[ Hardy Palms In Temperate Zones Board ]

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Years Join the discussions, no logins or passwords needed, ever.

T Tesan Posted by Nick z7b Md on December 24, 2024, 11:01 am Has anyone grown these?

Re: T Tesan Posted by TominPrestonMD on December 24, 2024, 1:59 pm, in reply to "T Tesan" I think Mark has one that he started from seed.

Re: T Tesan Posted by Barry Senatobia MS on December 24, 2024, 7:32 pm, in reply to "T Tesan" Nick I have never seen one but Id love to get my hands on one. From what Ive heard, its a lot like T. Wagneriananus. It has those stiff fronds and winds dont bother it. Ive read its possibly a zone 6b palm but not sure. Its a Chinese palm and long lived there. Its mature height is 10 feet to 16 feet and that would be easy to protect if necessary. The trunk becomes fat and usually 4 feet in height at its maximum. Do you have one?

Re: T Tesan Posted by Nick z7b Md on December 25, 2024, 4:13 am, in reply to "Re: T Tesan" I looked them up yesterday and found a you tube video of one. This one didn't look much like a Waggie to me? I have 8 Waggies. It even had the droopy leaves like some fortunes.I find the droopy leaves half way out on the fronds tend to turn brown first.I think it's because during cold weather, the fronds are not able to fold up where the crease is on the frond to help protect it from the cold.I usually trim off the dead end and they look like Waggie fronds.I really don't think that at what temp a trach can survive means much in my garden.I had a 13 ft die on me after the second year in a row after defoilation.The fronds were not hardy to single digits on it. I read that would happen after 2 years in a row of defoilation. Washington palms seem to be able to survive after repeated defoilation, or so I've read.W, Filibustas seem to do better than pure strain in humid wet weather. Waggies are commonly crossed with other Trachs to give them a stiffer frond.I've had good luck with Waggies . There is write on Washington DC palms where a palm grower lost a waggie and a nainatal to repeated cold spells of 5f.I also read where takil,nainital,and nepal palms are the same palm .

Re: T Tesan Posted by Rob N TN on December 26, 2024, 9:54 pm, in reply to "T Tesan" I bet Jim in Iowa could tell you about them. Few if any Trachycapus exotics he hasn't tried. I've tried a few but only having luck with one. I'm growing a T.waggy x Nainital and Its super hardy like a sabal minor but is a tad slow. Last year threw a bucket over it (mulched - no heat) and zero didnt faze it. I'm hoping this is the one for z7a Tennessee.

good reply Posted by Rob N TN on December 27, 2024, 11:15 pm, in reply to "Re: T Tesan" I agree with your assessment of windmill palm fronds getting damaged in winter. I dislike a droopy frond windmill as they seem to be less hardy and I've often heard most windmills aren't as hardy as a T.fortunei, there are wide differences in that species nonetheless. Windmills are known to die after multiple defoliations (Gary Hollar told me that) however W.robusta is amazing. Not only can they grow a new crown every season with just a spear. I have trunk cut an old robusta palm 18" twice and it recovered and lived for years. Those cuttings were from spear pull and had to go down that far to find live tissue. My only issue is the Washington DC report, few palms can survive its minimal low to 'repeated cold spells'

« Back to index

Welcome to the forum. Contact: hardypalmsintemperatezones@gmail.com Visitors are urged to post any information pertinent to plants, weather, or topics related to either. Off-topic posts, Spam posting, "inflammatory posts" and advertisements are subject to removal at the discretion of the moderators. NEW FEATURE FOR LOADING PHOTOS IN YOUR MESSAGES: The HARDY PALMS IN TEMPERANT ZONES has a great new feature when adding photos into your message body. As of May 2010 , You can now add photos in your message body straight from your computer files and we recommend Imgbb found in the message body form. * Your certainly welcome to transfer photos from your Photo Albums located in on-line Photo Albums like Imgur, Photobucket or others. . . * If you have an address for the photo, you can use html language to post a photo. example: < img (space) src = " (photo address) " > leave no spaces except between img and src. all html language must be used <=" ect. (tightly) . . . The address of the photo must fit between the " " tightly . . . * If anyone has any issues with this forum at any time, please feel free to let me know. Thank you. Barry z7b Mississippi - moderator * hardypalmsintemperatezones@gmail.com . . .