I have bought Brazoria Palms from Sean here on the East Coast and they have performed very well .... he even called a month or so after he shipped to see how the palms were doing .... this guy is going to be the big fish in the palm world pond one day ..... he ships large specimens which is a must in the ever so growing hobbie of cold hardy palms ... give him a call.

" I once had one survivea cold winter in Siuth Jersey in which it reached -6f! ,,,The mulched Sago flushed a new set of leaves to replace the leaves it lost in the bitterly cold winter." What was it mulched with, 3 rolls of corning fiberglass lain in a criss-cross pattern, forming a 6' high, 15' diameter mound? Yes enough mulch can protect almost anything, within reason, but it eventually becomes a not practical thing to do. At least with a plant like that. Probably more impressive: I had a small Cycas panzhihuaensis recover from 3F with very little mulching. Alas, I gave up on getting them to survive around here because it's a little wetter in winter here than western suburban DC and they just need to be drier than I can give them, apparently. Furthermore that might be a plant that doesn't get much hardier with age, or even gets less hardy with age...for various reasons too complicated to go into. Definitely more impressive: the last C. panzhihuaensis I had came back up from the ground after a full two years of "playing dead". Apparently it has some ability for the growth point to go into a long term senescence or dormancy. Maybe an adaptation to things like volcanic eruptions which caused brief mini ice-ages? They have been on this earth for a while. Alas, not surprisingly polar winter #1 finished it off for good. In retrospect I probably should have dug it up and coddled it for a few more years, but I was tired of dealing with them by then. (yes I know that post was from 2006, so it was a rhetorical reply) BTW you see large ones along the Gulf, and inland to some degree like Baton Rouge, so they can survive down to 15F as long as it's infrequent. Probably a zn 9 plant but cultivated in some sheltered, warmer parts of 8. I'm pretty sure that mature outdoor ones do _not_ defoliate with a brief dip to 25F.

Should be okay, but here are some factors to consider: 1.) Your plant has been grown indoors and has not been hardened off to any degree of cold. 2.) Are your plants big or tiny? Size matters and large ones (in bigger containers) will be more cold tolerant. 3.) Is your soil excellent draining? If you get into a cold, wet period, you might have a problem as cycads may rot. 4.) Be sure to keep in a shady outdoor position once you initially put outside (maybe for a week or two) until plant is more accepting of direct sun. 5.) Keep in mind, plants in containers have much less cold tolerance than a plant or tree in the ground but the ground (especially if mulched) is MUCH warmer than an uninsulated container of any kind. Mine have been out for about 10 days now but they are large and have been kept cold but frost free (in the garage) since December. Generally, I get them out once temps stay above 32 F (But I don't worry if temps fall into upper 20's.) If your plants are small, I would hold off until minimums are in the upper 30's. Keep them on the dry side until it warms up (been too cold here of late!) P.S. I've had mine over 20 years! Good luck.

I've seen several ads, articles and postings about "cold hardy coconut palms" on EBay, Garden Forums and Misc Websites. It is likely that what you saw at Home Depot is most likely this: (from EBAY) Parajubaea sunkha, common name: Bolivian Coconut, Zunca Palm *A stunning palm from the foothills of the Andes Mountains, Bolivia. Rare in cultivation as seed has only recently been made available, and is still quite expensive. The Bolivian Coconut, so named because of its resemblance to the common coconut, and producing edible fruit(much smaller than the common coconut, yet similar in taste), has proven to be cold-hardy into the high teens Farenheit. If you like the look of a coconut, grow this one, it's 20 degrees F more COLD-HARDY. A very robust grower, capable of taking full sun at an early age, these are easily adaptable to a Tropical, Mediterranean, or Arid type garden. A very rewarding plant to grow. Or this: (From Wikipedia) Beccariophoenix alfredii, also known as the High Plateau Coconut Palm, is a recently discovered species of Arecaceae (palms), endemic to Madagascar. It is in the genus Beccariophoenix, and is closely related to the genus Cocos. Beccariophoenix alfredii is very similar in appearance to the coconut palm, although somewhat cold hardy, making it a good look-alike for the coconut in cooler climates.