zeitgeist57 Posted July 4, 2011 Report Share Posted July 4, 2011 I was at the new Columbus Commons park downtown (former City Center mall) having a GREAT time with my daughter. Noticed that City decided to plant potted palm trees. Friend of mine said that certain palms - like windmill palm trees - can actually thrive in climates that see -10*F in the winter. This is news to me at 33yrs of age...anyone know of people that have palms in their yards, grow them year-round with a lot of success? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentStateTsi Posted July 4, 2011 Report Share Posted July 4, 2011 We have a date palm but we are in Savannah. We rarely see under 30 degrees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck531 Posted July 4, 2011 Report Share Posted July 4, 2011 http://www.sunpalmtrees.com/Cold-Hardy-Palm-Trees-Windmill-Palms.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trouble Maker Posted July 5, 2011 Report Share Posted July 5, 2011 The new park is purddy cool... I just hope the noise doesn't bother the sea gulls down at the other park. :lolguy: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wease Posted July 5, 2011 Report Share Posted July 5, 2011 http://www.sunpalmtrees.com/Cold-Hardy-Palm-Trees-Windmill-Palms.htm According to that link, they need Zone 8A. I believe we are in 6A. Is it possible that they pick them up and move them indoors for winter? I love palm trees. If I could, I'd have a yard full of them... :nod: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akula Posted July 5, 2011 Report Share Posted July 5, 2011 Really we are a micro zone of zone 5, 5b. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trouble Maker Posted July 5, 2011 Report Share Posted July 5, 2011 Is it possible that they pick them up and move them indoors for winter? From what I've heard due to underground parking still being under the park they can not put trees straight into the ground, so they are all in very large planters. So it wouldn't surprise me if they move them in during the winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeppelin Posted July 6, 2011 Report Share Posted July 6, 2011 I have several cold weather banana trees. This is their 3rd year coming back. Big, 6 foot leaves. Ornamental bananas only. Nothing you can eat. Mine haven't gotten any fruit yet. But they look cool as hell. Very tropical. You just hack them off at ground level in October, and put a couple feet of mulch over the rhyzome, and they come back up about mid April. They come back in groups of about 6 or more. I am trying something different this year. Trying to keep cutting back the new ones that show up, so the main one gets as tall as possible. Singles like that are said to get 12-15 feet tall in an Ohio summer. They grow very fast once July is here. Got them at Dills Greenhouse on Rt 33. Musa Basjoo is the ones that are cold weather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeitgeist57 Posted July 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2011 I cornered a couple of the groundskeepers this morning as I walked across the park. They said that the palms they had planted in Columbus Commons were not cold-hardy, but they will bring them into their greenhouse over the winter. However, one of the guys was talking about Saw Palmetto plants being great growers here in Columbus. Windmill palms are also good, but it's a balance between getting good sunlight in the summer while not being too exposed to northern winds in the wintertime. Zeppelin, where on your property did you plant the Musa Basjoo? The front of my house has great Western exposure, but it gets hot as heck in the late afternoons... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeppelin Posted July 6, 2011 Report Share Posted July 6, 2011 I have 2 on the West side of the house and 4 on the North side. They like allot of Sun. All the rain this year has seemed to slow their growth a bit so far . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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