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Help needed. How do palmettos deal with ice?
Posted on 1/11/25 at 9:06 am
Posted on 1/11/25 at 9:06 am
I believe these to be cabbage palmettos. Didn’t care what they were when we got them.
They have survived two winters and seem to have proved hardy enough in North Carolina.
However, what is the natural flow of “foliage dropage” for these?
Can you or should you cut the fronds? Or let them collect more sunlight in their first five years?
I suppose if they stay green, that they will help the tree regardless of stature.
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Posted on 1/11/25 at 10:50 am to dstone12
There's plenty of info on cold/ice on palms on you tube, etc.
In my last few years of owning palms, they all have diff temps that they can handle, and
The most important part of the plant to keep from freezing is the top part of the "trunk" where the fronds grow from. When this part freezes, the plant more often than not, dies.
We've had two date palms die in the last 3-4 years here, south of Baton Rouge. We bought a different one this year, that is supposed to be hearty down to 11 degrees.
We tried bundling the fronds, wrapping the trunk, putting lights around the trunk, but the cold and the wind from our adjacent river was just too much evidently.
Sorry, that's all I have, but I'd think google and youtube will give you more answers to your species.
In my last few years of owning palms, they all have diff temps that they can handle, and
The most important part of the plant to keep from freezing is the top part of the "trunk" where the fronds grow from. When this part freezes, the plant more often than not, dies.
We've had two date palms die in the last 3-4 years here, south of Baton Rouge. We bought a different one this year, that is supposed to be hearty down to 11 degrees.
We tried bundling the fronds, wrapping the trunk, putting lights around the trunk, but the cold and the wind from our adjacent river was just too much evidently.
Sorry, that's all I have, but I'd think google and youtube will give you more answers to your species.
Posted on 1/12/25 at 8:34 am to dstone12
The native palmettos growing across the Gulf states survive short freezing periods in the 20's at night. One problem with planting them is that nurseries sell several cold-sensitive imported palms as palmetto.
As for care, I cut sagging fronds off when they start turning brown. If you don't keep trimming, you quickly end up with a messy thicket of sharp hard spears.
As for care, I cut sagging fronds off when they start turning brown. If you don't keep trimming, you quickly end up with a messy thicket of sharp hard spears.
Posted on 1/13/25 at 9:14 am to dstone12
Sabal palmetto, it’ll be fine. Palms are not like other trees, they use all of the nutrients in the older fronds and you really shouldn’t trim them off until they are completely brown. If you want it to look nice you can keep the canopy trimmed so that the fronds are at 90 degrees, but you should wait until spring as it is under stress right now.
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