I felt sad about your beautiful palm tree. It lived an amazing life and lasted many years. I have a small one. I cannot imagine what I’ll feel when that moment happens. I’m glad your extra palm tree is thriving.
Yes, I wasn't happy about it. It was the first palm I ever lost to some kind of boring insect. Fortunately, my other adonidia palm about 30 feet away wasn't infected.
From what I've heard other Californians post on palm forums, Adonidia won't survive in California due to cooler, wetter winters (even though it may never see freezing temperatures). The palm needs more wintertime heat (like a coconut palm). www.palmpedia.net/wiki/Adonidia_merrillii
What zone did you say you were in? I just bought 2 Adi's for my FL6 zone 9A landscape. We get maybe 4+/- wks of cold weather. I'm hoping to keep them warm. Your heating details were vreat. Tx.
I'm in the top end of USDA zone 9b most winters. Some winters I don't drop below 30 degrees. Other winters it can drop into the low 20s, but it hasn't dropped into the low 20s since 2010. Adonidia palms will definitely require protection (especially from frost) in zone 9a. I've had adonidias that took into the high 20s (but were covered and didn't get frost on the leaves) and came out fine. Any colder than high 20s and you will need supplemental heat and insulative coverings to protect your adonidias -- if you don't want them damaged.
@Walt Darnall I love my new Adi's. I'll prepare for winter as needed. We didn't hit the 20's last year but 5AM gets very dicey here. I have them in wicking pots now. Planning to see how they ride their first winter. If my covering plan works, I'll plant in the spring. P.S. Wind here in Saint John's/ Fruit Cove is a very big deal too! We do ok with the hurricanes but boy, that wind off of our pond is brutal.
@@thegiftlady1 I had a friend (now deceased) who lived right on the east bank of the St. John River in East Palatka. I gave him an Archontophoenix cunninghamiana (bangalow) palm 15 years ago. He planted it under a very tall live oak about 50 feet from the river. The last time I saw it, it was 25 feet tall. The heat from the river water helped from the prevention of frost. In this Google street view, if you look at the left side of the roof (at the pointed drip edge) you can see the trunk of the bangalow palm. The crown of fronds must be up in the live oak tree: www.google.com/maps/@29.6833612,-81.6275677,3a,15.9y,227.16h,91.82t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sWeWBjcD1XVWqL8IswWJf_w!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
Thanks for posting this. I'm in St Augustine Beach and am considering a three trunk christmas palm like this. Would you recommend it? Or is it destined for a cold night's death, ha. Thanks!
I wouldn't do it. No way will Adonidia palms make it in St. Augustine Beach in the long term -- unless you were to protect it as shown in my video. Frost is the biggest enemy of Adonidia. They can take maybe upper 20s -- if they don't see frost. But frost at 32 degrees will kill the leaves. I only have one single adonidia palm. It is growing under a carrotwood tree canopy. It saw 29 degrees back on January 29th -- and it was unhurt as it didn't get any frost on it. Had it been out in the open it would have been frost fried. I have a small coconut palm growing under ficus tree canopy, and it wasn't hurt by 29 degrees. But my big coconut palm (that I have videos here on TH-cam) out in the open got serious frond damage from frost, as it saw 27 degrees at day break.
@@1royalpalm ok great, thanks. was afraid of that. appreciate the info. really want that clean palm look. surrounded by the date palms around here was hoping for something different.
I felt sad about your beautiful palm tree. It lived an amazing life and lasted many years. I have a small one. I cannot imagine what I’ll feel when that moment happens. I’m glad your extra palm tree is thriving.
Thanks for the kind words.
Wow, you sure gave that tree great attention and care. It must've felt like losing an old friend. It was beautiful.
Yes, I wasn't happy about it. It was the first palm I ever lost to some kind of boring insect. Fortunately, my other adonidia palm about 30 feet away wasn't infected.
Great photos . Sorry for your loss. I live in SoCal 🤔 wondering if they'll survive out here .
From what I've heard other Californians post on palm forums, Adonidia won't survive in California due to cooler, wetter winters (even though it may never see freezing temperatures). The palm needs more wintertime heat (like a coconut palm). www.palmpedia.net/wiki/Adonidia_merrillii
Don’t Floridians experience cooler wetter winters?
@@gentlecalmness1116 Winter is our dry season, with an occasional shot of cold dry air.
What zone did you say you were in? I just bought 2 Adi's for my FL6 zone 9A landscape. We get maybe 4+/- wks of cold weather. I'm hoping to keep them warm. Your heating details were vreat. Tx.
I'm in the top end of USDA zone 9b most winters. Some winters I don't drop below 30 degrees. Other winters it can drop into the low 20s, but it hasn't dropped into the low 20s since 2010. Adonidia palms will definitely require protection (especially from frost) in zone 9a. I've had adonidias that took into the high 20s (but were covered and didn't get frost on the leaves) and came out fine. Any colder than high 20s and you will need supplemental heat and insulative coverings to protect your adonidias -- if you don't want them damaged.
@Walt Darnall I love my new Adi's. I'll prepare for winter as needed. We didn't hit the 20's last year but 5AM gets very dicey here. I have them in wicking pots now. Planning to see how they ride their first winter. If my covering plan works, I'll plant in the spring.
P.S. Wind here in Saint John's/ Fruit Cove is a very big deal too! We do ok with the hurricanes but boy, that wind off of our pond is brutal.
@@thegiftlady1 I had a friend (now deceased) who lived right on the east bank of the St. John River in East Palatka. I gave him an Archontophoenix cunninghamiana (bangalow) palm 15 years ago. He planted it under a very tall live oak about 50 feet from the river. The last time I saw it, it was 25 feet tall. The heat from the river water helped from the prevention of frost. In this Google street view, if you look at the left side of the roof (at the pointed drip edge) you can see the trunk of the bangalow palm. The crown of fronds must be up in the live oak tree: www.google.com/maps/@29.6833612,-81.6275677,3a,15.9y,227.16h,91.82t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sWeWBjcD1XVWqL8IswWJf_w!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
ADONIDA. Perhaps you told her I DON'T NEED YA (ADONIDIA) way too many times. I don't need you Mary Lee!
ha-ha.
:^D
Thanks for posting this. I'm in St Augustine Beach and am considering a three trunk christmas palm like this. Would you recommend it? Or is it destined for a cold night's death, ha. Thanks!
I wouldn't do it. No way will Adonidia palms make it in St. Augustine Beach in the long term -- unless you were to protect it as shown in my video. Frost is the biggest enemy of Adonidia. They can take maybe upper 20s -- if they don't see frost. But frost at 32 degrees will kill the leaves. I only have one single adonidia palm. It is growing under a carrotwood tree canopy. It saw 29 degrees back on January 29th -- and it was unhurt as it didn't get any frost on it. Had it been out in the open it would have been frost fried. I have a small coconut palm growing under ficus tree canopy, and it wasn't hurt by 29 degrees. But my big coconut palm (that I have videos here on TH-cam) out in the open got serious frond damage from frost, as it saw 27 degrees at day break.
@@1royalpalm ok great, thanks. was afraid of that. appreciate the info. really want that clean palm look. surrounded by the date palms around here was hoping for something different.
so where about in florida was this planted, i am in clearwater and am thinking about getting a few of these palms