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Dear all members,
I am working on Plantaexotica, a french e-journal devoted to exotic gardening.
This is the n°2 here : http://www.societe-francaise-acclimatation.fr/plantaexotica/2013avril.pdf
I will prepare the n°4. And I want to present some crazy examples of exotic protection. So if you have nice pictures of Washingtonia, Phoenix, Butia,... growing in zone 4, 5 or 6, feel free to send me. Any information or history about your palms are also welcome (coldest temperatures, date of plantation, type of protection,...).
Thank you in advance.
Posted : 23/06/2013 9:17 am
Hello jmdupuyoo! Well I'm not in zone 4, 5, or 6 but in zone 7. I have some success with Butia odorata, Brahea armata, Sabal minor, Rhapidophyllum hystrix, Trachycarpus fortunei, Trachycarpus wagnerianus, Chamaerops humilis and Chamaerops humilis var. cerifera. All my palms was protected without heating, only mulch, fleece and rain/snow protection. Garden is cca 20-30 km east from Zagreb. Here is pictures and link for nearest whether station http://www.tutiempo.net/en/Climate/Zagreb_Maksimir/142400.htm
Butia odorata planted in June 2010.
Butia a month ago
Butia after winter 2011/12
Butia odorata October 2011
Butia after winter 2010/11
Butia odorata winter protection 2010/11
Brahea planted in spring 2012.
Butia odorata and B. armata winter protection
Brahea armata under protection
a month ago with two new leaves
Brahea and Butia
Butia odorata and Brahea late autumn 2012
Chamaerops humilis var. cerifera planted out in spring 2010. Bloomed last year and also this May.
Cerifera bloom 2013
Cerifera protection
Cerifera after winter 2011/12
Cerifer October 2011
Cerifera after winter 2010/11
April 2011
C. cerifera winter protection 2010/11
Cerifera end of November 2010
Cerifera April 2010
Rhapidophyllum hystrix. Planted in spring 2010. Seed grown from Rare palm seeds
Rhapidophyllum hystrix April 2011
Nannorrhops planted this spring. Seed grown from Europalms.
T. fortunei
T.wagnerianus planted out in summer 2010.
Summer 2010
a month ago
T. wagneriansu November 2011.
T.wagnerianus protection winter 2010/11
T. wagnerianus end of November 2010
S. minor after winter 2012/13 (planted 2010)
S. minor after winter 2011/12
Sabal minor October 2011
S. minor after winter 2010/11
S. minor April 2010
S. minor. Planted out in spring 2010. Seed grown from Rare palm seeds
Thanks for watching
😀
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Posted : 23/06/2013 5:24 pm
Henoh
Love all the palms(esp the blue ones!)
Cool shot of the Waggie in November too.
jmdupuyoo
I really like that pic of the giant Agave with the life sized snowman
built next to it-never seen anything like that before!
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Posted : 23/06/2013 8:08 pm
Thanks Jim! I'm just a beginner compared to you. I'm impressed with your effort in overwintering exotics in zone 5 8)
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Posted : 24/06/2013 6:39 am
Henoh greetings from dida (palmapedia) great shots, at last i see those R. Hystrix on one page without having to search your previous posts, Scalar would be very popular here with his winter protection.
Max, Beograd
Posted : 16/09/2013 3:19 am
Zabola/dida, great to see you here. Scalar really pushes the limits with numerous species (Butia, Phoenix, Chamaerops, Washingtonia etc.) in zone 7.
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Posted : 16/09/2013 10:30 am
Thanks for the welcome, yes and he is obviously getting bored of all that work (Scalar), nice to chat with you in english.. see you mate.
Max, Beograd
Posted : 16/09/2013 3:44 pm
