Snow palms

16 years ago

We have had a fair bit of snow here today, about 8" i guess in total with more forecast tomorrow which will make the heaviest snowfall since 1987.

The UK generally has seen some very cold temperatures, and record lows have been set for some areas. It looks like it should start to improve slightly by middle of next week, but one thing is sure that many will have serious losses to the point where cordylines and butias will be killed outright in many exoticists garden this winter :-(. I seem to have missed the real lows so far mainly due to cloud cover at the right time. The north of England and Scotland have seen -22c, even parts of mild cornwall have apparently seen -13c.

Anyway here are a few snowy palms pics.

Trachycarpus sp 'nova'

Butia capitata

Waggie

A.americana var marginata

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don_licuala
16 years ago
Nice Waggies.
tropicalzone7
16 years ago
Looks like this snow really slammed you guys hard. you may be very far north, but temperatures are usually pretty moderate and snow not that common. Im sure the city is probably moving pretty slow with this weather. I hope all your plants stay safe, they do look very nice covered in the snow though.
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16 years ago
I wouldn't worry about the snow on them. Ice tends to do more tree and shrub damage--even to perfectly hardy plants. I will go out after a snow and gently brush off heavy snows from some of my evergreens and palms but there's not much you can or should do for the ice. Mine had seen 4.0 F. last year with just a bit of leaf burn. This winter's minimums have been fairly mild in comparison (17-20 F.) with a couple of snow storms--considering there's a freeze watch out for MIAMI, I feel lucky! In a normal winter, whenever tropical Miami gets absurdly cold, we're usually much colder (we should be near 0 F. if not lower and not a mere 15 degrees warmer than a city bordering the tropical Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico on this January evening). This is just really weird! Getting back to the palms though, Trachys are quite amazing--they seem to go into a dormant state in arctic like conditions (leaves will close up and may darken or spot but then revert to normal once its gets mild again). I would not worry about them and just leave them alone.
trachyhead
Original Author
16 years ago
Thanks, not worried about the trachies. I we get temps here that wipe them out i would be astounded, our all time low here is around -13c/8f. So far my low has only been -6c/21f.

Very weird about Miami though, i know someone in Coral Gables that has a forecast low of -2.8c!! Unbelievable.
brooklyngreg
16 years ago
Your palms look so healthy. Probably you do not have too much to worry about providing you rebound a bit and wind is not cold and driven.

However, snow and freezing water in the bud is something that kills and I'd brush them off, especially the pindo palm.
trachyhead
Original Author
16 years ago
Cheers Greg, the butia has fleece stuffed in the growing point to stop the snow getting in there and freezing, i have taken it out now as the snow is thawing.