Arizona bottle palm RIP

[Coasta]

From what I understand Spindle palms are slightly more cold tolerable. I would have to wait for Aztropic to confirm that one. 

 

I plan to pick up a spindle palm in san diego next weekend as they are grown from seed there and don't run the risk of having lethal yellowing as opposed to importing from Florida.:)

[wase471111]

frankly, I am more concerned about how they handle 115 than I am about them handling 32 ...

pretty easy to keep it warm, but not much you can do to cool it down!

thanks!

[Palmfarmer]

31 minutes ago, wase471111 said:

frankly, I am more concerned about how they handle 115 than I am about them handling 32 ...

pretty easy to keep it warm, but not much you can do to cool it down!

thanks!

Air conditioning unit with a really powerful fan

[aztropic]

4 hours ago, Coasta said:

From what I understand Spindle palms are slightly more cold tolerable. I would have to wait for Aztropic to confirm that one. 

 

I plan to pick up a spindle palm in san diego next weekend as they are grown from seed there and don't run the risk of having lethal yellowing as opposed to importing from Florida.:)

I had one of those in the ground for 15 years that I grew from seed and it actually died this spring from the damage it received this past winter without any protection,my coldest night being 28F.In my experience,the bottle palm actually tolerates our conditions better than a spindle palm...

I would be willing to bet that if you are planning on buying your spindle from a big box store in SoCal,it was originally imported from Florida.

 

aztropic

Mesa,Arizona

[Coasta]

@aztropic wow poor spindle :(..

 

I plan to stop by jungle music. From what I understand they grow them from seed. 

 

I plan to keep it in a pot most likely btw. Not sure how difficult it would be to be in the ground in the summer.

I think I might look for a nice blue cycad that would do good here :). 

[aztropic]

5 hours ago, Palmfarmer said:

Sorry for you loss. A little of topic what is the least cold hardy palm you can grow in Phoenix without any protection? My Climate looks very similar on paper, but it seems that we have some colder nights. 

Probably,a Cuban royal is going to be the least cold hardy palm we can grow in Phoenix on a longer term basis without protection. Even that is not foolproof though... Large trees will defoliate completely at 26F and probably come back for another year. Smaller specimens would most likely be killed at those temps.

I've lived in Phoenix area for 25 years and seen 23F for my all time low;although I expect to see a minimum of 29 or 30F on an annual basis. It only takes 1 cold night to take out all your marginal plants if you are not willing to make any effort to protect them.

 

aztropic

Mesa,Arizona

[Palmfarmer]

7 minutes ago, aztropic said:

Probably,a Cuban royal is going to be the least cold hardy palm we can grow in Phoenix on a longer term basis without protection. Even that is not foolproof though... Large trees will defoliate completely at 26F and probably come back for another year. Smaller specimens would most likely be killed at those temps.

I've lived in Phoenix area for 25 years and seen 23F for my all time low;although I expect to see a minimum of 29 or 30F on an annual basis. It only takes 1 cold night to take out all your marginal plants if you are not willing to make any effort to protect them.

 

aztropic

Mesa,Arizona

Yes that sounds exactly like here in terms of Climate, Royals is the most tropical i have seen here as well. Yeah those cold nights in the desert is what limits my potential for growing more stuff too. We never have daytime lows that could cause frost or any damage to any plants once its day things allways warms up, is it the same in phoenix? 

[aztropic]

Yes.

[aztropic]

On 9/21/2020 at 6:11 PM, ChrisA said:

Sorry for your loss, this summer has been a dry scorcher in most of the west.