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Originally Posted by kittygilchrist
If you are one to make decisions based on research by UF, the first principal is
Right plant right place, and queens are not recommended in our zones.
When there is a hard freeze, queen palms die.
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But, we had a hard freeze this year......and they didn't die
UF research? Or the opinion of someone from a UF outsource division?
Try reading Betrock's Cold Hardy Palms by Alan W. Meerow, or some of the publications UF uses to teach student after degrees in horticulture. Or talk to a palm expert. As I said, the FACT is... queen palms do very well here. If you know of some documented facts, other than "this guy from UF said..." I would love to see them. Though having lived here through 2 of the hardest freezes in this area in the last 100 years back in the 80s, and watched as over 95% of the queen palms turned recovered.. I will be a hard sell on the "queen palms freeze here" thing. And since I like them, and I see them as beneficial to the way things look around here and to my many friends in the growing and planting business throughout this state... I will continue to defend my old friend the queen palm from misguided and false information.
My background, friends and education go well beyond one program from UF. It spans this country and includes all the nurserymen and farmers, the FFA and collegiate programs from ALL the colleges in the US. Again, the Master Gardeners program is great, for home owners, but it is a far cry from a real college education in Biology, horticulture and agronomy.
#LongLiveTheQueen