Palms and Cycads: Frozen Palm Pics, 1 by Chiefengineer
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Chiefengineer wrote: I'm posting these pictures for those interested in what freeze damage can look like. A couple weeks ago we had an unusual freeze. It was 70-80F for weeks...then all of a sudden a 14 hour freeze where it dipped to 25F. It is 70's again now, but the aftermath isn't pretty. My Roebellini (above in pic) is next to a chimney, brick, a hot tub, and partially under an eve. It has been unscathed in the ground four years and is now a toasty brown...even the crowns. By contrast, the queen next to it, and all my others, have so far shown no effects (that usually comes in Spring with malformed crowns, though). All my smaller Washies got toasted. The ones only in the ground one year are DEAD. This one (in pic lower) is only burned bad. My theory is a more mature root system helps stave off freezing effects...bigger ones in the ground less time are almost black. These palms are helpless when it is 80F during the day then freezes at night...a relatively new phenomena. I have a huge hackberry tree that lost all of its green leaves in two days following this...never got brown. Same with some peaches that were blossoming. All my Phoenix Canariensis were in full flower...they look like the flowers were torched...trees are good. |