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Ptychosperma macarthurii


Joe palma

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I know these are densely clumping palms but was wondering how fast they clump, and whether I should plant 3 in a pot, to speed up clumping look, or just one, cause they will fill in fast?

Joe Dombrowski

Discovery Island Palms Nursery

San Marcos, CA

"grow my little palm tree, grow!"

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  • 3 months later...

Personal preference.

More plants to a pot will give a fast effect - say for indoors or patio specimen.

If you are going to plant this out later - one would probably be enough.

Teresa

Sunshine Coast Queensland Australia

Minimum 3.C -------- maximum 43.C Average Annual Rainfall 1700mm

IPS Membership since 1991

PLANT MORE PALMS TO SOOTH THE SOUL

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Joe,

I'd go with one per pot.  For me, P. macarthurii plants have clumped within the first few years after germination.

Ray

Tampa, Interbay Peninsula, Florida, USA

subtropical USDA Zone 10A

Bokeelia, Pine Island, Florida, USA

subtropical USDA Zone 10B

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Joe, my P. macarthurii is only about a year old w/ 4-5 leaves and it just snuck a sucker leaf out from under a leaf base.  It seems like it's gonna clump a lot all on it's own.

Matt Bradford

"Manambe Lavaka"

Spring Valley, CA (8.5 miles inland from San Diego Bay)

10B on the hill (635 ft. elevation)

9B in the canyon (520 ft. elevation)

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They seem to be very vast clumpers. I planted a small one last April with one main shoot and a smallish secondary. It's added five more since then, including one in December during cool weather. I wish my Dypsis cabadae could figure out how to clump like this.

Punta Gorda, Fla.

26 53 N 82 02 W

on a large saltwater canal basin 1/2 mile from beautiful Charlotte Harbor 10A/10B microclimate (I hope)

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