In borderline climates with occasional freezing weather, some can be tricky to grow.
Read on for information about cold hardy palms that can withstand a bit of winter weather.
For super cold states, experiment with indoor/outdoor palms like lady palm and Chinese fan palm.
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This shade-loving species has dark green, fan-shaped leaves and is very easy to grow.
It can withstand temperatures down to 18 degrees.
It does well in salt-wind conditions, making it a good choice forbeachside landscaping.
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Female date palm trees(Phoenix dactylifera)produce creamy yellow flowers followed by edible fruits.
It’s hardy down to 15 degrees.
The date palm is one of the oldestand most importantcultivated palm trees.
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This species forms a cluster of slender trunks topped with tufts of fan-shaped leaves.
It is hardy down to 10 to 15 degrees.
This costapalmate-leaved tree has both palmate and pinnate leaves and is strong and resistant to wind.
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It is the state tree of both South Carolina and Florida.
Chinese Fan Palm
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The Chinese fan palm(Livistona chinensis)is one of the most cold hardy tropical plants.
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The leaves are oversized, up to 5 feet across, and range from bluish-green to olive green.
Because of its moderate size, it can also be grown as a potted specimen.
The Chinese fan palm eventually becomes a fast-growing cold hardy palm tree.
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After its first decade as a slow grower, the palm proliferates at half a foot a year.
It has a single trunk topped with arching, fan-shaped leaves that grow up to 5 feet long.
It has moderate drought tolerance but grows much faster when given adequate water.
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This short, shrubby plant grows almost like a ground cover with stems sprouting from underground rhizomes.
The large palm-shaped leaves have saw-like teeth along the edges, lending the plant its common name.
It will tolerate infrequent freezes to as low as 15 to 25 degrees.
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The palm tree can survive in temperatures as low as 18 degrees for short periods and withstand strong winds.
This palm’s blooms have dangling fragrant white flowers which produce small, edible fruits.
It’s a good palm for coastal and desert locations because it is wind, salt, and drought-tolerant.
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The tree can grow in states with temperatures that infrequently drop to 20 degrees.
It has blue-green to grayish fronds that arch inward towards the trunk resulting in a weeping appearance.
This palm has showy orange-yellow flowers and edible fruits that taste like pineapple.
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It produces large seed cones that have edible seeds.
The drought- and salt-tolerant palm survives rare occasions when temperatures tumble to 22 degrees.
There are other self-cleaning palms that don’t need pruning and instead drop their dead fronds to the ground.
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You’ll only need to pick up the debris from your yard as the tree self-cleans.
Though it’s rated for USDA zones 6-11, it can grow in zone 5.
The spines between leaves protect the plant from animals.
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This slow-to-moderate-growing evergreen has fan-shaped leaves that are 3 feet long.
Even the cold hardy palm tree species described above may have trouble when the temperatures dip below 20 degrees.
These tips may help.
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