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hi, can anyone tell me if this canary date palm has suffered from frost? dont think i did a good enough job with the fleece :-( it was nice and green and now is all light brown/beige in colour and the fronds have brown/black spots/marks on them,tho at the base it is still green and the fronds are still rigid...HELP please!!




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Unfortunately, in a winter like the one we've had, some fleece would not be enough protection - should have been brought into a frost free place over winter. They're not fully hardy, but will tolerate being outside year round in a very mild areas of the country, if planted in an extremely sheltered, south facing spot, and provided we don't get an arctic blast. I know Bedfordshire is down south, but I also know it gets pretty cold in that county, colder than London.
If you want to give it a chance, remove all the dead fronds at the end of March, wait and see if any new growth appears.

21 Feb, 2011

 

many thanks bamboo,will cut off fronds in march..and see how things work out in may/june.

21 Feb, 2011

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