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Posted by elman23 none (My Page) on Sun, Feb 5, 12 at 14:16
| There are a few varieties of cold hardy palm trees that do well with a little protection during the winter months. I have been doing this for years now and have had great success. Contact ELMAN23@aol.com if you want more details on how to bring the tropics to NJ. |
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RE: Cold Hardy Palm Trees In New Jersey
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| are you kidding would love to know more |
RE: Cold Hardy Palm Trees In New Jersey
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| Banana palms are the easiest ones to grow with little maintenance. They die down after the first freeze every year. I just mulch over a few inches and every spring they pop up. They love full sun. The one in front of my house gets to 12' tall every summer. Windmill palms also do very well in NJ. I cage them in for the winter months to proctect from snow and ice. They are cold hardy to 0 degrees. Shoot me an email at elman23@aol.com I sell these palms out of my house in the spring time. Eric |
RE: Cold Hardy Palm Trees In New Jersey
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| Bananas are not palms, they are large perennials that die to the ground every winter like cannas. Trachycarpus (windmill) palms do ok with protection from wet snowloads. Mine planted in 1996 as a 2 year old seedling is 13 feet now. |
RE: Cold Hardy Palm Trees In New Jersey
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| Bananas are not palms, they are large perennials that die to the ground every winter like cannas. Trachycarpus (windmill) palms do ok with protection from wet snowloads. Mine planted in 1996 as a 2 year old seedling is 13 feet now. |
RE: Cold Hardy Palm Trees In New Jersey
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| Wow, 13 feet....thats pretty impressive being grown from a baby tree. The key to growth and survival in NJ is definitely placement in relation to the sun. You are right, bananas arent palm trees but a perennial plant. However, they resemble a palm tree which is why i refer to them as such. If we want to get technical, they are called the musa bajoo. Great, low maintenance plant to bring that tropical feel to your yard. The one in my front yard gets to 12-14 feet every summer. Let me ask, do you still protect your 13' windmill in winter? Eric |
RE: Cold Hardy Palm Trees In New Jersey
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| I don't protect it anymore, i just go out at all hours of the night during blizzards to keep the heavy wet snows from bending the fronds. it is sighted on the east side of the house protected from winds, and gets only an hour or two of morning sun in winter. |
RE: Cold Hardy Palm Trees In New Jersey
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Hey Guys,
I just ordered a few Windmill and Needle Palm trees from TyTy to plany by my pool. I live in Newfoundland, NJ and read up a lot on these palms before buying. One thing that struck me odd when I spoke to their sales rep they said they do not recommend to protect the tree at all once they are 3 feet or larger. I bought a couple that are 4 to 5 feet so now I am not sure if I should protect them in winter, I do some people online protecting even much bigger speciemen. They said in all the years only one time they had to replace a tree that size and it was due to -40 degree weather in Idaho. Also they suggested not to use any fertilizer after planting. Do you guys have any input to this? I would love to talk about the plants you have for sale elman, was thinking to plant some musa basjoo as well. |
RE: Cold Hardy Palm Trees In New Jersey
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| Just to warn you Rafael, TyTy has a horrendously bad reputation, and I've heard their advice is just as awful as their service and plants. I hope you get lucky though... I doubt you'd have trouble with a windmill palm in NJ, but regardless of size it's probably a good idea to protect it somewhat the first few winters. I've seen loads of them in botanical gardens in the NY/NJ area with no winter protection though... My small windmill croaked from a freak -23 night last winter (I'm in zone 6 so usually have few nights that even get to zero). I don't imagine -40 is needed to kill even a very large specimen however. |
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