Northern Utah Palms?

[oskar martínez]

Hey everyone!! so i have a small garden with a chamaerops humilis and various succulents in front of my house, but im wondering what other palms would do well in Salt Lake City. I believe im in usda zone 7a. the chamaerops has been growing under an overhang on the southwest side of my house unprotected for the past 2, nearly 3 years. I know most palms in my zone will need protection, but any suggestions as to which would do best? 

[BeyondTheGarden]

Needle palm (Rapidophyllum hystrix) and Sabal minors are going to be your best bet.  There are several varieties of Sabal minor, and many can withstand zone 7 winters.  Folks grow them in Oklahoma (I was born in Tulsa) without protection.  Something else you can consider is growing cheap palms as semi-annuals.  I'm doing this with queens/Syagrus romanzofianna's.  We take regular trips to Florida so I can buy them cheap, plant them, protect them, and when they die it's not a big deal because I have more in the greenhouse and indoors as house plants.  

Edit.  Love those Opuntias BTW!  I'm still trying to find some that will do well where I live!

Edited January 10, 2022 by Jesse PNW

[hbernstein]

7 hours ago, Jesse PNW said:

Needle palm (Rapidophyllum hystrix) and Sabal minors are going to be your best bet.  There are several varieties of Sabal minor, and many can withstand zone 7 winters.  Folks grow them in Oklahoma (I was born in Tulsa) without protection.  Something else you can consider is growing cheap palms as semi-annuals.  I'm doing this with queens/Syagrus romanzofianna's.  We take regular trips to Florida so I can buy them cheap, plant them, protect them, and when they die it's not a big deal because I have more in the greenhouse and indoors as house plants.  

Edit.  Love those Opuntias BTW!  I'm still trying to find some that will do well where I live!

Try  Cold Hardy Cactus. They're online.

[Xerarch]

Years ago (maybe late 90's?) I went to a guy's house there in SLC that had a nice Rapidophyllum hystrix, some Sabal minor, and some nice trunking Trachycarpus fortunii as well, I think the tallest Trachy had maybe 8 feet of trunk or so.  Some areas of the valley are as warm as 7b so I think, depending on where you are, trachycarpus is worth a try if you are willing to provide some periodic protection.  BTW, the guy with the big trachies, I don't think he really protected them, wonder what became of them.

[Gator]

Good Looking garden !

Im in Central Utah... My trachy is about 8 feet.   I dont even have it covered right now.

Our highs have been in the mid 40s and lows around 20  ( a trachy laughs at 20 )

Looks to be the same pattern through the end of January.

Our Utah weather is decently palm friends aside from the random arctic blast or 2.

Trachys...... Med Fans..... Sabal Minor...... even a Pindo ( with some protection )

Should do well.

If you need any protection ideas hop over to my last post.   I used some bubble wrap on my palms

with some heat tape.   I have 2 washingtonias that are looking as pretty today as when I wrapped them in mid December.

Happy Palming