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Mature Butia in the upstate


Brad Mondel

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Theres a giant butia at a red lobster also!

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Los Angeles, CA and Myrtle Beach, SC.

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On ‎10‎/‎3‎/‎2019 at 12:47 PM, Brad Mondel said:

More palms near Anderson: 

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I wish windmills looked that good down here. The only time they come close to looking like that is if in they're in the shade.

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Anderson, SC is a solid zone 7b. I live in Raleigh, which is on the 8a side of 7b. So this gives me hope! 

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2 hours ago, knikfar said:

Anderson, SC is a solid zone 7b. I live in Raleigh, which is on the 8a side of 7b. So this gives me hope! 

I'm not sure why Butia seem to struggle so much in Raleigh. I used to live there many years ago. I don't recall ever seeing butia in household yards. I wasn't into palms then so maybe that's why? But I don't hear a lot of success stories with them up there. 

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On 10/4/2019 at 2:44 PM, Brad Mondel said:

Anderson is zone 8a. 

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What website are you using to get the zone?

Hesperia,Southern CA (High Desert area). Zone 8b

Elevation; about 3600 ft.

Lowest temp. I can expect each year 19/20*f lowest since I've been growing palms *13(2007) Hottest temp. Each year *106

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On 10/3/2019 at 12:47 PM, Brad Mondel said:

More palms near Anderson: 

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Wow those windmills look great! They remind me of some of the specimens I’ve seen in Raleigh- like this one:

 

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Butia is such a nice palm wish I could grow one reliably. 

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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1 hour ago, mdsonofthesouth said:

Butia is such a nice palm wish I could grow one reliably. 

I think long term with no protection they're really a warm 8a palm. They're quite common around here and heavily neglected and I have yet to see one damaged by the cold. 

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I live in a warm 7a so aside from a few days a year I can grow trachycarpus and chamaerops easily. The only safe palms here are sabal minors and rhapidophyllum hystrix. Butia would be cool here but would look pretty bad and require babying. I need palms that will mature and have a chance in 25ish years when I move to Florida cause the wife won't care for them when I leave lol.

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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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I always felt Butias were a good candidate for zone pushing, they’re reasonably hardy and don’t get too big too quickly. I plan on planting mine if we stay in NY, which is looking less likely as time goes on (Charlotte, NC is looking very enticing). Borderline 7a/7b here, but if my Butia was planted I wouldn’t have had to protect it at all so far this winter.

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2 hours ago, cm05 said:

I always felt Butias were a good candidate for zone pushing, they’re reasonably hardy and don’t get too big too quickly. I plan on planting mine if we stay in NY, which is looking less likely as time goes on (Charlotte, NC is looking very enticing). Borderline 7a/7b here, but if my Butia was planted I wouldn’t have had to protect it at all so far this winter.

I’ve seen mature butias that look great in Charlotte. So if you do end up moving down here, I have no doubt you could grow them.

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