Post #630133 by JackLord on Mon, Mar 26, 2012 2:22 PM

On 2012-03-23 09:45, Swanky wrote:
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 done pretty well with them here in Zone 7A. Some are tougher than others. The trick, I found, was to protect them for at least the first three years. Most of mine now get minimal protection, but there is 1 that will always need it.