What palms Should I grow in connecticut zone 7/6 border

[Mr.SamuraiSword]

Ive heard a trachycarpus might not be hardy enough.  what other palms or palmlike plants should I grow.  

[Zeeth]

I don't think there's any palm that will survive for you. You might try needles or Sabal minor but I don't think they'd last very long. If I were you I'd focus on what you can grow: Indoor palms. Howea forsteriana, the whole Lytocaryum genus plus a bunch of the Chamaedorea would be a good place to get started.

[Laaz]

 

 

[PalmTreeDude]

My best bet would be Needle Palms and maybe a Sabal minor, I heard those things are hardy down to zone 6b. 

[cm05]

I agree with PalmTreeDude, Needle Palms and Sabal minor are your only options. They'll need winter protection until established, after that they should be okay.

Hardy Bananas (Musa basjoo) are a good palm-like plant, they die to the ground in the winter and come back up in the spring. They're very fast growing. Various trunking Yuccas would do well in CT as well.

Edited September 11, 2016 by cm05

[Mr.SamuraiSword]

I just found this video of a guy growing a windmill palm in connecticut.  its been in the ground for some time, but he just wraps it.  what do you think?

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm7_nc3w3oU

[PalmatierMeg]

Needles & Sabal minor should be easy to protect.

I watched the video. My first thought is the Trachy is next to the house and may benefit from heat given off. The guy didn't say whether he uses supplemental heat when he wraps his palm but I would recommend it. Just a heating cable or rope lights wrapped around the first layer of wrap (never against the palm itself) may give off enough heat to keep it alive. Lots of people up north do that.

There is a PT member in Iowa who has Washies & Trachies that he wraps and heats every winter and has done very well with them. Another PT member in Wisconsin builds heated Styrofoam boxes for his palms. He usually checks in here every fall and spring. Another fellow in Brooklyn has Trachies in the yard of his row house. It takes work but you can do the same.

[Mr.SamuraiSword]

16 minutes ago, PalmatierMeg said:

Needles & Sabal minor should be easy to protect.

I watched the video. My first thought is the Trachy is next to the house and may benefit from heat given off. The guy didn't say whether he uses supplemental heat when he wraps his palm but I would recommend it. Just a heating cable or rope lights wrapped around the first layer of wrap (never against the palm itself) may give off enough heat to keep it alive. Lots of people up north do that.

There is a PT member in Iowa who has Washies & Trachies that he wraps and heats every winter and has done very well with them. Another PT member in Wisconsin builds heated Styrofoam boxes for his palms. He usually checks in here every fall and spring. Another fellow in Brooklyn has Trachies in the yard of his row house. It takes work but you can do the same.

I will attempt to do the same next year  I will have it potted untill then.  Thank you for the advice

[Keith N Tampa (ex SoJax)]

I'm not saying a Needle will work for you, but here's one at mt parents house in zone 6b, St. Louis area.  Here's it's thread.

http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?/topic/40076-arctic-plunge-causes-palm-torture-even…pictures-included/&page=2

 

[Zeeth]

8 minutes ago, Keith in SoJax said:

I'm not saying a Needle will work for you, but here's one at mt parents house in zone 6b, St. Louis area.  Here's it's thread.

http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?/topic/40076-arctic-plunge-causes-palm-torture-even…pictures-included/&page=2

Thanks for linking to that thread, I'm impressed. 

[Keith N Tampa (ex SoJax)]

3 minutes ago, Zeeth said:

Thanks for linking to that thread, I'm impressed. 

My pleasure, Keith.  My dad spotted some at a home show this spring so the word is spreading.  My brother and sister-in-law are building a new home and we're going to plant some along a creek that borders their property.  Their home is just 5 miles from mom and dad.