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Palm Trees in the garden …

Rumpel said:
Sometimes my palm trees are snow.covered
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But that would be pretty rare, wouldn't it? I've only ever seen palm trees survive long term where it's pretty warm all the time.
 
iguanaman said:
There are types of palms that can survive 20 degrees or less.

20 Cold Hardy Palm Trees for Freezing Weather​

Even snow is no match for the most resilient palm varieties

https://www.thespruce.com/types-of-palm-trees-2132854#:~:text=The Everglades palm (Acoelorrhaphe wrightii,tufts of fan-shaped leaves.
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Funny it says 20 degrees or less, but I only found one that's recommended for zone 6 and up. The lowest on all the other was zone 8. (We are supposed to be in zone 6 now but I think that's kind of iffy.) But reading through these, I find the Cabbage Palm can take cold down to 10-15 degrees, the European Fan Palm as low as 5, the Chilean Wine Palm down to 7, the Jelly Palm down to single digits, and the Saw Palmetto down to 0! I imagine it's for short periods at these temperatures, but it seem like they should expand the zones for these plants. Thanks!

Edited: Oh, and the Needle Palm -5 to -15! But it doesn't really seem like a plam tree.
 
These two Mediterranean Palms are on the lot we used to rent.

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Demon said:
But that would be pretty rare, wouldn't it? I've only ever seen palm trees survive long term where it's pretty warm all the time.
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Vancouver has some palm trees. Looks weird.
 
Allan said:
Vancouver has some palm trees. Looks weird.
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I'd like to try a few of those on that list, but with my luck they would decide they don't tolerate the cold after all.
 
Demon said:
But that would be pretty rare, wouldn't it? I've only ever seen palm trees survive long term where it's pretty warm all the time.
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Mediterranean fan palms survive down to at least zero f.
 
ttwtt78640 said:
Yep, but some of their fronds don’t.
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I'm actually looking at one in the neighbor's yard as I type, and yeah, it didn't look too happy after a big freeze we had several years ago.

I sure looked cool under two feet of snow we had more recently, though.
 
Rumpel said:
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trachycarpus Fortunei … German: Hanfpalme
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That comes up as Windmill or Chinese Windmill Palm - says it can withstand temps as low as 5 degrees, and even down to 0 for a short time. I like it!
 
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