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It seems like the perfect place to plant them. The climate humid with mild winters in the part of the state where most people live. While there are palms, they seem pretty rare. The same goes for a lot of Texas. I drove all around the state recently, and apart from the coast, and maybe RGV, there are hardly any palms. Many of the small towns between San Antonio and the coast have none. Why don't people in Texas plant palms like people do in California, Arizona, or Florida? I know it's not quite as mild in TX, but many beautiful palms can grow there.
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Sabal Palm Deficiencies?
by Oakisland1- 4 replies
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We had several Palms planted at out home back in the summer and this has been my first experience with palms. After almost loosing the trees due to the company that planted the trees leaving allot of air pockets in the fill dirt I figured out how to solve the problem and overall the trees have done pretty well over the last few months. Now I have noticed some of the trees are showing yellowing on the tips and are looking a lighter green in color than before. Any suggestions on what the trees may need? Thanks in advance for suggestions.
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It's been a very rainy December this year. Here in Paphos till now we had 278% more than the average rainfall for the month and there is more coming. My palm took a lot of rain the last 3 weeks because is only protected with a plastic naylon from the northern wind. Despite of this the temps were mild and I didn't get less than 10c in my garden. We had days around 19-20 and a couple 22c. The nights were mostly 10-12c with some 13-14c. One thing I noticed is the palm had no issues so far and even the newest spear seems that it keeps growing. I guess we'll have soon more cool nights but the palm will not get any extra covering and see what happens.
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Cyrtostachys renda var. Theodora Buhler 1 2
by JD in the OC- 47 replies
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Made a trip to Fairchild recently. I don't know if this palm has been posted before, but here it is. Quite amazing!!!
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Roystonea violaceae, I'm in love!
by CLINODAVE- 1 follower
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OMG, stumbled across these pics today (photos by Faulkner's Palms, Facebook) and was delighted at the purplish aspects, so different from the typical somber concrete trunks. I know R. violaceae discussed before on PT, but any news of anyone having seeds of this beauty?
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On the occasion of the first pinnate leaf of my N°1401 I open a new thread for this only little known species Lytocaryum insigne TOLEDO 1944 (now again Syagrus insignis BECC. 1916, former Cocos insignis MART. 1854 and Glaziova insignis DRUDE 1881) Please post your pics of L insigne here, too! It doesn’t matter if they are in pots, in gardens, or (best of all) in habitat. I begin with my oldest baby N°1401, born 2014-02-14 during the cold winter in Germany, grown up together with nine other siblings, out of which six emigrated into other European countries, so that at my place now are remaining still four plants: N°1401, 1402, 1404, and 1408. Here comes the bigg…
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An old nursery in a temperate zone
by happypalms- 10 replies
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A nursery visit to see what they had in the way of palms, and nothing special but some nice kentia palm. This stock is pretty well much the standard palms grown in my area and it’s been this way ever since palms become popular as garden plants. Such a shame the buying public have such little choice for there garden, the only good thing is it wasnt a chain store and a nursery still surviving. There are so many beautiful cold tolerant palms out there yet they continue growing the same common ones. Supply and demand I guess!
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palm fertilisers in Greece
by dimitriskedikogloy- 1 follower
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I have tried finding good and balanced slow release fertilisers in Greece or even abroad to order from but it’s impossible to find a well balanced one that ships here does any Greek have any recommendations
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Foxtail Palm question
by daleg- 6 replies
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My dad planted these 2 foxtail at the same, maybe 2 years ago. One grown very well and is healthy. The other, skinny and takes several weeks for new fronds to open, a big difference from the other. They are planted across from each other on the sides of the driveway. Both get the same water and are fertilized quarterly. Any idea what is going on with the skinny one failing to thrive? I appreciate the input.
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Dypsis ambanja 1 2
by realarch- 75 replies
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Geeze, on a roll here. Haven't heard much about this little Dypsis on the board. Relatively fast grower and had more coloring on trunk just below the crown shaft when it was younger. It's now a light green from a purplish black. Nice tidy little palm though. Tim
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Update on my coconut palm in Jacksonville and huge new coconut! 1 2
by Maddox Gardening-youtube- 3 followers
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Coconut palm experienced snow flurries and 28 degrees. It has a thin trunk and is 4 1/2 feet tall it grows very fast. In an unheated pop up green house over the winter.. For some reason it’s trunking already! Any tips?
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Yard update
by JohnAndSancho- 7 replies
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Ok it's been A DAY. I'll share Story Time in the Palms in Pots subforum, but for now here's a few pics from the yard. The Butia on the far side looks like it's gonna be a beast. Speaking of beasts, check out this grass. No, really, it's my hybrid still slowly pushing an entire new crown. I wish I knew how to speed it up, it's like it's constipated. While we're on the subject of beasts, look at these FAT fronds on this Sabal Maritima. It's a damn shame they'll have to come inside in the next few weeks. CIDP is growing and recovering from literally being mailed to me bare rooted with only a Ziploc baggie around the roots in th…
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Coconut Palm in Titusville Home Depot 1 2
by NickJames- 1 follower
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They had multiple coconut palms of this size or even larger at Home Depot in Titusville at I-95 tonight (so not oceanfront or waterfront). Do these appear to be full coconut palms and can I assume they would not survive at my Daytona Beach home? I’m aware of the big box stores selling specimens that won’t survive. thanks!
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What happened to my Clinostigma?
by Matt in OC- 8 replies
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It was growing well for several years in shade and was through the canopy. All of a sudden, old leaves started to dry up and die. In a matter of weeks, only the spear was left and the crown shaft collapsed. As far as I could tell it was still getting the same water and everything. Any ideas what happened?
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Queen palm old fronds yellowing
by dimitriskedikogloy- 1 follower
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I’ve had this potted queen palm for a month roughly the old fronds lost colour but the new one is pretty green what could be the issue deficiency?,natural aging? Or another underlying problem ?
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true Redneck Palm first ring of trunk (C. lastellianus)
by JD in the OC- 10 replies
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Just pulled off a leaf base this morning and noticed the first ring!! Tree is about 16-17ft overall. Zone 10b. Was bought as a Floribunda 1 gallon around 2019. Does anyone in South FL have a Redneck with trunk. The true C. lastellianus seems pretty rare here...all you see are C. leptocheilos
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I got this before it was it's own species and was still lumped in with B madagascarensis as "variation windows". It has been one of my slowest growing palms. The trunk has developed some character as it curves and I definitely planted it to close to the Pritchardia if it had grown faster... but it hasn't. It actually seems to fit the space under the Pritchardia pretty well these days. Anyone else tempted to try this species in California a decade or more ago?
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phoenix ,Konstantinos are here
by gyuseppe- 10 replies
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I took the pinna / pinnules of the central leaves of some of my phoenix pinna / pinnules--I translated it with Google, I hope it translated well, said Richard /happypalms, never trust a translator From top to bottom 1 phoenix rupicola 2 phoenix reclinata 3 phoenix roebelenii x reclinata, seeds made by me 4 phoenix roebelenii x dactylifera, seeds made by me
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Two more great palms go in the ground, I already have them scattered throughout the garden, but when I find a nice palm that grows well and takes the cool winter I stock up on them, mainly for ornamental affect but also for future seed production. Some I may never see set seeds others are quite fast at flowering from a young age either way plant em in the ground.
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Wallachian disticha male and female flowers
by happypalms- 10 replies
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An absolute amazing couple of flowers, Mother Nature never stops putting on a show. And this year on the disticha both the flowers have come out together. The male and female have certainly done there thing. This event has taken five flowering seasons for both to appear together. This could be the year I get seeds!
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Ravenea julietiae? 1 2
by Tracy- 3 followers
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I acquired this as Ravenea julietiae but there seems to be a little disagreement over this palm's actual identity as discussed in other's posts over the past decade. It continues to push upward and is a beautiful palm. I acquired a second about 2 years after this one, but it turned out to be something different and much slower growing. Any updates from others growing something looking like this and acquired as R julietiae? Unfortunately due to it's location it is hard to get a clean shot of the entire plant, so I've broken it down into a few photos.
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Cyphophoenix nucele...Anyone Growing This? 1 2
by Jim in Los Altos- 1 follower
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I have two Cyphophoenix nucele in my garden that have been in place three years and I'm really impressed with the species' ease of care and cold/cool hardiness as well as the relatively fast growth. Do any of you have mature trunking ones to show off and anything to say about this species. I'm quickly getting more and more into the genus with C. elegans and C. alba doing really well as well. They all need lots of water I noticed and seem to like shade.
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20 to 25 Year Old Palms
by WaianaeCrider- 0 replies
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Sticking up above the unwanted jungle are some 20 to 25 Year Old Palms. Lots more hidden from satellite or aerial online photos. Lot size it 2 acres. The long property line at the top of the picture is 700ʻ long. Original photo from the web site https://cesium.com/ Their photo is better in my case than Google Earth.
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Crazy 4-headed palm
by Solino- 0 replies
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Not sure if it was ever posted here, I couldn't find it anywhere, but there is an incredible 4-headed palm in Clearwater that's been lying down on the ground for many years, surviving and seemingly thriving. 2025: 2014: https://maps.app.goo.gl/aoPyszmm1JdNukfj9
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I am trying to figure out how to prevent this inconsistency on trunk of Sylvester palms. At first I thought it was from not being continuously diamond cut, but you can't diamond cut boots that just fall off. at the top. Then I thought maybe it's just a combination of different environmental factors from farm to landscaped yard (irrigation, soil, height planted, Sun light, and fertilizer). However, after much research all this fuzz between the loose boots looks like chewed fibers from weevils. Then I believe, this tree died from Lethal bronzing seen in second picture. Does anyone else think something different? My theory is that the diamond cut made susceptible…
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