Wow great finds I guess the sabal is a sabal minor, but still I think that cold tolerant palms are becoming a bit more common for sale now.

And the bananas in quart pots are probably Super Dwarf cavendish. Do they have a sign on them that is in the shape of a banana?

no there is no sign or label they are being sold as houseplants at hd. That's a poor choice for indoors

I used to be able to find coconut palms from 1 gal to aboutm 3 at HD and lowes in the house plant section. It looks like they don't sell them anymore here, or if they do they sell out quick. Those banana's are probably the drarf variety.I bought one and planted it outside. It is now four trees.

Bananas do okay indoors but they prefer to be outdoors and its not likely to get good fruit from a banana indoors in most conditions. I bought a super dwarf cavendish from home depot about 4 years ago and it almost was at flowering size but it died of a huge aphid infestation.
It barely grew while indoors and it got most of its size while outdoors. Now I have a new super dwarf cavendish which has 4 pups already.

Too bad they arent selling coconut palms by you anymore. They probably werent able to keep them alive so they gave up on it, but with proper care they can survive in Cali!

Good luck!
-Alex

here are the palms. this is only half

i'll make a new post with my new queen palm

they are kind of pricey

sabal
needle
med fan were 35 for 3 gallon and 65 for a seven gallon

the seven gallon queen was 45
and the robellinis were the same

The pygmy palms are at a good price at 45 dollars and the queen palms are a little expensive for the size, but since they are such fast growing palms they are worth buying. The sabals look good and probably expensive. I think I got mine for 75 dollars last year but I would rather pay a lot for a mature sabal than wait a decade for it to get to that size. From what I see the medd fams look great too!
Thats a pretty good selection for a zone 7!
Good luck!
-Alex

Statenislandpalm If you find another store,HD or Lowes that has them at a cheaper price,they have to match it.The HD in Douglasville,GA. has all there 3 gallon palms for $19.98.They have there 3 gallon Queen palms for $6.98,there about 12 ft tall.Just go to the customer service desk and tell them where another one of there stores has them cheaper,they will call them to get the price verified.Once verified another store has them cheaper they will sell them to you for what the other store has them far.I'm getting a CIDP from the Savannah store.They will also get you any palm you find at another store,if your store does'nt have them.You just pay for the plant,they have to pay for the shipping charge.That's two services they do and most people dont even know about it.

I find that so cool. Thats a great way to get the more exotic palms (and cheaper palms) that are found in the south. I wonder if there are any HD's or Lowes in the south that are selling hurricane cut sabal palmettos. That would be a great way to get a large sabal, cheap without driving to the south.

Good luck!
-Alex

butiaman your right about the price match but my local nurseries sell annual queen palms for weel over 1,000 dollars.7 gallon chinese fan palms, bizmarkia, red asbyan bannas, and washingtonia all 200 dollars

these are way over priced.

In the spring i bought the 75 dollar 7 gallon sabal and i think it is a good deal.

tz7. i always endup killing pygmy date palms ):

i hope queens tolerate overwatering

Yeah I have to admit I dont have too much luck with pygmy palms indoors. Queen palms tolerate underwatering, overwatering, and pretty much anything you can throw at it. Last winter my queen palm was watered 2 times and other than some sun damage when introduced back outside, it wasnt all that ill from it. Overwatering it might yellow the leaves a little but if its in a pot with good drainage it can handle frequent watering.
The 75 dollar 7 gallon sabal is a good deal for that type of palm but It might be one of my most expensive palm purchases so far (even my large pygmy palm was only 65 dollas). I think its worth the price. Even though it didnt show too much cold tolerance this past winter it is a pretty fast grower and is already on its second leaf of the year. My pindo palm is just sitting there. I gave it some fish emultion (not sure of the spelling) but hopefully it will pick up on growth.

Good luck!

both Lowes and HD are selling tons of those here now every year it seems. The queen palms that size here are 20 bucks. They are about 12-15 feet tall. Still not sure why they sell things here that are not hardy here, but I'm seeing more and more of it every year. I used to get excited seeing the cold hardy palms at HD/ Lowes and other places. Now, it is commonplace.

They do the samething here.They had the 12 ft queens and 20 ft queens and Washingtonia robustas 3 to 15 gallon sizes.They also have Phoenix sylvestris and Phoenix Rupicolas in 3 to 15 gallon sizes for sale.None of these palms are cold hardy enough to survive our winter temps,but they say they are cold hardy for our area.Alex check out Craig's list for Atlanta,GA.Go to the farm and garden section,then type in Palms in the search box.Look for Gabriel Growers,he sells Sabal Palms cheap,big ones.He told me he can get 20ft ones for $35 dollars,they are almost giving them away.He has three farms in florida,he was telling me that the Sabal palmettos or so common, and cheap there, that there selling them by the Tractor Trailer load.I think he delivers all the way to New Jersey.He is cheaper than anybody that I've found or heard of.He has a lot of other palms to,if he dont have it,he can get it cheap.

Thanks a lot! I looked him up and found is website. I guess its probably too late to get a sabal palmetto this year but Ill order one from somewhere next spring (I think early april is probably the best time). It seems like he delivers all the way to my area so he might be a good person to buy these from.

Thanks again. Hopefully by this time next year I will be trying a hurricane cut sabal palmetto!
-Alex

He's a real nice guy,we talked for about 2 hours on the phone.I'm waiting till next spring also.That way the trees will have 6 months to get established before winter hits.He told me his friend grows mainely Butia Palms.There a little more expensive than Sabal Palmettos.He said his friend has 4000 acres of them.He invited me to come see his three farms.That way I can hand pick the trees I want,plus I want to see 4000 acres of Butia Capitatas.

Wow 4000 acres of butia palms! Thats a lot!!
How do you contact the nursury. I saw there phone number so can you only contact them by phone or can you also contact them by email and such? I guess the best time to contact them would be around late winter so they arrive by spring.

I think sabal palmettos are really worth trying to protect because they are very cheap and pretty cold tolerant. Im already thinking of ways to protect it and so far I have come up with stringing x-mas lights around it, then adding blankets, burlap, or whatever else I can find to keep heat in, then a large tarp to put around all that to keep moisture from comming in and then I havent thought of a way to keep the top from getting too much moisture, but I think that if anything will kill a sabal by me it would be too much cold winter moisture.
Ive already come up with a good place to put where it will get lots of warm sunshine in the summer and pretty decent protection from harsh winter winds.

Im glad I have a place that I can get a sabal palmetto without driving south! Thanks again!!
-Alex

tz i conseidered getting a small palmetto about 6 feet but i can't find any. i found this plave in florida that sells reheaded palms for 135 and huricane cut for 75. Now all i need is a trailer (:

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Here is a link that might be useful: http://griffintreesfl.com/available.htm

Alex,I just called the number on the website.He is in Atlanta this weekend,so you might have to wait till during the week to call him.I just came in and saw your question,about how to get in touch with him.statenislandpalm,that a good palm farm also.He seems a little cheaper on some plants and higher on others,than Gaberial Growers.It's one website I will save,far when I decide to buy some big palms next spring.Thanks for the info.There is a guy that sells 20ft Sabal Palmettos around here for $300 dollars,he gets them from that Griffin Trees far $75 dollars.He says that $300 dollars is cheap for a 20ft tree,he tried to sell me one and I told him that I knew he only pays $75 dollars for them.He said that's how he covers his cost for gas and his time.Plus he wants $100 dollars to plant them for you.There are all kinds of people around here that's doing the same thing as him.The palm farms in florida are hurting because of the housing market,a lot of them have gone out of business completely.Alex you might not reach him till he gets back home.Keep trying,you will get him,I happened to call him when he just got back from a job.I want one of his Phoenix Sylvestris,6 ft far $75 dollars.He even gives you growing instructions and fertilizer,and instrustions on what you need to do till the palm gets going on its on.He will plant them far you if you want.I dont know how much he charges for that,or if he does charge for that.He told me $75 dollars for the 6 ft Sylvestris,he plants it and fertilizes the plant and gives you growing instructions.I think that's a deal!Dont quote me on this but I think he also gurantees his palm for one year.

Dennis, thanks for the name of the nursery. I will look into that as well!
I probably wont be able to call Gaberial Growers right away anyway so by then hopefully he will be back.
Its good to know of a few places that I can easily get this palm.
Thanks!!!
-Alex

What great finds. Lowes puts this stuff on sale eventually.

The Queen palm is a common sale item for the big box stores, the cold weather palms are a surprize! Go Staten Island!

What were the needle palm prices?

Those blue-colored containers of cold-hardy palms are showing up in NE NJ as well. I've seen needles, pindos, and blue meds for the first time last year. Bought the needle and planted it in the front in a part sun location. I must say, it is growing better than when I had them containerized.

greg
35 or 40 ? for 3 gallon
7 gallon is 65

I killed a 3 gallon last winter. i think it has to be at least a 7 gallon

Thanks for getting back to me. Those are great prices compared to the web! 7 Gallon Needle palms go for over a $100 on-line.

I am surprised your Needle palm didn't make it. I have noticed they do well in our area. I think the trick with any of the palms for our area is to cover them from the worst part of winter but allow some air flow. They like to be planted next to the house on the south side.

I like the Lowes plant photo - cool.

Last week I picked up a Tracycarpus fortunii at a Lowes near me in Rhode Island for $25. They had numerous other types as well. And yesterday I saw them at a Walmart in Rhode Island, though I could not find prices on them.

My 3 gallon also died on me from the winter but I regret not keeping it in the ground because I really think given time it would have recovered. But now its definitely a gonner. I have a 3 gallon medditeranean fan palm in its place (that will get protection).
I havent seen windmill palms for sale here at a good price. I once saw a pretty small one for over 100 dolars and to make matters worse it was already late october so I definitely didnt get it!

I just picked up a 2 gallon Needle Palm at Walmart on clearance for $3.50

Nice!

Now I have both that and the Windmill Palm to see how both of them do in Rhode Island.

Last week I purchased a Chamaerops humilis at HD for $12.95--about 4 feet tall with a nice thick trunk. I almost passed it by because I have two already. But there is a lot of genetic variation among Med fans and they really look very different from each other. My 'Vulcan' looks more like a Chinese fan, the ones they were selling at the HD's recently have very finely divided leaves almost to the base of the leaf petiole (some of these were solitaries--others squatter and multisuckering. Another variety I have seems intermediate between the two extremes. Chamaerops, Chamaedorea and Phoenix roebellini are the only palms that flower annually for me, Happy bargain hunting!

All Lowe's plants have a 1 yr warranty so if it doesn't make it through the winter you can get a refund.

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