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Pritchardia beccariana

MattyB
MattyB
in FREEZE DAMAGE DATA

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Pritchardia beccariana

15 gallon size plant, in ground, very exposed spot.

24.1F, no frost, no canopy, covered w/ a light blanket

No damage

Matt Bradford

"Manambe Lavaka"

Spring Valley, CA (8.5 miles inland from San Diego Bay)

10B on the hill (635 ft. elevation)

9B in the canyon (520 ft. elevation)

5 gal. plant in ground at top of slope. 28F, no damage so far.

Bret

 

Coastal canyon area of San Diego

 

"In the shadow of the Cross"

  • 3 months later...

Pritchardia beccariana has been cited as a likely cool tolerant species.   Sounds good. Matty, Bret.  Hows it going now ?

chris.oz

Bayside Melbourne 38 deg S. Winter Minimum 0 C over past 6 years

Yippee, the drought is over.
  • Author

Chris, I believe that my covering up of this plant spared it from immanent damage and possible death.  It's in perfect condition now and in fact I just dug it up for a move to my new house.  So we'll see how it handles transplanting too. :cool:

Matt Bradford

"Manambe Lavaka"

Spring Valley, CA (8.5 miles inland from San Diego Bay)

10B on the hill (635 ft. elevation)

9B in the canyon (520 ft. elevation)

  • 1 year later...

As mentioned before, this one saw likely 27F. Had some lower leaf burn, but quickly grew out of it.

Bret

 

Coastal canyon area of San Diego

 

"In the shadow of the Cross"

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Update on my transplanted plant mentioned above. It took the transplant with ease. It needed to adjust to a drier, sunnier spot by growing some roots but quickly threw out an entire new crown in one season and looks great. A winner of a plant.

Matt Bradford

"Manambe Lavaka"

Spring Valley, CA (8.5 miles inland from San Diego Bay)

10B on the hill (635 ft. elevation)

9B in the canyon (520 ft. elevation)

  • 9 years later...

Potted specimen in a 15 gallon. About 5 feet overall. Low of 31.5˚: Half of the palm was exposed to heavy frost and the other half wasn't. The side that was exposed to frost has about 40% leaf burn, whereas the side not exposed to frost is undamaged.

Keith 

Palmetto, Florida (10a) and Tampa, Florida (9b/10a)

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