Basselinia & Cyphophoenix limit conditions

[guillerman]

Any tips on this family couple; Basselinia & Cyphophoenix?

Has anyone had success growing them in ground on a 9b-10a zone with loads of rain 1400mm and occassional light frosts? I am particularly interested in learning if its worth to try and grow pendulina, glabrata,  velutina & nucele in such conditions. 

[Tracy]

2 hours ago, guillerman said:

Any tips on this family couple; Basselinia & Cyphophoenix?

Has anyone had success growing them in ground on a 9b-10a zone with loads of rain 1400mm and occassional light frosts? I am particularly interested in learning if its worth to try and grow pendulina, glabrata,  velutina & nucele in such conditions. 

I can share the Cyphophoenis nucele and elegans tolerate and thrive here without frost but cool winters that can be damp.  I am not sharing the limit but hopefully you can garner a little insight.  I posted more to ask a question about your location in Spain so that others will be able to provide more feedback, particularly others from Spain and/or Portugal. 

[tim_brissy_13]

I’m 9b/10a equivalent with about 600mm of rain annually, but winters can be quite damp for months at a time without warmth to dry things out. 
 

For me, Basselinia pseudoveltina seems like a winner so far. Basselinia pendulina ok o far but too early to say. Same for B favieri and gracilis. 
 

Cyphophoenix elegans and nucele are very happy and established in the garden. C fulcita struggled as a seedling but probably more related to nutrient deficiency. A friend has a long term surviving C alba but it’s very slow. 

[guillerman]

Thanks for the intel, will start on working on these projects then in the coast of the north of Spain 💪 

[PalmBossTampa]

I have some young Cyphophoenix nucele, alba, and elegans.  They are all in 3gal and 7gal containers now. They have been in shade in Central FL for several months and did not get winter exposure last year.  Most years i get around 48” rainfall ( 1200 mm) but we were short on rain this summer. Im going to keep these in containers until 15gal size before i ground plant for the purpose of protection from frost. We tend to get a few degrees below freezing a couple times per year (few hours each event) . I planted other palms such as flamethrower and Satakentia a little young and they didn’t recover from leaf burn.  We get really warm after our cold snaps so nothing stays damp/cold for long and i have great draining sandy soil here.

I’m curious about Basselina myself and that’s how i found this thread so I’ll check back in