Palm tree appears dead after very cold winter

[chris]

Calling all green fingered members.

We have a palm tree in the bottom corner of the garden that did very well last summer and flowered for the first time.

Now the very cold winter appears to have killed it! all the leaves died and fell off and the flower is still hanging on but does look very much dead.

What are the chances of the palm tree recovering ? or is it time to accept it is dead and cut it down.

I've seen similar palm trees in other peoples gardens and they all seem to have suffered the same fate but nobody seems to know if they will recover.

 

[Lazarus]

Well setting aside the apparent self-contradiction in the expression "palm tree in Worksop" .......


I suspect cutting it down could turn out to be a bit drastic, because then you'd never know if it might have recovered eventually.

So unless it is truly an eyesore, how about leaving it one more year?

You could always disguise it with a nice 2.4m Satellite Dish

 

[chris]

Well setting aside the apparent self-contradiction in the expression "palm tree in Worksop" .......


I suspect cutting it down could turn out to be a bit drastic, because then you'd never know if it might have recovered eventually.

So unless it is truly an eyesore, how about leaving it one more year?

You could always disguise it with a nice 2.4m Satellite Dish

Its certainly not an eyesore yet, just curious as to its chances of making a recovery. As for a 2.5m satellite dish in its place I'm sure the wife and neighbours would have something to say about that plus the wall in the background is south.

 

[Llew]

Sure it's not a Cordyline? I've been waiting for my neighbour to cut his down since it suffered from the frost, so I can find 58E

This pic is from a month ago - it's as good as dead now (updated pic to follow).

 

[chris]

Sure it's not a Cordyline? I've been waiting for my neighbour to cut his down since it suffered from the frost, so I can find 58E

This pic is from a month ago - it's as good as dead now (updated pic to follow).

Yes that looks the same, ours is (was) smaller but does look the same... So not much chance of green leaves this summer ?

 

[Topper]

It is true unfortunately that the hard frosts we had over the winter have put paid to many outdoor plants and trees. A palm is meant for Mediterranean climates so it is unlikely to have survived. Even though in the desert it gets very cold at night there is always enough warmth in the soil to keep the roots alive overnight but permafrost of the type we had last winter will I suspect have finished it off.

In reality the sap will not have risen yet even if a portion of it has survived so it may be worth leaving until May June to be sure be sure

 

[Llew]

Yes that looks the same, ours is (was) smaller but does look the same... So not much chance of green leaves this summer ?

Search online for Cordyline + frost Chris and hear/see some tales of woe

Being sub-tropical, it has finally given up the ghost most places north of Watford. There's several specimens around my area that are apparently dying. It's possible to get them growing again in many cases if they are cut down to just above ground level; they can send up new growths around the stump.

Another name for it is the Cabbage Tree. Don't know why though.

 

[Llew]

Here's neighbour's Cordyline now. A sorry picture indeed -

 

[Channel Hopper]

Looks dead to me, (but I would pour some diesil into the stump just to make sure)