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Cold Hardy Palm Reaction

GregVirginia7

By GregVirginia7
in COLD HARDY PALMS

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GregVirginia7 Proficient

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Question...we got iced over yesterday which brought out an observable change in my Needle and Trachy’s palmate leaf segments:

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The segments get a striped appearance with different shades of green. I’ve seen it every winter, especially when temps are consistently in the teens or twenties...my Minors do the same thing. It obviously has something to do with cold hardiness...the first picture is my Needle and much less pronounced than my Trachy’s reaction and arguably, the Needle is more cold hardy than the Trachy...just wondering...

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Meangreen94z Grand Master

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Probably the density of the chlorophyll in that area of the leaf. Kind of like dipping a paper towel in water, you can see through it after. 

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