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Med fan palm flowering in Idaho


IdahoPalmGuy

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I have another one but it is smaller and hasn't flowered yet so not sure.  I don't know of anyone else who has tried them in Idaho. 

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No.  I have bought most of mine in St. George, Utah.  There is a nursery here that has some windmill palm but that's about it. I have a windmill, 2 meds, a filifera, and a robusta currently in the ground and lots of others in planters. 

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What kind of protection do you use for Idaho winters to keep them alive?

LOWS 16/17 12F, 17/18 3F, 18/19 7F, 19/20 20F

Palms growing in my garden: Trachycarpus Fortunei, Chamaerops Humilis, Chamaerops Humilis var. Cerifera, Rhapidophyllum Hystrix, Sabal Palmetto 

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This year I just used some c7 and c9 Christmas lights.   My little med I did cover with a large bucket occasionally.   The coldest we got was somewhere around 12-14f and most of our moisture was rain. Maybe 6 inchest at most of total snow.  In Feb. we did get about 4 inchest of precipitation and I lost a golden barrel cactus, fish hook barrel cactus and 1 agave due to too much moisture. 

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Wow expected it to get much colder up there. Palms are looking good!

LOWS 16/17 12F, 17/18 3F, 18/19 7F, 19/20 20F

Palms growing in my garden: Trachycarpus Fortunei, Chamaerops Humilis, Chamaerops Humilis var. Cerifera, Rhapidophyllum Hystrix, Sabal Palmetto 

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9 hours ago, IdahoPalmGuy said:

This year I just used some c7 and c9 Christmas lights.   My little med I did cover with a large bucket occasionally.   The coldest we got was somewhere around 12-14f and most of our moisture was rain. Maybe 6 inchest at most of total snow.  In Feb. we did get about 4 inchest of precipitation and I lost a golden barrel cactus, fish hook barrel cactus and 1 agave due to too much moisture. 

Wow! Is that a warm winter for Boise, or is you in a relatively warm area? I thought it would be colder, but it’s in a valley, so maybe that helps?

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It's pretty close to the normal at least for the past 30 or so years.  I actually live 20 miles west of Boise and am about 300' lower in elevation.   

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You know, if the corporate headquarter of the Nursery chain i worked for several years ago,  back in San Jose (CA ) wasn't centered in Boise,  ( thinking our company president lives there also ) i'd have a harder time believing palms of any kind could be grown up there. Many conversations we'd had regarding the area's general climate, and your examples axe any doubts.. Sure you might be limited on what you can grow, but they're certainly not a group of plants the average person would think could be grown anywhere in Idaho..  Great job! Look forward to see how your endeavors in your garden progress..

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4 hours ago, Silas_Sancona said:

You know, if the corporate headquarter of the Nursery chain i worked for several years ago,  back in San Jose (CA ) wasn't centered in Boise,  ( thinking our company president lives there also ) i'd have a harder time believing palms of any kind could be grown up there. Many conversations we'd had regarding the area's general climate, and your examples axe any doubts.. Sure you might be limited on what you can grow, but they're certainly not a group of plants the average person would think could be grown anywhere in Idaho..  Great job! Look forward to see how your endeavors in your garden progress..

I have seen very few people trying palms in our area but that's not to say there aren't more. The only palms I have seen tried here have been windmill palms. I do have a couple of them and have lost a couple as well. The thing I don't like about windmills is if they defoliate they don't grow back as quickly.  A couple years ago I decided to try a California fan palm and it has gone through 2 winters now. The fronds do get burnt a little from the cold but it's mostly the wetness in winter that damages the fronds. The thing I like about themy is that they grow back a lot faster than windmills. 

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