PalmsNorth.com – Cold Hardy Palm Forum

I guess it could always be worse! Enjoy the sun, Spring is just a little over a month away. Joe

My extreme min. temp. so far was -1.6 C. back in early Dec. It dropped down to -1 C. here this morning. The sun and blue sky sure is nice. Joe

Sounds like you have some awesome palms. I love filifera and I have hoards of small ones I grew from seed. The seed collected in the coldest areas whe...

C.australis are roughly hardy to approx. -8 C. or 17.6 F. Duration of the freeze also makes a difference. I was in a garden today where there some nic...

I don't know of any large trunked specimens in the pNW. but I do know of huge old ones growing in Switzerland, Germany, Normandy and Southern England....

We guesstimate that the Jubaea growing here on SSI is at least 30 years old or more. When it first planted it in 1999 it was a crated specimen. It ha...

Here in the Southern Gulf Islands C.humilis will grow just fine out in the open and they seem to be just as fool proof as T.fortunei. There are some r...

We hit a high of 10.1 C. here with a low of 3.8 C. It was a nice sunny day. WE honestly have not seen Winter here on SSI. Cheers, Joe

After work today I measured the Jubaea. It is growing in town so it is very convenient to see. The frond length is 84" inches, some are a little longe...

John, The first time I heard of this palm was in the late 1980's. A good friend of mine and I imported some cold hardy palms from Southern California....