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largest pinnate palm canopy with decent growth rate?


PalmWarbler

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Looking for some good choices to form some canopy here in coastal zone 10b and am open to ideas. Obviously cocos nucifera would be a good choice, but am wondering what else the palm talk masses can suggest. Bonus points for palms that carry a combination of thicker/denser canopy and fast growth. 

 

 

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1 hour ago, PalmWarbler said:

Looking for some good choices to form some canopy here in coastal zone 10b and am open to ideas. Obviously cocos nucifera would be a good choice, but am wondering what else the palm talk masses can suggest. Bonus points for palms that carry a combination of thicker/denser canopy and fast growth. 

 

 

I'll cheat and suggest a bi-pinnate Caryota gigas.  Both fast and huge canopy.  On the down side, it is monocarpic.  Once you have canopy, add some things which want to grow out of shade, so that ultimately when the day comes to remove the monocarpic canopy, you will have something else ready to fill it's role.

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The African Oil palm would fit that catergory. I know some don't like them but I do.

Elaeis guineensis

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Lived in Cape Coral, Miami, Orlando and St. Petersburg Florida.

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24 minutes ago, Tracy said:

I'll cheat and suggest a bi-pinnate Caryota gigas.  Both fast and huge canopy.  On the down side, it is monocarpic.  Once you have canopy, add some things which want to grow out of shade, so that ultimately when the day comes to remove the monocarpic canopy, you will have something else ready to fill it's role.

I like the way you think. That's a great idea and one heck of an interesting palm. 

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