ST. GEORGE — With winter storms on the horizon and night-time temperatures dropping below freezing, your palm trees may be starting to look a little stressed. Because palm trees are warm-climate trees, they require some extra help to endure the winter elements.
City of St. George Certified Arborist Tim Hopkinson discusses some popular misconceptions and offers guidance on the best way to winter-proof your palm trees.
Resources
- Utah State University Washington County Extension Office, 435-634-5706
- Arbor Tech Professional Tree Service, 435-656-1099
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It’s a smart idea to keep your coconuts warm when it’s cold outside.
I’ll be wrapped up cuz it is cold outside
If your palms survived last year’s rare winter deep freeze, they’ll survive about any St George winter….
Keep your palms rosy warm
Thank you. Very informative video. I wrapped a palm last year, and that explains why it died.
It seems to me that the problem with the palm trees is that we trim away the dead leaves so fastidiously. If you watch how they grow, those leaves lay back against the trunk, and would offer a lot of natural insulation/protection to the tree. But we think we have to remove what nature places there, and then our trees need to be wrapped for protection. Maybe if we left them alone all those years, they would have survived on their own. But then, I am not an arborist…
Looks to me like people are missing the obvious. Palm trees were not created by the good Lord to live in the climate we have here in St. George. Sure, I like the looks of them, (as long as I don’t have to take care of them, did that for way too many years,) but we should just quit trying to force them to grow here.
Just because we are hotter than well, you know, in the summer, doesn’t mean we aren’t too cold in the winter for palms.
Death to all Washington county Palm trees! Poor climatological and aesthetic planting choice.
Aw come on Bender, how else is the Washington County going to become the Palm Springs of Utah? Bahahaha! 😉
My Palm trees do just fine out here just need to have the time to take care of them
I kept all my palms alive during the deep freeze. I brought them out a cup of hot coco everyday and they sure enjoyed it
Indeed this X-mas lights idea is a fantastic one… hadn’t thought of using them for the heat 😀
A palm tree symbolizes life and its continuation, and in addition happiness and joy. The palms are local to tropical and subtropical atmospheres. Palm trees were once thought to be suitable for planting just in tropical scenes. Beautiful look for sabal palms is simply amazing. The appearance of the trees is attractive enough to draw the attention of tourists. This is the reason why in many places palm trees are planted to boost tourism and increase the inflow of money.