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Cold hardy dypsis


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We need a comprehensive list of cold hardy dypsis, and a list of dypsis that just wouldn't work in the cold so we don't wast time trying. I am going to give this a shot with this thread.

Stuff that's already proven itself:

1. dypsis decipiens, 22F, actively grows in the 45-70F range

- Norcal Sunset zones 9, 14-17

- Central Florida?

2. dypsis baronii, 28F, grows fast in 45-70F range

- Norcal Sunset zones 16, sheltered locations in 14, 15, 17

- Central Florida?

3. dypsis ambositrae,27F?, grows fast in 45-70F range

- Norcal Sunset zones 16, sheltered locations in 14, 15, 17

- Central Florida?

4. dypsis onilahensis, 27F? seems to grow in 55F+ range

- Norcal Sunset zones 15, 16, shelter in 14, not feasible in 17 due to lack of heat

- Would seem to be a good one for Central Florida

5. dypsis heteromorpha, 26F?, grows fast in the 65-90F range, not a cool grower

- Norcal Sunset zones 15, 16, sheltered in 15, not feasible in 17 due to lack of heat

- Seems like a great candidate for Central and Northern Florida?

Stuff that's promising:

1. dypsis psamophilla, 28F?, grows fast in 45-70F range

- Norcal Sunset zones 16, sheltered locations in 15, 17

- Central Florida?

2. dypsis utilis, 27F? grows fast in the 50-80F range

- Norcal Sunset zones 16, sheltered locations in 14, 15, not feasible in 17 due to lack of heat

- Another great one for at least Central Florida?

3. dypsis scottiana

- No idea on hardiness, trying this out and seems to grow in cool weather, comes from a dry place so should be able to take some cold.

4. dypsis slick willie

- The tiniest of seedling that I should not have planted out is actually growing still. If I could get my hands on a big one it would surely succeed here.

5. dypsis robusta

- going strong despite cool weather. Sorta slow, seems to need warmer temps to grow well. I suspect it needs more heat units than what our climate can provide.

6. dypsis decaryi x dypsis leptocheilos

- very promising.

These would really be pleasant surprises if they succeeded but they're definitely the least likely to have any long term viability here mostly due to lack of heat units:

1. dypsis saintlucei

- again, no idea on hardiness, definitely requires more heat than all of the above. Mine is stagnant outside of the peak Summer months, but hoping this would change.

2. dypsis prestoniana

- totally experimental up here, super slow so far, no movement at all on this plant.

3. dypsis orange crush

- very little movement on these.

4. dypsis decaryi

- super, super slow, not likely to do well here. And this thing isn't very hardy but I've seen them grow in Riverside, so they've got to have some cold tolerance built in.

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I hope they all do well for you and thank you, for being so methodical with your posts. Although you sometimes draw a conclusion that I may not agree with, the information is there for anyone to take and digest.

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Axel, provided you remember any information given by me about the climate in my garden, could you take a guess to which sunset zone does it fit in ? Unfortunately various plants used for finding the proper zone are missing or are very rare in Greece.

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Axel, provided you remember any information given by me about the climate in my garden, could you take a guess to which sunset zone does it fit in ? Unfortunately various plants used for finding the proper zone are missing or are very rare in Greece.

Sunset zone 21 Summer, 15 Winter.

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I tried Dypsis baronii, in the winter it grew, but it died early summer with spear pull.

Would like to try again though

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This Dypsis decaryi has been here for a number of years. It is on the northside of a beachfront home near Seaside Florida. Northwest Florida Gulf Coast between Panama City and Destin. It has seen some cold winters, including the 2009 and 2010 long duration freezes.

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David Simms zone 9a on Highway 30a

200 steps from the Gulf in NW Florida

30 ft. elevation and sandy soil

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I hope they all do well for you and thank you, for being so methodical with your posts. Although you sometimes draw a conclusion that I may not agree with, the information is there for anyone to take and digest.

You should point out where I say stuff that you think is bogus. Most of what I say is stated more as a thesis, i.e. could be true but may not be. It's going to take a few years to really see how these do. I only have reliable Norcal growing data for decipiens, baronii, onilahensis and heteromorpha.

I tried Dypsis baronii, in the winter it grew, but it died early summer with spear pull.

Would like to try again though

From what I hear, there is a lot of variation on baronii, even to the point that some sucker and some divide and don't sucker. There's got to be a lower elevation form that would do better in Florida.

This Dypsis decaryi has been here for a number of years. It is on the northside of a beachfront home near Seaside Florida. Northwest Florida Gulf Coast between Panama City and Destin. It has seen some cold winters, including the 2009 and 2010 long duration freezes.

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Decaryi is definitely on the cold hardy list, but it's not one that seems to do well with our cool Summer nights. I've got one of these I grew as a houseplant and eventually put it outside when it outgrew its house spot. It immediately went into a funk and has never recovered, it's still sitting there but not doing anything. I got a seedling given to me from someone else, will see how that does.

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Dypsis robusta #2 from Floribunda, planted Aug 2013; notice new spear coming up in the center.

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Dypsis robusta #1 planted February 2013, from Perito. Notice an even healthier new spear coming up on this one. If both of these make it through to Spring, then they might take off. So far, I find them painfully slow, the current rate appears to be 2 fronds per year based on this specimen. I just hope this is because they are still getting established. It's bone dry out here, these are on consistent drip, it's moist all the way down under the plant. I am withholding fertilizer until February.

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Have you checked out the "freeze damage data" tab? We have been adding information about each species in there for a while now. You can pick a palm and see what people have observed over a seven year period.

Huntington Beach, CA

USDA Zone 10a/10b

Sunset Zone 24

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Have you checked out the "freeze damage data" tab? We have been adding information about each species in there for a while now. You can pick a palm and see what people have observed over a seven year period.

Yes I have, seems spotty at best, wasn't able to find a lot of info, just a little.

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Whats "cold hardy" mean? All palms have some "cold hardiness" to em...

Could this D. cabadae be cold hardy?

I seen frost on some rooftops yesterday morning, but I think we only got down to 36F... I dont pay attention anymore unless there are frost warnings....

These palms never see frost on em anyways due to oak canopy...

- Ray.

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Brandon, FL

27.95°N 82.28°W (Elev. 62 ft)

Zone9 w/ canopy

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I would still love to try growing any dypsis in my north of LAT40 container ranch. . .

"Ph'nglui mglw'napalma Funkthulhu R'Lincolnea wgah'palm fhtagn"
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Whats "cold hardy" mean? All palms have some "cold hardiness" to em...

Could this D. cabadae be cold hardy?

I seen frost on some rooftops yesterday morning, but I think we only got down to 36F... I dont pay attention anymore unless there are frost warnings....

These palms never see frost on em anyways due to oak canopy...

- Ray.

Cold hardy means a palm can handle extended periods of chill (at least more than 300-400 chill hours per Winter) and frost. If you have areas that never see frost, then a palm that grows successfully there would not be considered cold hardy.

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My Dypsis onilahensis probably saw 24F with a blanket a week ago.

Longview, Texas :: Record Low: -5F, Feb. 16, 2021 :: Borderline 8A/8B :: '06-'07: 18F / '07-'08: 21F / '08-'09: 21F / '09-'10: 14F / '10-'11: 15F / '11-'12: 24F / '12-'13: 23F / '13-'14: 15F / '14-'15: 20F / '15-'16: 27F / '16-'17: 15F / '17-'18: 8F / '18-'19: 23F / '19-'20: 19F / '20-'21: -5F / '21-'22: 20F / '22-'23: 6F

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...so the only one on your list that is "cold tolerant" would be the double d eh?

(D.decipiens)

Brandon, FL

27.95°N 82.28°W (Elev. 62 ft)

Zone9 w/ canopy

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I cant see none of the others in a fully exposed frost laden area makin it through; as described per your definition...

For instance, the middle of a frost filled high school football field in Polk Co, FL i.e. Lakeland.

Frost is a killer!

Brandon, FL

27.95°N 82.28°W (Elev. 62 ft)

Zone9 w/ canopy

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Saint Lucei Decipiens and Decaryi are in their own class I believe, in terms of the cold hardiest.

Give us your take on D. saintlucei ......... heard rumors that some have had success with this seemingly more hardy than most Dypsis

David Simms zone 9a on Highway 30a

200 steps from the Gulf in NW Florida

30 ft. elevation and sandy soil

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I cant see none of the others in a fully exposed frost laden area makin it through; as described per your definition...

For instance, the middle of a frost filled high school football field in Polk Co, FL i.e. Lakeland.

Frost is a killer!

I agree. More than half of the palms I am growing wouldn't survive here without cover.

Our recent dry cold (which generated relatively little frost) seemed much less harmful (at least as far as immediate damage) than warmer frosts in the past.

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I cant see none of the others in a fully exposed frost laden area makin it through; as described per your definition...

For instance, the middle of a frost filled high school football field in Polk Co, FL i.e. Lakeland.

Frost is a killer!

You're right, and it depends what you define as frost. I've seen frost filled meadows at 35F air temperature. Now I wouldn't be surprised if most of these dypsis didn't tolerate any form of ice crystals on their leaves. So I understand your statement. In Florida you're much more likely to run into frost as the cold arctic air mixes with the warmer, moister Gulf air, so I get why this matters the most there.

But frost is only one aspect of cold tolerance. There are two more dimensions that matter, especially here out West in the colder parts of California:

1) tolerance for below freezing conditions without frost, For example, dypsis baronii tissue can take down to 28F without actually forming ice crystals in the cells if there isn't any frost present on the leaf surface.

2) chill hours, these are the hours between 32F and 45F. Many dypsis can't handle much chill, maybe 50-100 hours. The dypsis I listed all can take several hundreds of hours in this temperature range without root rot and complete decline. This is a problem that you don't have to deal with in Florida.

Without 1) and 2), we wouldn't be able to grow a dypsis under canopy here in Central and Norcal. But in Central Florida, if you have canopy, your choice of dypsis is much broader because you don't have to worry about much chill tolerance. After the cold front is passed, your temps rebound to 50-60F lows.

I cant see none of the others in a fully exposed frost laden area makin it through; as described per your definition...

For instance, the middle of a frost filled high school football field in Polk Co, FL i.e. Lakeland.

Frost is a killer!

I agree. More than half of the palms I am growing wouldn't survive here without cover.

Our recent dry cold (which generated relatively little frost) seemed much less harmful (at least as far as immediate damage) than warmer frosts in the past.

I agree, most of the dypsis I listed have some sort of canopy or hillside air drainage in my garden, I wouldn't dare plant them out in a flat open space in this part of the State. But dyspis heteromorpha apparently can handle even some frost, and I would not be surprised if dypsis ambositrae could do the same thing. Same is true for dypsis utilis, it looks like it has tough leaves.

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Whats "cold hardy" mean? All palms have some "cold hardiness" to em...

Could this D. cabadae be cold hardy?

I seen frost on some rooftops yesterday morning, but I think we only got down to 36F... I dont pay attention anymore unless there are frost warnings....

These palms never see frost on em anyways due to oak canopy...

- Ray.

Plants that can survive temperatures below freezing are ''cold hardy plants''.

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Yep dypsis decipiens is the only one that will take a good frost with no cover.... end of discussion...

Formerly in Gilbert AZ, zone 9a/9b. Now in Palmetto, Florida Zone 9b/10a??

 

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My Dypsis onilahensis probably saw 24F with a blanket a week ago.

Buried this thing in leaves for the 15F freeze. Not too promising.

Longview, Texas :: Record Low: -5F, Feb. 16, 2021 :: Borderline 8A/8B :: '06-'07: 18F / '07-'08: 21F / '08-'09: 21F / '09-'10: 14F / '10-'11: 15F / '11-'12: 24F / '12-'13: 23F / '13-'14: 15F / '14-'15: 20F / '15-'16: 27F / '16-'17: 15F / '17-'18: 8F / '18-'19: 23F / '19-'20: 19F / '20-'21: -5F / '21-'22: 20F / '22-'23: 6F

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Buffy do you have a D. decipiens?

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David Simms zone 9a on Highway 30a

200 steps from the Gulf in NW Florida

30 ft. elevation and sandy soil

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Of several tries with onilahensis, the only survivor has been one right by the south side of my house.

That one appears to have settled in and has shown growth in the last two weeks.

All baronii also by south side of house likewise growing last two weeks.

Ambositrae under cover pretty hopeful so far. A santalucei in a pretty good spot just sits there.

Two betafaka strike me as intermediate in cold tolerance between decipiens and baronii,

Now up to five decipiens. They definitely are winners in the central valley as proven by Jeff Earl in Modesto.

In past years here no luck with pembana, nauseosa, or leptocheilos.

This winter has been pretty easy on my few carefully sited Dypsis (not so for small unprotected Jubaea and P. torallyi).

I suspect there might be more species that could grow here in the right spots.

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This Dypsis decaryi has been here for a number of years. It is on the northside of a beachfront home near Seaside Florida. Northwest Florida Gulf Coast between Panama City and Destin. It has seen some cold winters, including the 2009 and 2010 long duration freezes.

 

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Wow, never in my wildest dreams would I think that triangle palm could grow up here in the frigid Panhandle, even in a micro-climate. Now the big question, did it survive these last two winters? (2014 especially) I don't think it could unless majorly protected.

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An update on things here.

Lost my biggest decipiens this spring - not sure what happened to it. Was out in the open, Maybe just cold wet roots. Maybe too much herbicide nearby. It was a beauty. Was a relatively mild winter. I wish I would have planted it a little higher. Will probably try a few more around here.

Also lost a small one which had been struggling. Two in protected spots are ticking away. Both betafaka ticking away. Onilahensis ticking away. Two ambositrae ticking away.

Multiple baronii doing quite well with cover. Planted a decaryii this spring - it has grown nicely. It's not really protected but might be a little bit some day by a parajubaea which is looking strong. Santa Lucei barely moving.

These Dypsis are not slam dunks but with a little protection appear to be worth a try in the Sacramento Valley. I'm planning on not babying them much this winter.

 

 

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An update on things here.

Lost my biggest decipiens this spring - not sure what happened to it. Was out in the open, Maybe just cold wet roots. Maybe too much herbicide nearby. It was a beauty. Was a relatively mild winter. I wish I would have planted it a little higher. Will probably try a few more around here.

Also lost a small one which had been struggling. Two in protected spots are ticking away. Both betafaka ticking away. Onilahensis ticking away. Two ambositrae ticking away.

Multiple baronii doing quite well with cover. Planted a decaryii this spring - it has grown nicely. It's not really protected but might be a little bit some day by a parajubaea which is looking strong. Santa Lucei barely moving.

These Dypsis are not slam dunks but with a little protection appear to be worth a try in the Sacramento Valley. I'm planning on not babying them much this winter.

 

 

Experimenting with many of the same here in the East Bay. Should make for an interesting winter!

Ben Rogers

On the border of Concord & Clayton in the East Bay hills - Elev 387 ft 37.95 °N, 121.94 °W

My back yard weather station: http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/hdfForecast?query=37.954%2C-121.945&sp=KCACONCO37

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I don't see any mention of Dypsis lutescens which should be hardy to around 20F

In Florida maybe. In Mediterranean climate Dypsis lutescens is USDA 10a palm.

It is very tender.

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I had 10 5 gals still in the pot take 30F for a couple hours 3 days in a row and didn't even blink.

Carlsbad, California Zone 10 B on the hill (402 ft. elevation)

Sunset zone 24

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USDA zone 10a sounds about right. You would never see a dypsis lutenscens up here in the north of Florida. However, you see giant hedges of them in Orlando, Florida and Tampa, Florida, just two hours south of here in zone 10a.

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sounds like you are in zone 9B ?

Carlsbad, California Zone 10 B on the hill (402 ft. elevation)

Sunset zone 24

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