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i bought a chinese fan palm today at walmart, i live in louisville, kentucky (zone 7a or 7b) and i planted it in the ground. do you think i need to over-winter it inside or can it survive outside with some sort of cover? there are only little sprouts about 4 or 5 feet tall with no real trunks yet.
i bought a chinese fan palm today at walmart, i live in louisville, kentucky (zone 7a or 7b) and i planted it in the ground. do you think i need to over-winter it inside or can it survive outside with some sort of cover? there are only little sprouts about 4 or 5 feet tall with no real trunks yet.
Its not as cold hardy as you would want. As nitram points out, its more appropriate for Zone 9. I would take it inside. Indeed I would keep it potted all the time. But if you must keep it outside, massive protection is the order.
Find another palm that can tolerate Zone 7. There are several.
yeah ive looked for more hardy palms but theyre hard to find around here. im not really opposed to bringing it indoors, it would just be easier to leave it outside.
The first type is the 'Chinese Windmill Palm' 'Trachycarpus' several variations--all from Asia- -Trachycarpus Fortunei (Several subtypes more hardy then others) will survive with some kind of winter protection in northern KY.
The second type is another species altogether- The 'Chinese Fountain Fan Palm' or Livistona Chinensis- less hardy then the species above- and is suitable only as a deck plant in the summer to be over wintered inside- since it is hardy only in California and central to south Florida and the gulf coast.
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.....just to add to this thread...there are several online sites devoted to palms...jungle music in so. calif. being very well read in palms of all sorts..as well as tons..and i mean tons...of info on all topics concerning palms..including cold hardiness..theres even an area dedicated to cold hardy palm types on their site...id definately recommend that anyone interested in learning all about palms,no matter where you live,..check out this site...
I am very familiar with Jungle Music- as a 'palm nut' from a way back Bergman has a wonderful nursery- he does have a high minimum purchase order however of I believe $250.
I grow trachycarpus fortunei and Wagnerianus here in Connecticut a zone 6/7- more zone 7 in recent years- I do cover in the winter. Both are thriving-
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..i agree, thats kind of the downside of ordering from them..maybe in time they'll bring down their minimum order ..cuz he has alot of really neat varities many people could work with in their landscapes...
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..i agree, thats kind of the downside of ordering from them..maybe in time they'll bring down their minimum order ..cuz he has alot of really neat varities many people could work with in their landscapes...queen,and canary islnd. date palms are just are so "ordinary" these days...let alone that they are listed as potentially invasive in some areas..
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