Talk:List of hardy palms

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Butia Palm or Feathery Palm (Butia capitata) - Possibly the hardiest known pinnate-leaved palm. It is hardy to −12 °C, and has been experimentally cultivated in Delaware and Washington.

Probibly should say coastal Pacific/sound Washington state otherwise folks are going to assume it's the US capital Washington DC.

Proposed for Deletion. This is written like a how-to guide to palms, not like an encyclopedia article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.223.118.126 (talk) 23:52, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

Removed "Plovdiv Saga"
I removed the sentence:

"The Chusan Palm (T. fortunei) is hardy to −27.5 C, survived by four specimens planted in Plovdiv, Bulgaria during a severe cold spell on 6 January 1993. "

This statement is questionable and grossly misleading.

1. No source has been given for the referred Temperature of -27.5°C. E.g. wetteronline.de shows a temperature of clearly above -24°C for that date.

http://www.wetteronline.de/cgi-bin/klimavar?ART=MIN&ZEITRAUM=12&MONAT=02&JAHR=1993&WMO=15625&CONT=euro&LANG=de&ZUGRIFF=____&PROVIDER=anwendung&BKM=Bulgarien%2FPlovdiv

2. The exact and correctly measured air temperature 2m above ground, the only comparable value, in the vicinity of those palms is not known. The palms are/were located close to the surface of a large, presumably heated building.

3. Frankly, there is no chance of survival for unprotected/unheated Trachycarpus fortunei under real life outdoor conditions given -27.5°C. Survival depends on a lot of parameters, minimum Temperature is just one. But -27.5°C is beyond reality.

Source for Canary Island date palm
I replaced the link to a commercial site that was used as a source for Canary Island date palm with phoenixcanariensispalm.com which isn't really any more reliable but at least it isn't selling anything. This article needs reliable sources. The sites of palm nurseries are not reliable. Joja lozzo  03:49, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

"List of hardy palms"?
When and why did this article about hardy palms become "List of hardy palms"? This article is more than just a list. 173.73.232.183 (talk) 22:25, 9 November 2014 (UTC) hi daisiah is awesome — Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.203.238.210 (talk) 20:55, 1 December 2014 (UTC)