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"Silver" Queen Palms survived the Texas freeze


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Silver Queen Palm - Syagrus romanzoffiana var. litoralis

This cultivar of the Silver Queen Palm is from Argentina, Uruguay,and Southern Brazil Santa Catarina, where it is found at over 1000m (3300 ft.) altitude with a thicker sturdier trunk that supports a compact crown of arching fronds with particularly thick and wide leaflets. It is very cold hardy to 20 Deg. F and is said to survive temperatures of 15 Deg. F undamaged. This palm has been in cultivation in the U.S. for many years now under the name Silver Queen Palm. Reportedly the palm received that name in Florida not because its fronds are silver but because after a hard freeze that killed the more frost tender Queen Palms, the ones that survived (the Silver Queens), had leaflets that appeared in a strange, translucent silver tone in sunlight, the result of a light frost damage. 

 

 

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5 year high 42.2C/108F (07/06/2018)--5 year low 4.6C/40.3F (1/19/2023)--Lowest recent/current winter: 4.6C/40.3F (1/19/2023)

 

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I had a nbor that had a Queen palm w some green foliage take place in July after months of nothing.  It only stayed green for about 3-4 weeks b4 it died.  The key is the 3-4 layer of fronds and if they survive.  I would like to see some pics of these mid-late Aug.  Hope they do live.

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