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Queen Palms in CONNECTICUT!!

Mr.SamuraiSword

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I was biking through waterford CT and near the niantic river bridge, I stopped at a bar/grill called the sunset rib with 4 QUEEN PALMS in front planted in the soil.   they even installed christmas lights on the fronds and trunk of the palms!  they are around 10-15 ft tall.   anyone know whats going on?  I also saw coconut palms in the town in pots, but this is unbelievable!

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DoomsDave Grand Master

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They won't last long. October, November at the latest.

Lovely in the meantime.

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Fusca Grand Master

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Those are pretty expensive annuals!  Not unlike planting petunias, but you can't put lights on petunias!  Maybe some guy used them to pay his bar tab after they got too big for his greenhouse...

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maybe they are plastic...

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If they buried the pots they can dig them up and move the palms indoors. Or, more likely, someone bought them cheap in FL, then hauled them north to serve as annuals. Back in the 80s I lived in No. VA. A few miles away a local nursery planted sapling queen palms (called "princess palms then) along the road as advertisements. I was absolutely fascinated and eventually bought a potted one (6' tall) for an astronomical $60. I moved it inside and out depending on the season but gave it away when I moved to FL. The nursery-planted queens survived until about Jan. when temps below the low 20s killed them. Dave's right about queens in CT: they won't make it past Thanksgiving.

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Meg

Palms of Victory I shall wear

Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise)
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Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal
Elevation: 15 feet

I'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade.

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Tomw Proficient

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They must have come from Florida and planted by a Florida landscaper, because the ALWAYS plant them in three’s (and everywhere).

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cm05 Experienced

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7 hours ago, DoomsDave said:

They won't last long. October, November at the latest.

Lovely in the meantime.

It's on the coast, so I think they'll hang on into December, assuming they aren't pulled before then.

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Where they are looks like a dump (I judge by the motorcycles, and I ride so I can say that) - so I'm surprised they are trucking these up.

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On the border of Concord & Clayton in the East Bay hills - Elev 387 ft 37.95 °N, 121.94 °W

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Much like the tall coconuts planted out on the shore of Lake Michigan in downtown Chicago, I about crapped my pants! These were 30' swaying coconuts. 

They are in huge drums, buried beneath the sand until late September, then wintered in a city hot house until late May again. 

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Rick Leitner

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

26.07N/80.15W

Zone 10B

Average Annual Low 67 F

Average Annual High 84 F

Average Annual Rainfall 62"

 

Riverfront exposure, 1 mile from Atlantic Ocean

Part time in the western mountains of North Carolina

Gratefully, the best of both worlds!

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velutina Community Regular

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Reminds me of the company I wanted to start in Salt Lake City long ago where I would plant tropicals for companies in the summer and store them in a greenhouse in the winter. 

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On 7/22/2016, 9:20:32, Ben in Norcal said:

Where they are looks like a dump (I judge by the motorcycles, and I ride so I can say that) - so I'm surprised they are trucking these up.

naa.  its in a nice area, it was just a motercycle show.  believe me.  everyone has nice plants and blue spruces, and old wooden lobster traps are in everyones yard.  they can be expensive

 

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5 hours ago, Mr.SamuraiSword said:

they should get some windmill palms instead or maybe sabal minor

now were talking. they would have a much better chance

Carlsbad, California Zone 10 B on the hill (402 ft. elevation)

Sunset zone 24

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