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If you could grow one palm that can't survive where you live, what it would it be?


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Lepidorrhachis mooreana

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Almost said Coconut, but after thinking about it, ROYAL. Jubaea and Caryota did come to mind.

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Lepidorrhachis mooreana

Ha ha, for me it would be a coconut! And Lepidorrhachis mooreana thrives here, I grow two of them, whereas coconuts thrive for you and I have to settle for a parajubaea.

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David, this last crazy winter aside, I am seeing a Royal as a real possibility for you, at least for a good 10-15 year run, maybe longer. I'd put a small one in the ground every year, if I were you and just hope for that long string of warm ones.

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Lodoicea Maldivica

Cyrtostachys renda

Too many too list, but as of right now it'd definitely be Copernicia Baileyana.

Areca macrocalyx

Have all the above but the macro calyx in the ground...killed too many VannaWhite & LemurO but I never learn...ill keep trying

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I can think of 5 or 10 different species I wish I could grow, but it's not that I can't grow them--prolly could, just can't find them! There are too many palms I can grow to worry about stuff I can't--that's why travel has appeal, no?

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Definitely a Lemurophoenix halleuxii

The weight of lies will bring you down / And follow you to every town / Cause nothin happens here

That doesn't happen there / So when you run make sure you run / To something and not away from

Cause lies don't need an aero plane / To chase you anywhere

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Doesn't growing them inside count? Sailorbold, I would think a Windmill palm would be easy where your at??

Trachycarpus won't tolerate his summer dry heat. It's why you won't see them growing well, if at all, in Palm Springs either.

Jim in Los Altos, CA  SF Bay Area 37.34N- 122.13W- 190' above sea level

zone 10a/9b

sunset zone 16

300+ palms, 90+ species in the ground

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This is easy...Cocos and lipstick palms.

Jim in Los Altos, CA  SF Bay Area 37.34N- 122.13W- 190' above sea level

zone 10a/9b

sunset zone 16

300+ palms, 90+ species in the ground

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Hey, Jim you cheated, to posted two. :) OK, I'll add my second nomination: copernicia hospita.

Well, you will certainly be able to give those a try!

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I guess you could grow a lipstick palm in Vero beach if you went balls out in taking care of it. Here is one in Mckee Gardens.

Not my pic though

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That would be the reason.. They are thought of as marginal and the thinking is they need to be sited in a southern exposure 'microclimate'. This will destroy them and retard their growth. The sun is just too much. North and eastern would be best even with summer sun.. they should be shaded at all other times.

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Royal

David, this last crazy winter aside, I am seeing a Royal as a real possibility for you, at least for a good 10-15 year run, maybe longer. I'd put a small one in the ground every year, if I were you and just hope for that long string of warm ones.

Keith....the thought has crossed my mind....but after having to dig out the two big HEAVY queens this year, the mechanical removal of large palms issue became front and center.

David Simms zone 9a on Highway 30a

200 steps from the Gulf in NW Florida

30 ft. elevation and sandy soil

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Maybe Pseudophoenix vinifera.

Kim Cyr

Between the beach and the bays, Point Loma, San Diego, California USA
and on a 300 year-old lava flow, Pahoa, Hawaii, 1/4 mile from the 2018 flow
All characters  in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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Royal

David, this last crazy winter aside, I am seeing a Royal as a real possibility for you, at least for a good 10-15 year run, maybe longer. I'd put a small one in the ground every year, if I were you and just hope for that long string of warm ones.

Keith....the thought has crossed my mind....but after having to dig out the two big HEAVY queens this year, the mechanical removal of large palms issue became front and center.

Well, there is that. I lost that really nice W. filibusta this year, but instead of taking it out I am cutting it off around the 8 foot level and just gonna have a friend carve me a Tiki in place. Gonna name him Dead F. Duck

In my post I sometimes express "my" opinion. Warning, it may differ from "your" opinion. If so, please do not feel insulted, just state your own if you wish. Any data in this post is provided 'as is' and in no event shall I be liable for any damages, including, without limitation, damages resulting from accuracy or lack thereof, insult, or any other damages

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Royal

David, this last crazy winter aside, I am seeing a Royal as a real possibility for you, at least for a good 10-15 year run, maybe longer. I'd put a small one in the ground every year, if I were you and just hope for that long string of warm ones.

Keith....the thought has crossed my mind....but after having to dig out the two big HEAVY queens this year, the mechanical removal of large palms issue became front and center.

Well, there is that. I lost that really nice W. filibusta this year, but instead of taking it out I am cutting it off around the 8 foot level and just gonna have a friend carve me a Tiki in place. Gonna name him Dead F. Duck

i've thought about doing something similar if it ever comes time for me to remove some plants .... get a tiki carved and then throw a bromeliad ontop. this came to mind because there's a house i pass by everyday that had a few queens planted along a wall and he cut them off with stumps just sitting there visable from the street. i have no clue what this guy's planning on doing with his trunks but they haven't been touched in a year.

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