Dean, if the Central FL Palm & Cycad Society were interested in setting up a sub forum (public, of course, but still CFPACS focused), how would we do that?
Holy Cow, that beautiful! Too bad it won't take 25 nights of temperatures in the 20's every year or I'd save up and buy one. Well, considering their value, maybe I'll just be glad my climate keeps this disease in check.
Alaska:
The mildest areas will be colder than any living palm can reasonably stand. The coldest will be too cold for the hardiest tree known to man...and colder than a warm day on Mars. I think that pretty much means a normal winter for Alaska. On the upside, the palms at the park in Barrow...
Ray, I'll give it a try...next spring. We've already pressed the zone limit button with Leucothrinax morissii, Thrinax excelsa, Allagoptera arenaria, and a bunch of small Livistonas I want to protect thier first year in the ground. Oh yea, that big ole Dypsis lutescens I've had for 10 years...
Hi Rich,
I haven't found A. dubia anywhere either. Krishna from Ocala has inspried me to look for one....but where?????? I figure I can try A. cohune too. Even if they freeze back in winter but send up those outrageous fronds in summer, it'll be an interesting subject for the landscape...
Cocothrinax argentata is remarkably hardy. We have one that's been subjected to many nights in the high 20's with no complaints. However, down around 25, they get scorched pretty bad, especially with frost. In contrast, C. barbadensis is a cold weather wimp. It starts spotting below 40. Old...
OK, I know there are several Dypsis fans on this board. My new place is on a sandpile (a.k.a., Florida's "Ridge"). Unfortunately its' also at the bottom of a frost hole meaning I'm 10 degrees colder than the warmest microclimates nearby. :mad: But, on the upside, there's 1.4 acres for...
My garden is located on the border of USDA Zone 9a/9b meaning the average winter low is about 25F, -4C. However, during a cold winter, we can get to 20F, -7C. We do have frost every winter, but I have Phoenix roebellenii growing up near the house (though they defoliated a couple years ago)...