Can I plant palm trees in Delaware? If so where can I buy them?
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Palm Trees are considered house plants in your area.
The last time I was in Rehoboth Beach, De, I saw some palm trees along side a local restaurant. I went in and asked them how they managed to keep them alive during the winter.. and the owner laughed and told me "we RENT these palm trees every spring and return them to the rental place every October".... Sooooooooooo... I think if you want palm trees in Delaware, you will have to grow indoor ones...
Found out I am in zone 7 and I can plant Windmill Palms and Pindo Palms. I just wanted to put a few around my pool.
Good luck, and be sure to protect them during the harsh winters there.
Will do and thanks.
Ty Ty Nursery, an online retail site sells both needle palms and dwarf palmetto. Their claims of hardiness for other palms is greatly exaggerated, unless you live at Lewes or other shore points, I wouldn't try them (other than needle palm or dwarf palmetto.)
If Delaware was meant to have Palm trees(which to me are warm weather trees) we would see them, yet there are none to 0, so with that said, travel south to south Carolina, that is where you will really start seeing pam trees, clear to the end of the keys. Palm trees 35 miles south of philly just does not seem right. As much as we want to be san Francisco, we are not. enjoy your blue spruce and embrace cold weather in winter, and hot and sticky in august and September. At least we have beautiful springs, and crisp autumn days are so awesome, with a blue sky second to none. especially travelling through upper new castle county when the trees are so beautiful and in full color.
Hi, The palms I was referring to are the tree type. I haven't seen any in Delaware. They type in the photos are very pretty for landscaping purposes for sure, and I will probably look into purchasing a few for the landscaping at my Home in Bethany Beach Delaware. Thank You.
So, we have a vacation place in Ocean View right a side of Bethany beach. I planted a windmill palm in 2014 and it’s still doing great. Also have a pinto palm for about 5 years now also doing good. All I do is fertilize them in the spring and fall, and wrap the trunks, and the top where the fonts come out with the old-fashioned mini Christmas lights, not LEDs and let them on all winter long. My windmill palm is over 12ft tall now.
A really interesting question. Here in the Baltimore, MD area, I see banana trees planted and are left in the ground all winter, just cut back. I know you asked about palms, not sure how they would do, but bananas are ok.
They don't get common until down in the Carolinas, though. It's a gradual change, but around Delaware/Maryland is where weather gets warm enough to where winter frost isn't frequent enough to kill palm trees; these areas usually hover right around freezing in winter. call your local nurseries for more detailed info concerning your area.