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Dunedin Florida palms


Dunedin Steve

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10 minutes ago, Dunedin Steve said:

Stuff in the yard, near the beach..

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Buccaneer palm w/ seeds..

 

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3 minutes ago, Dunedin Steve said:

taraw livistonia saribus.jpg

 

10 minutes ago, Dunedin Steve said:

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Pritchardia thurstonii... About 20 years old.   Slow but steady..

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12 minutes ago, Dunedin Steve said:

Stuff in the yard, near the beach..

buccaneer palm with seeds.jpg

Pseudophoenix sargentii..

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Welcome steve, nice sargentii(buccaneer) and spindle palm!  That sargentii probably took quite a while to grow to that size.  

Formerly in Gilbert AZ, zone 9a/9b. Now in Palmetto, Florida Zone 9b/10a??

 

Tom Blank

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1 minute ago, sonoranfans said:

Welcome steve, nice sargentii(buccaneer) and spindle palm!  That sargentii probably took quite a while to grow to that size.  

Yeah, buncha slow pokes.   I bought the Pritchardia Thurstonia (Hildibrand?) at Fairchild in the mid-90's.   Really slow but steady.   Taraw palms and Copernecia Hospita chugging along..  Cabada not bothered by temp in 40's..

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Love that Psuedophoenix!

Lakeland, FL

USDA Zone 1990: 9a  2012: 9b  2023: 10a | Sunset Zone: 26 | Record Low: 20F/-6.67C (Jan. 1985, Dec.1962) | Record Low USDA Zone: 9a

30-Year Avg. Low: 30F | 30-year Min: 24F

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12 hours ago, Mike Evans said:

Good palm selection Steve.  I believe I have driven past your garden a number of times.  Are you right off Alt19?

Yup, I am.   Stop by, next time you're in the 'hood..

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Great specimens up in Dunedin! Way to stretch tose limits! Dunedin is a great place.

What you look for is what is looking

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On 1/13/2019 at 4:52 PM, Steve in Florida said:

Do you add amendments to your soil when you plant?

Actually, the whole yard is an "amendment".. I compost everything.  It floods (saltwater) pretty routine, and killed just about anything but crabgrass, so  I've been elevating the whole yard w/ truckloads of (free!) mulch and then then sand/dirt on top.   Keep it kinda wet and it decomposes; turns to really rich organic soil.    Gets those big 'ol nightcrawler worms.   Fruit trees 'n palms grow like crazy..

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Beautiful birds! I didn't know you can keep poultry there!

Naples (inland), FL - technically 10a but more like 9b in the winter :hmm:

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1 minute ago, Missi said:

Beautiful birds! I didn't know you can keep poultry there!

Thanks... I'll tell 'em you said  so..!   Yeah, just some lady chickens in the yard, that eat the bugs...

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4 minutes ago, Dunedin Steve said:

Thanks... I'll tell 'em you said  so..!   Yeah, just some lady chickens in the yard, that eat the bugs...

I have chickens and a pair of turkeys. They're great company while I'm out gardening...only down side is they never leave the mulch where it needs to be :rant:

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Naples (inland), FL - technically 10a but more like 9b in the winter :hmm:

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On 1/13/2019 at 8:50 PM, kurt decker said:

Great Palms. But your hospita is a copernicia prunifera

You might be right; or a hybrid.   I've got a few copernecia I'm sure are prunifera, but this one guy in photo is completely subterranian, much stiffer arms & fronds.   Color's blue/gray...   Got seeds from Giselle Kopsick Palmeriam in St. Pete years ago, when it used to be okay to collect seeds...

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Either way, it's a beauty. But I'm looking at the teeth. They're one of the meanest. Check out this bloodsoaked specimen that was impaled in my arm.

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Yep that isnt a hospita.  It looks like a c. prunifera or a c. alba blue form.  I can't tell the difference in those two till they trunk.  Prunifera has this swirl pattern to the old leafbases, alba doesnt.

Formerly in Gilbert AZ, zone 9a/9b. Now in Palmetto, Florida Zone 9b/10a??

 

Tom Blank

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