This is my coconut palm; for now, it's in a pot, but it survived the winter outside with very little damage, i am in southern italy zone 10b , somebody have expirence with this plants in marginal climate like mine? 

Take a look at this thread:

https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/68701-can-cocos-survive-in-lindosrhodes-in-greece/?&page=20#comments

 

On 4/28/2026 at 8:52 PM, Carlo,Angri said:

This is my coconut palm; for now, it's in a pot, but it survived the winter outside with very little damage, i am in southern italy zone 10b , somebody have expirence with this plants in marginal climate like mine? 

The microclimate is the key. A south facing wall against the house likely is the difference between survival and death. I know in Cyprus some have some sort of tarp around the base of the trunk to stop excess cold wet roots.

Where exactly? In Palermo, even with the average temperature increase of recent years, there's no chance.

On 27/05/2026 at 10:23, pietropuccio said:

Dove esattamente? A Palermo, anche con l'aumento della temperatura media degli ultimi anni, non c'è

On 26/05/2026 at 01:31, Foxpalms said:

Il microclima è fondamentale. Un muro esposto a sud, adiacente alla casa, può fare la differenza tra la sopravvivenza e la morte. So che a Cipro alcuni

On 26/05/2026 at 01:31, Foxpalms said:

Il microclima è fondamentale. Un muro esposto a sud, adiacente alla casa, può fare la differenza tra la sopravvivenza e la morte. So che a Cipro alcuni usano una sorta di telo intorno alla base del tronco per proteggere le radici dall'umidità e dal freddo eccessivo.

The palm tree has been in the open ground for 10 days in an agroforestry row, it is protected to the east by my 5000l pond, to the south and west by reinforced concrete walls which are also deep and to the north by the agroforestry row.

On 26/05/2026 at 01:31, Foxpalms said:

Il microclima è fondamentale. Un muro esposto a sud, adiacente alla casa, può fare la differenza tra la sopravvivenza e la morte. So che a Cipro alcuni usano una sorta di telo intorno alla base del tronco per proteggere le radici dall'umidità e dal freddo eccessivo.

I'm in an area that should be 9b according to Google, but it hasn't frozen in almost 10 years and has maintained temperatures around 10b, so I tested it with many tropical plants.

On 28/04/2026 at 22:22, bubba said:

Dai un'occhiata a questa discussione:

https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/68701-can-cocos-survive-in-lindosrhodes-in-greece/?&page=20#comments

Thanks i planted mine in a similar place

18 minutes ago, Carlo,Angri said:

I'm in an area that should be 9b according to Google, but it hasn't frozen in almost 10 years and has maintained temperatures around 10b, so I tested it with many tropical plants.

Well, if it survives another winter, try it in the ground, in a spot as protected as possible with sandy soil. There are a couple of trees that survive outdoors in Paphos, Cyprus; perhaps your microclimate is similar. How far are you from the sea?

I am 10 kilometers from the nearest beach, I planted the coconut about 10 days ago as soon as I saw the constant minimum temperatures above 18⁰C.

Hi, can you tell me where in Italy you're doing this experiment? Keep in mind that the problem with palms and subtropical plants in the central Mediterranean isn't the minimum temperatures, which are sufficiently high, but their long-term persistence. I've been experimenting with palms and other subtropical plants in Palermo for over 50 years, and I can tell you that there are many more cultivable palms than you might think. If you're interested, I can provide you with a list of those I've successfully tested, but unfortunately not coconuts.

Hi, I'm near the Amalfi Coast, in a small town called Angri. Which palms have you had success with?

Sorry. I didn't notice the comma between Carlo and Angri. Climatically favorable location, the temperatures in the area are very similar to those of Palermo. Here you'll find almost all the species I had in the garden until the arrival of the weevil, which continues to wreak havoc on plants:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/pietropuccio/albums/

Don't worry, yes, the climate is similar, but luckily I've never seen the red palm weevil in the area, and yet there are lots of palm trees. I assume it's not there, at least for now.

You have a large collection of palm trees. How do you manage them in the winter? And how far apart are they from each other?

Hello, a necessary clarification: over all these years, the number of failures has outweighed the positive results, but there have also been pleasant surprises.

I don't use protection in winter. For climatically borderline species, due to their origin, the choice of planting location and the age of the plant can be important. Plants that have a base of a some centimetres in diameter can better tolerate abnormal drops in temperature of very short duration.

Not having much space, I tried to alternate palm trees that tend to have tall trunks with tufted species or those with notoriously slow growth.

Good idea. I tried drypsis lutescens as well as coconut. Without protection, the three-month-old seedlings survived the winter in an exposed area. They suffered some damage, nothing serious, but I have so many that I don't know what to do with them. If they were already in the open ground, they almost certainly wouldn't have suffered any damage.

On 5/31/2026 at 12:26 PM, pietropuccio said:

Sorry. I didn't notice the comma between Carlo and Angri. Climatically favorable location, the temperatures in the area are very similar to those of Palermo. Here you'll find almost all the species I had in the garden until the arrival of the weevil, which continues to wreak havoc on plants:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/pietropuccio/albums/

Beautiful property. So sorry about the Bizzie. 😢

Thanks!