Phoenix canariensis Palm problem

Hi all

I have a 4 foot Phoenix palm in the greenhouse at the moment. I brought it in November for £5. It is looking a little sorry for itself. The fronds look like they have wilted and it looks like it has lost some of colour. The root ball is fairly dry. what do I need to bring it back to life?

 

I might be wrong but that looks more like dactylifera rather than canariensis to me.

Yes it looks very dry, I'd go careful with the watering until things actually warm up reliably.
Be good if you could move it to warmer conditions for a few weeks.

 

Looking again and noting you bought it in November, I'm thinking it might be a very drawn and forced canariensis, that has not taken kindly to the low winter temps.

 

for the replies
I have 2 other palms in the greenhouse as well and they are smaller but look perfectly healthy
Will water with tepid water and a feed
Was going to plant it in my new front garden.
Would it do better in the ground or pot?

 

I`ve got one myself , in perfect condition , but lost 2 in the past years , my neigbour had a 2 feet trunk one in the garden and they lost after a -10 frost , the only big one I`ve ever seen in UK still alive it was in London , where temperature never reach more then - 5 ......try to get them as big as possible before planting them out or you need to protect them from winter as they are supposly only hardy to -5 unless big .
Be very carefull with water , If the water dasn`t dry will kill the plant in cold condition .
I`ve repotted my one in send/grit and bit of compost

 

Gave it some warm water today. Was pretty warm today in the greenhouse. Still trying to persuade the other half to let me bring it inside
If not I think I'm going to repot it in a slightly bigger pot in april and then put it in the soil in its pot in may on the front garden