Cold hardy Palms for Myakka City?

[coco305]

I was wondering what the best cold hardy palms are for myakka city FL? it seems to be zone 9B but it seems to be getting more tropical every year. 

I am thinking of having the following palms

1) Beccariophoenix Alfredii

2) everglades palm

3) Chinese fan palm / Washingtonia Robusta

4) Florida Thatch Palm / Caribbean thatch palm 

5) Bangalow Palm

6) Mediterranean fan Palm

7) canary islands date palm

 

On part of my land I want to have it be more of a arid / desert type landscape and have like the native florida scrub, along with some of the deserty looking fan palms and the date palm.

On the other part of my land I want to have the more tropical looking palms and the high plateau coconut palm and the bangalow palm. 

Is there a kind of bamboo palm that is cold hardy and looks tropical?

 

Cheers!

[Collectorpalms]

35 minutes ago, coco305 said:

I was wondering what the best cold hardy palms are for myakka city FL? it seems to be zone 9B but it seems to be getting more tropical every year. 

I am thinking of having the following palms

1) Beccariophoenix Alfredii

2) everglades palm

3) Chinese fan palm / Washingtonia Robusta

4) Florida Thatch Palm / Caribbean thatch palm 

5) Bangalow Palm

6) Mediterranean fan Palm

7) canary islands date palm

 

On part of my land I want to have it be more of a arid / desert type landscape and have like the native florida scrub, along with some of the deserty looking fan palms and the date palm.

On the other part of my land I want to have the more tropical looking palms and the high plateau coconut palm and the bangalow palm. 

Is there a kind of bamboo palm that is cold hardy and looks tropical?

 

Cheers!

Can you post pictues of your lot? Also. Florida is overdue for a very cold winter, so plant both cold hardy and marginal palms. Skip Washingtonia Robusta, and replace with a different fan Palm.

 

35 minutes ago, coco305 said:

I was wondering what the best cold hardy palms are for myakka city FL? it seems to be zone 9B but it seems to be getting more tropical every year. 

I am thinking of having the following palms

1) Beccariophoenix Alfredii

2) everglades palm

3) Chinese fan palm / Washingtonia Robusta

4) Florida Thatch Palm / Caribbean thatch palm 

5) Bangalow Palm

6) Mediterranean fan Palm

7) canary islands date palm

 

On part of my land I want to have it be more of a arid / desert type landscape and have like the native florida scrub, along with some of the deserty looking fan palms and the date palm.

On the other part of my land I want to have the more tropical looking palms and the high plateau coconut palm and the bangalow palm. 

Is there a kind of bamboo palm that is cold hardy and looks tropical?

 

Cheers!

For the native Florida look. Pick species native to Florida or the Carribean for a more natural look. I would strongly consider silver saw palmetto, for some low growing blue foliage contrast. Instead of Washingtonia Robusta, they are so much damn work keeping up with them, I would go with Sabal Causarium. Floridan Thatch palm is a good one for sure. Everyglades are good, but look best within a low spot that collects water. Canaries get a lot of diseases, that I might pass on that one. Consider Copernicia species.

For the more Tropical Look. Consider Medigascar palms, Australian palms and more Florida Natives. Beccariophoenix, Archontophoenix cunninghamiana. Royal Palms, maybe triple Foxtails and native pseudophoenix are going to give you the standard 9b Florida tropical looks. Consider the Obvious blue Bismarkia as well.

From there you can get more exotic smaller palms, if you have space. Those bigger palms will give you a microclimate for shorter more tropical palms.

Do you have pictures of your yard?

[Fusca]

12 hours ago, coco305 said:

Is there a kind of bamboo palm that is cold hardy and looks tropical?

Chamaedorea microspadix has a tropical look and is cold hardy well into the teens.  There are probably other Chamaedorea species less cold hardy but would do well in 9b.  C. seifrezii is listed as a zone 10 palm according to Palmpedia but others locally might say otherwise.

[kinzyjr]

@coco305

I like the ideas presented by @Fusca and @Collectorpalms.  You can plant as hardy or tender-tropical as you want, gut everyone is right that we're about due for another nasty winter.  This winter was relatively "average".  What was the low temperature at your place?

Myakka River State Park had 26F this January:

[SeanK]

There's a place called Wilcox Nursery up in Pinellas County that specializes in natural Florida palms and landscapes. 

As others say, don't bother with robustas. They're a nuisance palm and don't fit small landscapes.

I also suggest membership in FNPS and CFPACS that can help you.

[kinzyjr]

21 minutes ago, SeanK said:

There's a place called Wilcox Nursery up in Pinellas County that specializes in natural Florida palms and landscapes. 

As others say, don't bother with robustas. They're a nuisance palm and don't fit small landscapes.

I also suggest membership in FNPS and CFPACS that can help you.

Wilcox is a nice place.  I stopped there late last year.  They were out of a few plants and advised me to check out Sweet Bay Nursery in Parish.  This might be a shorter drive for the original poster.

• Sweet Bay Nursery website: https://sweetbaynursery.com/

I also recommend membership in CFPACS, but some might say I'm a bit biased    

• CFPACS  website: https://cfpacs.com/org/
• CFPACS Fall 2022 Meeting: https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?/topic/73966-central-florida-palm-cycad-society-fall-meeting-sat-10222022/

The itinerary for the fall meeting will likely be amended in the coming month to add at least one additional site.  If you're not in CFPACS, but would still like to attend, you are encouraged to do so.