Palms

Not looking to wrap them either @strongylodon ,just keep them on the dry side.
If needs be I'll throw a quilt over them in servere weather.
Just looking for ideas on shelters

 

I have just placed an order with Garden Palms:
http://www.mypalmshop.com/Outdoor palms

About 5 different species

Probably not the best time of year to be planting them outdoors. So I will keep them in my garage (has a window) until next spring and plant them out then.

 

What palms are you wanting to keep dry?

 

Butia and brahea @Kristen
Come on then @Sirius divulge into which ones?

 

I've only really got the Butia and Washingtonia that need any attention, the Chamys and the Trachys, take care of themselves.

On the Butia and Washy I'll be mostly looking to keep water out of the growing point, in case it freezes down there, if it gets severe frost then they might need a blanket on them, but hoping not to have to bother.

I'm not intending to try and keep the roots dry, that's virtually impossible once planted out, I think.

 

Here's the butia



Brahea



Cycad after it's flush

 

The 5 washingtonia that germinated in mid May are all doing ok

 

mowgley,

How long did your Washingtonias take to germinate?
I collected some seeds in Spain in August, have potted them up, but so far nothing has happened.

 

@Sirius
If I remember rightly it was about 7 to 10 days
Germination was around 70% too

 

Update on the washingtonia's 3 out of the 5 have pushed themselves out of the pots.
Logic says not to pot on at this time of year what you think?

 

I imagine the roots have wrapped themselves around the bottoms of the pots pushing the root ball up but the growth should slow, or have slowed down now and I would leave them till March and use deep pots.

 

I've got CIDP in a pot, and soil level is now 3 inches above the rim.

Come spring, I'll take it out the pot and cut off the bottom 4ins of roots with an old handsaw, then repot it with some fresh compost.
Never tried it with a Washy, but I cant see why it wont work.
As yours are relatively small though just a pot on into a deeper pot would be best.

I'd leave it until spring now though, late spring at that, palms seem to go root mad in late Summer/Autumn.

 

I'll keep them as they are then. Going to keep them in the GH and grow them tough but bring in on really cold nights.

 

Frost free is all they require, once they get a bit bigger a couple of degrees of frost is not a problem.