The date palm can cope with light frost. It is therefore conditionally hardy. As long as the temperatures don't drop too low, you can overwinter a date palm outside. What you have to consider if you want to get date palms well over the winter.

Date palms can be overwintered outdoors

Date palm is conditionally hardy

A date palm tolerates up to -6 degrees. Date palms that you have planted directly in the garden bed survive frosts quite well, as long as the temperatures do not drop even lower.

When caring for date palms in tubs, it is advisable to overwinter them frost-free indoors. In exceptional cases, however, you can also leave them outside in a protected location.

Overwinter date palms indoors

In the house, a cool place that is as bright as possible is needed for the wintering of date palms. Are suitable:

  • bright hallways
  • entrance areas
  • cool conservatories
  • basement with window
  • garages
  • garden houses

If it is very dark at the location, you should attach plant lamps so that the date palm gets enough light.

Caring for date palms in the garden over winter

If you want to overwinter a date palm in a tub outside, put it in a sheltered spot and make sure that the palm does not get too damp.

An insulating pad is just as useful as covering the pot with sackcloth or special garden fleece.

If the date palm is growing directly in the garden soil, spread a thick layer of mulch (€239.00) around the palm. When the temperature drops, you should protect the date palm from frost for a short time with sacking.

tips

The larger the date palm gets, the more difficult it becomes to bring the pots indoors in winter. It is therefore better to place the tubs on rollers so that you can move them more easily and quickly move them to another location if there is a risk of frost.

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