Cold Hardy? Lowes or Home Depot - General Tiki

S Swanky Tiki Socialite Hapa Haole Hideaway, Knoxville, TN Joined: Apr 03, 2002 Posts: 5398	S Swanky Posted posted on Fri, Mar 23, 2012 9:45 AM I have bought "Cold Hardy" palms from various sources, including the Home Depot stuff. Just because a sepcies is cold hardy, does not mean it will thrive. It is really important to know where the nursery is they were grown. If it si Monoria California, don't bother. That palm has been babied its whole life and then you put it in your Zone and it dies... I have also brought them from a Zone near mine and gotten large 15 gallon palms and they ended up toast here. I am trying a new strategy of gettign a small one, grown at a nearby nursery and hoping as it weathers a few wonters, it gets strong and makes it. I am also putting them near the fence where the cold winds come in so they are sheltered a bit. The NEedle Palms are indeed hapy and healthy however after several years.

I have bought "Cold Hardy" palms from various sources, including the Home Depot stuff. Just because a sepcies is cold hardy, does not mean it will thrive. It is really important to know where the nursery is they were grown. If it si Monoria California, don't bother. That palm has been babied its whole life and then you put it in your Zone and it dies... I have also brought them from a Zone near mine and gotten large 15 gallon palms and they ended up toast here.

I am trying a new strategy of gettign a small one, grown at a nearby nursery and hoping as it weathers a few wonters, it gets strong and makes it. I am also putting them near the fence where the cold winds come in so they are sheltered a bit.

The NEedle Palms are indeed hapy and healthy however after several years.

Post #629762 by Swanky on Fri, Mar 23, 2012 9:45 AM