Chamaerops humilis hardy outside

[Howeadypsis]

I saw a bunch of these for sale in my local hardware store(Wilkinsons) for  about 3.99. They have good size ones with mature leaves and thorns, and younger ones with less complex leaves. I'd buy  a smaller one and watch it grow, keep it outside during the summer, but would it live outdoors all year in zone 8/9?

[paulgila]

i have one you can get cheap!already dug out!

[Howeadypsis]

(pohonkelapa @ Aug. 07 2006,15:24)

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i have one you can get cheap!already dug out!

Cool, I'll just fly over and grab one  

[MattyB]

Nice dig Paul.  So are you gonna box it up and sell it?

[paulgila]

thats the plan.too heavy for me to get into the van by

myself.anyone wanna make an offer?

[Walter John]

How come you getting rid of that Chamaerops ?

[M@ximus]

(Howeadypsis @ Aug. 07 2006,21:12)

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I saw a bunch of these for sale in my local hardware store(Wilkinsons) for  about 3.99. They have good size ones with mature leaves and thorns, and younger ones with less complex leaves. I'd buy  a smaller one and watch it grow, keep it outside during the summer, but would it live outdoors all year in zone 8/9?

Ciao  Larry!!

Chamaerops  Humilis  is a  very  hard  palm

here  in  Rome  passed  some  winter  with  temperature  belowe  zero  ( - 8/9  or  more  Centigrades )

without  hurt

All  the  best  M@x

[paulgila]

(Wal @ Aug. 07 2006,16:40)

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How come you getting rid of that Chamaerops ?

i wasn't thinking ahead & planted it too close to a gate.

it bit me quite often,so i guess you could say it was "revenge".it was one of my first palms & now i wanna make room for more exotic stuff!

[BobbyinNY]

I saw a bunch of these for sale in my local hardware store(Wilkinsons) for  about 3.99. They have good size ones with mature leaves and thorns, and younger ones with less complex leaves. I'd buy  a smaller one and watch it grow, keep it outside during the summer, but would it live outdoors all year in zone 8/9

I've got one in the ground here in New York.... I'll let you know how it does come January.

[BobbyinNY]

pic of mine...

[Exotic Life]

Also i have one in the ground and he has already survive 2 winters here. Every winter the tempeture go below zero.

[Kris]

Dear pohonkelopa,

the med.fan palms have be aprouted in fashion as to send them to garbage bin(Grave).

i want to know wheather such palms if replanted will it survive.

if i do it in india(hot climate) it will dry up gently and in just 1months time the crown shaft will drope down.

In my opnion i feel those med.fan palm were subject to very harsh treatment.

Please comment !

Love,

Kris.

[Neofolis]

Larry you shouldn't have a problem outside, especially in the ground.  They even survive outside in pots without a problem, although, if you plan on getting one of the smaller ones, you would be well advised to wait a year or two before leaving it exposed all winter.  The larger ones would probably be fine now, based on your description of their size.

[Howeadypsis]

Thanks guys

[NM_PALM_BOY]

Hi Larry,

Here in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, they do fine down to 0 F (-18 C). In fact, the picture below is of one that survived -5 F (-21 C).at the Albuquerque Zoo. Of course, we are warmer in the daytime in the winter and drier than you (closer to the natural habitat), so it does pretty well. Some winter burning.

Doug

[GREENHAND]

They do well in texas , the cold did no damage to this one at all , no protection,  slow growers though.

[GREENHAND]

it proberly took a long time to get this one as big as it is, it set at home depot lot at 15 deg with no damage.before i bought it .

[BobbyinNY]

it proberly took a long time to get this one as big as it is, it set at home depot lot at 15 deg with no damage.before i bought it .

Mike, that's a beautiful C. humilus..... they sell them that size here for about $500.00

[GREENHAND]

i wonder how long it takes to get one tall . say ten feet. i bet a long time,  and your right there not cheap.

[paulgila]

there are quite a few large ones around here(san diego).an older fella up the street from me has one with 4-5 trunks ranging from 10-12 feet.he told me that some guy stopped one day & asked if he would sell it--

offered him $30,000!!!

[GREENHAND]

i say get a shovel

[NM_PALM_BOY]

some guy stopped one day & asked if he would sell it--

offered him $30,000!!!

Wow! We are all Coconuts here but gees! Seems like a case of more $$ than sense!

Doug

[paulgila]

it was for a big real estate devlopment,& they have deep pockets...

[Kev Spence]

Hi Mike (Greenhand) seems we have similar plantings with Cham humilis

Seems rockhard here in zone 8b Larry just a little spotting on some of the leaves in some cold winters.

Kev

[GREENHAND]

Cool looks very tropical, i like the deck , your med fan palm looks very healthy. i like the way they clump with multiple trunks.