Maryland Palm Tree Help And Questions (MD)

[Palm Guru]

Welcome, wonderful people of Maryland, we are delighted you have joined this discussion about topics related to palm trees and plants. Whether you have a question about gardening, landscaping, planting, purchasing or just about anything, this forum will be open for all. We also have an Interior Design and Exterior Design section which has great design ideas or you can take a Virtual Tour of the Nursery, either way we are excited you are here!

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[Rockville Resident]

I am a book keeper in Rockville Maryland and I just got a small bamboo palm tree to loven up my office, is this something I need to water frequently, and do I have to keep it in a soil pot of can I put it in decorative pot with the pretty little stones.

[Bamboo Palm Lover]

Having the bamboo palm inside your office, you would have to water it at least 2 times a week, but let the water dry out between each watering. You will notice if you need to water the bamboo palm more. The tip of the leaves will start to yellow and turn brown, if this is happened already, no worries, just up the amount of water and take a scissor to any dead tipped leaves.

[godefi]

This post is interesting. Thanks for sharing the info. Very Useful.

[Chesapeake Farmer]

Hello, I am new to the forum and also to purchasing palm trees online, I have made my selection and it looks like the windmill palm or the needle palm would be the best for my area, since they are considered snow palm trees. I have a couple of questions first about growing them up here, my neighbor has two in planters and he brings them in during the blizzards. How long can they grow in planters and what height do these palm trees grow to? How often do you fertilize them and can these be placed in a garden with no worries since they are able to survive the snow? I live right by Trinity United Methodist church in Chesapeake and we have strong winds that come from the river, will this affect the palm trees?

[AWP]

Good selection. I live in Cape St. Claire and have had the Windmill Palm for about five years now. I put it in a concrete planter about four feet by four feet with adequate drainage at the bottom.

The plant has manged the winters well here. I fertilize twice a year with Palm fertilizer, give it an occasional beer (Corona), and make sure that when snow is coming, that I frame around it and wrap plastic or a tarp to keep the snow off of it.

Of course I have missed a few snow storms and I simply rattle the branches to get the snow off and it has done well. It is about 12 ft. high now and becoming more difficult to wrap. Considering removing it from planter and setting in natural soil... but I will need heavy equipment to get it and the root ball out.

Good luck!

[Wayne Spillers]

Windmill palms are great to withstand the cold weather. I just had mine planted last week and its doing fatastic. I made sure they planted it with plenty of fertilizer and the root stimulator. I hear that during spring and summer the palm will grow larger but the roots are still strengthening under the ground getting accustomed to the new space they are in. Im no palm tree expert but my palm is doing great..

[sthe1]

I just love palm tree they always give me that sense of warmth feeling, everytime when i see palm tree, i imagene myself sitting is the beach somewhere, enjoying the beauty of nature, great to see people who are pessionate about trees and plants, i live in UK would they stand the weather here? not sure if i've seen one here