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Queen or Foxtail Palms
HAs any tried to grow queen or foxtail palms in Austin? I see they
are not recommended for this zone, but I was wondering if they can make it here. I have seen some beautiful 45 gallon ones for sale, and they seem reasonably priced. My worry is they will die in the winter. The planting location would on the northwest side of a house. Pretty close to the house on one side, and a cement wall on the other. Thanks for the help! |
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Queen or Foxtail Palms
I am curious, too. All I ever see are fan palms.
"TargetPK" wrote in message oups.com... HAs any tried to grow queen or foxtail palms in Austin? I see they are not recommended for this zone, but I was wondering if they can make it here. I have seen some beautiful 45 gallon ones for sale, and they seem reasonably priced. My worry is they will die in the winter. The planting location would on the northwest side of a house. Pretty close to the house on one side, and a cement wall on the other. Thanks for the help! |
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Queen or Foxtail Palms
"TargetPK" wrote in message roups.com... HAs any tried to grow queen or foxtail palms in Austin? I see they are not recommended for this zone, but I was wondering if they can make it here. I have seen some beautiful 45 gallon ones for sale, and they seem reasonably priced. My worry is they will die in the winter. The planting location would on the northwest side of a house. Pretty close to the house on one side, and a cement wall on the other. Thanks for the help! I've seen them in Houston, but they really wouldn't make it in one of our three day ice situations which does happen. Since I've been living in Austin (7 years) we've had some form of ice or sleet storm every winter. This is an expensive plant to try. However, downtown on Sixth St. there is a building with the word palm on it (I forget just now) and there are foxtails there, but heavily protected in the city with all the concrete which retains heat. Queen palms are iffy and I doubt they would survive in our zone. My opinion is this; if you can afford to lose them, plant them and experiment. I would think the soil conditions are important to the health of the plant and its ability to remain hardy. Victoria |
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Queen or Foxtail Palms
I have grown both kinds and they will need some kind of protection. The fox
tail is pretty hardy and as long as you keep the frost off, they will survive. Same with queen palm, so I keep mine in a pot and move it under the patio cover or in the green house during cold spells. I have had temps in the high teens, and the palms survived out but under the patio cover. Again, its the frost that kills not necessarily the temperature. Obviously, when temps go below lets say, 15 degrees the roots even in pots will start to freeze, but those temps are rare in Central Texas. Jim "TargetPK" wrote in message oups.com... HAs any tried to grow queen or foxtail palms in Austin? I see they are not recommended for this zone, but I was wondering if they can make it here. I have seen some beautiful 45 gallon ones for sale, and they seem reasonably priced. My worry is they will die in the winter. The planting location would on the northwest side of a house. Pretty close to the house on one side, and a cement wall on the other. Thanks for the help! |
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Queen or Foxtail Palms
On May 1, 7:12 am, Jangchub wrote:
"TargetPK" wrote in message roups.com... HAs any tried to grow queen or foxtail palms in Austin? I see they are not recommended for this zone, but I was wondering if they can make it here. I have seen some beautiful 45 gallon ones for sale, and they seem reasonably priced. My worry is they will die in the winter. The planting location would on the northwest side of a house. Pretty close to the house on one side, and a cement wall on the other. Thanks for the help! I've seen them in Houston, but they really wouldn't make it in one of our three day ice situations which does happen. Since I've been living in Austin (7 years) we've had some form of ice or sleet storm every winter. This is an expensive plant to try. However, downtown on Sixth St. there is a building with the word palm on it (I forget just now) and there are foxtails there, but heavily protected in the city with all the concrete which retains heat. Queen palms are iffy and I doubt they would survive in our zone. My opinion is this; if you can afford to lose them, plant them and experiment. I would think the soil conditions are important to the health of the plant and its ability to remain hardy. Victoria I am starting to see large ones at commercial sites all over town. Check out the two large ones at the Taco Cabana on Riverside near Lamar. They are beautiful. I have had a small one in my garden for at least 6 years. It has survived the 2-3 day ice storms fine. Of course, in these storms, the lows have still been in the upper 20s. The just below freezing weather doesn't seem to bother it. I also think that the lows at my house have been above 25 in this decade. |
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Queen or Foxtail Palms
I am referring to queen palms in my previous post. I had never heard
of foxtail palms until this post. A lot of web sites rate foxtails for zone 10-11. If that is true, they could be easily damaged here in many winters. Books and sites have been wrong in them past about hardiness, however. |
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