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Will any date palms survive and bear fruit in Austin, TX (zone 8b)?


Dewberry

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I am thinking about buying a male/female pair of Phoenix dactylifera for my yard near Austin. But will our cold winters keep them from thriving enough to bear fruit? Would another date palm do better? Or do I need to forget about growing dates?

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Yes. Here are all the locations with fruiting dactylfera's I've seen

-Neiman Marcus Domain

-The Belmont on 6th street

-Fairmont Hotel Pool

-Camden Lamar Heights Apartments (Photo attached)

-The Chelsea Apartments 5106 N Lamar Blvd

-Lantower Edgewater Apartments

Prior to the freeze dactylferas across the board looked pretty healthy. I think the Austin heat island is about as far north as you can grow them in Texas. They are used quite a lot in landscaping

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1 hour ago, Dewberry said:

I am thinking about buying a male/female pair of Phoenix dactylifera for my yard near Austin. But will our cold winters keep them from thriving enough to bear fruit? Would another date palm do better? Or do I need to forget about growing dates?

Phoenix Canariensis will do much better here. There are plenty of canariensis in city with close to full crown. Dactylfera's took heavy damage this year, even the survivors haven't even put out full fronds yet, and will be toast if we don't have a warm winter to let them recover more

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4 hours ago, Dewberry said:

I am thinking about buying a male/female pair of Phoenix dactylifera for my yard near Austin. But will our cold winters keep them from thriving enough to bear fruit? Would another date palm do better? Or do I need to forget about growing dates?

If you're hoping to harvest sweet fruit you'll be disappointed from what I understand.  As dry as it is much of the year it's still humid enough during the critical time of fruit production to prevent quality taste.

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Jon Sunder

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Yes- Austin is far too humid to get quality fruit that doesn’t mold.  

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