Which Palms, cope with High windy conditions

[Patrick Palms]

Is the best for winds ?

Dictyosperma album spp.  ??

i would say coconut when bigger, i had 3 young ones killed by winds in 20c plus conditions

[palmsOrl]

Lets see, we are talking like hurricane force winds here: Sabal palmetto, Phoenix robellenii was the top performer in Hurricane Andrew apparently, I would think any Phoenix would be a good candidate actually, Dictyosperma album (don't know if this would be at its been in your locale), Cocos nucifera (again, healthy Cocos), Roystonea throw their leaves and do pretty well at surviving).

[Tropicdoc]

As an aside we had some queens here who’s tops just snapped off in tropical storm winds recently. Like decapitated. Maybe they already had cold damage inside of the trunk.

[Jim in Los Altos]

In my yard it’s always Howea forsteriana that look flawless despite high winds in the winter. Same goes for any Phoenix species. Rhopalostylis do well as does Wodyetia. 

Edited July 31, 2019 by Jim in Los Altos

[palmsOrl]

Yeah, even healthy queen palms do not make the high wind tolerant list, though our row of them survived winds of 60 mph (97 kph), gusting to 80 mph (129 kph) in Hurricane Charley with no leaning or fronds lost.

[GottmitAlex]

Yup. Thin trunks and pinnate leaflets help a ton for high winds: Cocos nucifera is at the top of that list.

[Cikas]

Phoenix palms are one of the best for locations with strong wind. 

[The Silent Seed]

You know those tests where they put a car in a wind tunnel to measure how aerodynamic the car is? 

Well... it'd be a pretty cool experiment to do this with palms, huh? It would be interesting to see how each type of leaf/frond deflects the air. 

[PalmatierMeg]

Check out palms native to hurricane-prone areas, I.e., Sabals, royals and the like. Coconuts. The genus Syagrus is notorious for failing during major wind storms.

[Patrick Palms]

Are Dypsis palms good, or spindles 

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  On 7/31/2019 at 2:45 PM, Patrick Palms said:

Are Dypsis palms good, or spindles 

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and bottles

 

[mike in kurtistown]

Tropical island palms are good, because they have evolved to handle tropical storms. I don't know if they could handle your climate, but Clinostigmas and Veitchias did well in gardens in PR during Hurricane Maria. Forest palms like Socrateas and Caryotas were blown down in groves during Maria.

[Steve Mac]

Strangely, a Dictyosperma album conjugatum - Hurricane palm, did not do well in the windy spot where we put it.

It looked ratty until it slowly died.

[Patrick Palms]

Is the Beccariophoenix alfredii palm, a good choice ?

[Patrick Palms]

Its called the mountain coconut, but very hardy. Grows high up