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Old 11-18-2009, 05:56 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Anyone else growing Palm trees in Missouri (or in the midwest)?
Is anyone else growing palm trees and sucessfully overwintering outside in Missouri? I have had sucess overwintering 2 Trachycarpus fortunei (windmill palms) last winter. The one in the attached picture was a 1 gal plant and was planted in June 2008. I also planted a Washingtonia palm (California fan palm) in April 2009. It was a 7 gallon tree when I bought it and has grown to over 6 feet tall now. The windmill palm is growing much slower.
I plan on wrapping the trucks with pipe heating cables and burlap and enclosing in a leaf cage.

Does anyone have any tips on overwintering a washingtonia palm (CA fan palm) in USDA zone 6/7?

Jeremy
St Peters, MO
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