L.fulva

[toto]

I have just planted a L. fulva with 20 cm of trunk, any info abaut the palm is appreciated ...thanks toto

[bgl]

Toto,

Welcome to the Forum! L. fulva is a very attractive palm, but in order for anyone on the Forum to provide more detailed info, your specific location is extremely useful. And I assume it's NOT 16E 43N...!?

Bo-Göran

[Walter John]

Has to be Kansas !

[toto]

Croatia 43N 16E a 9b climate...thanks toto

[bgl]

OK, I thought it was out in the Adriatic, but presumably you're right on the coast then? I don't know what the cold hardiness is, so hopefully someone else will be able to get that info for you. I'm sure we have other members who live in a 9b climate! We just have to wait for them to wake up.... Aloha!

[philinsydney]

I'm not too sure about cold-hardiness, but here's one from Sydney Botanic Gardens. It was labelled as L. inermis, but Daryl assures me it is L. fulva, and I have no doubt who is right.

[Jeff Searle]

I,m here in South Florida, with one that's been growing several years and is probably now about 15' tall. It has gone through many nights with low temp.'s around 30 degrees. No damage at all. If I would have to guess, it could handle into the upper 20's. It will just depend on how many hours of coldness. Every coldfront that moves through, can be different.

[toto]

Thanks Jeff.....i have one or two freezes a year(not every year) and then only for few houres, my bigger problem are the daily highs.

@bgl i am in the midlle of the adriatic on a island

[cfkingfish]

They are very cold hardy - if you are in 9b, I would not worry about protecting it unless you drop below -8C. It seems all the Eastern OZ Livistonas have this magical cold hardiness.