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As far as I know Texas seems to be a welcoming place to tropical plants growth. It's heat and humid most of year, and cold snaps, even though really hard sometimes, they don't last long enough to kill them.
These ones are from Chiuahua-Mexico, during Groundhog day Blizzard. Temps. were as bad as -16C but I do belive they've passed through that.
^^Why would it drive anyone crazy? They have palm trees as far north as Vancouver and Denmark. I personally love everything about coconuts, I eat them all the time.
The OP I believe is referring to coconut palms, which tend to die in places with hard freezes. You won't see any outside in San Antonio or Corpus Christi because of the winters, and even places inland from S. Padre probably get too cold for them.
Apparently the oldest, northernmost coconut palm in North America is in Newport Beach, California. It was planted in 1984 and is protected by cliffs just to the north, if I'm not mistaken. There may be younger trees of that species farther north in that state, though.
The OP I believe is referring to coconut palms, which tend to die in places with hard freezes. You won't see any outside in San Antonio or Corpus Christi because of the winters, and even places inland from S. Padre probably get too cold for them.
Apparently the oldest, northernmost coconut palm in North America is in Newport Beach, California. It was planted in 1984 and is protected by cliffs just to the north, if I'm not mistaken. There may be younger trees of that species farther north in that state, though.
The northern/marginal limit for coconut palms in Texas is coastal Corpus Christi, at one time there was a fruiting specimen there. A few people managed to get coconut palms to survive a few winters in Galveston also. They'll grow as far west as McAllen in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, though they're prone to cold damage there. They seem to last for one to two decades in the Brownsville/South Padre area.
Yes, there is a coconut palm in Newport Beach (growing in a micro-climate on the side of a building), but it is severely stunted. It's about 5 feet tall after 27 years and will never flower or fruit, it seems to hold like 3 fronds most of the time, it's surprising it is able to hang on at all. The problem with coconuts in California isn't the cold, it's the year round cool weather. Coconuts will not grow long term in California without heating cables.
The OP I believe is referring to coconut palms, which tend to die in places with hard freezes. You won't see any outside in San Antonio or Corpus Christi because of the winters, and even places inland from S. Padre probably get too cold for them.
Apparently the oldest, northernmost coconut palm in North America is in Newport Beach, California. It was planted in 1984 and is protected by cliffs just to the north, if I'm not mistaken. There may be younger trees of that species farther north in that state, though.
Asagi is right.
From what I’ve read, the coconut palm in Newport Beach, CA very small (maybe 12 feet) and will never produce coconuts because it’s too cold in southern California, it really more of a curiosity than anything eles. I really doubt you would find any other coconut palms that far north. Here is the last pic of it I saw (don’t know if is still alive however):
Normally Coconut palms will get 50 to 100 feet or higher. Here are what the more typical size should be (Ocean Drive in Miami):
Also, I don’t think coconut palms look that great planted alone. It looks strange to have just one coconut planted. It’s still a beautiful tree, but IMO coconut palms only look natural in the landscape when they are in large groups. Naturally, they wash up and grow in groups like these in Key West:
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