a green house a year ago, 2-3' tall, medium canopy, saw 32F, frost one night, minimal wind exposure, all defoliated, might make it. 1g, plants, minimal canopy, no wind exposure, lost about 10 of these and the rest look pretty bad. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rafael 424 Report post Posted December 29, 2013 Mine saw 32F for 3 nights in a row, below dense canopy. Untouched. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dalmatiansoap 391 Report post Posted December 29, 2013 Mine saw 32F for 3 nights in a row, below dense canopy. Untouched. Any pics of it? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rafael 424 Report post Posted December 30, 2013 Mine saw 32F for 3 nights in a row, below dense canopy. Untouched.Any pics of it? Here it is 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gyuseppe 584 Report post Posted December 31, 2013 Dead to -4 degrees celsius Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dalmatiansoap 391 Report post Posted December 31, 2013 Cute fellow Rafael! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
