Date palm lives through a zone 6b winter

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Date palm lives through a zone 6b winter

Post by Okanagan desert-palms » Sun Mar 30, 2014 8:15 pm

Lots of other palm,yucca pics as well. Lowest temp -16c winter 2013-2014



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Post by kspalmguy » Sun Mar 30, 2014 8:17 pm

I don't know my Phoenix real well, is that Dactylifera? Or something else? I too am in zone 6b...

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Post by Okanagan desert-palms » Sun Mar 30, 2014 8:28 pm

Ks I`m not sure what type of phoenix it is. I bought it of the local buy and sell they had listed it as a windmill palm for $40.00. I`m just glad it made it through it`s first winter. Total experiment on this palm.


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Post by TerdalFarm » Sun Mar 30, 2014 9:42 pm

cIDP? Guess.

So, how did you protect it?

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Post by Okanagan desert-palms » Mon Mar 31, 2014 4:28 am

I mummy wrapped it in fiberglass insulation and had a small space heater trained on it when we got a cold snap.
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Post by InsanePalmNinja » Thu May 08, 2014 9:12 am

Could you make a video on how you protected your grander
Nobody panics when people plant normal trees because its part of the plan... if someone plants a Palm EVERYONE LOSES THERE MINDS!

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Post by lucky1 » Thu May 08, 2014 5:09 pm

Congrats John.
Very impressed with CIDP's survival.
Being near the lake, you're certainly milder than my min temps (-20C, three times this winter).

I planted mine out last month so that's encouraging.

Thanks for the pic!

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Post by canadianplant » Fri May 09, 2014 11:24 am

sweet john

you think of getting a p theophratsii? usually said to be hardy too zone 6or 7
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