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Old 09-30-2014, 04:09 PM
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Default Robellini??

I sure hope the nursery who sold you that expensive but very pretty Robellini took the time to tell you how 'tender' that species is to cold weather. They will be badly damaged and may not survive as little as 12 hours of sub-freezing temperatures. If you check the planting charts for that species, you'll see that Robellini's are not recommended for our temperature zone. About as far north as they can survive the average winter temperatures without special care is about Tampa.

The nursery who sold you that species should have explained that when cold weather is forecast, you'll have to cover the entire tree and then remove the cover when it warms the next day. If it really gets cold at night--say down to the low 20's--you'll have to arrange for something to warm the air under your 'Robellini tent'.

I sure hope that was all explained. You bought a very, very pretty palm. But it takes lots of tender loving care during the cold weather months around here.

By the way, you'll see lots of Queen Palms planted around here. But really cold weather, like the winter we had about 3-4 years ago--will cause serious damage to them as well, killing off fronds to the point that it might take 3-4 years for the tree to recover to the way it looked before the frostbite.
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