MacDonald's Palms

[_Keith]

Seems like every MacDonald's here in South Louisiana has palm heavy landscaping, so I thought about trying a thread that other might add on to with Palms at their local McDonalds.

It was inspired by this quite old and nice Butia, while I waited in the drive through in the rain. Not a great picture, but I'll get a better one next time.

BTW - I am guessing it got that lean from Hurricane Andrew, whose eye passed right here in 1992.

[rozpalm]

Darn, I thought you were going to show a large Ravenea krociana. That is a nice palm though.

[_Keith]

Darn, I thought you were going to show a large Ravenea krociana. That is a nice palm though.

Ha, that'll have to come from another part of the country. And I can't wait to see em'.

[Walter John]

Old Macdonald had a palm

Ee Aye Ee Aye Oh

And on that palm he had some fruit

Ee Aye Ee Aye Oh

With a pick pick here and a soak soak there,

Here a pick there a soak,

We don't wanna see it croak

Old Macdonald had a palm

Ee Aye Ee Aye Oh

That's all I have to say about that...

[BS Man about Palms]

I live on Mac Donald....I think I should exempt myself.

[Bennz]

Yeah, looking at the plams at macDonalds in Lismore NSW (my in-laws home turf) with Archontophoenix etc, it makes the occaisonal Erythrina at Hastings NZ Mac look pretty sad. The curse of a temperate climate.

[Mark Heath]

Old Macdonald had a palm

Ee Aye Ee Aye Oh

And on that palm he had some fruit

Ee Aye Ee Aye Oh

With a pick pick here and a soak soak there,

Here a pick there a soak,

We don't wanna see it croak

Old Macdonald had a palm

Ee Aye Ee Aye Oh

That's all I have to say about that...

That was pretty good Wal!!

[ariscott]

The MacDonalds at Bagot Road here has the best looking C. renda in Darwin.... Next time I go, I might take photos

Regards, Ari

[buffy]

I believe you are referring to the American restaurant called McDonalds, not MacDonalds. Home of the Golden Arches.

That said, I may have it all wrong. You may be referring to McDowells, Home of the Golden Arcs.

[Perito]

I live on Mac Donald....I think I should exempt myself.

Is that Mac Donald Street or Quarter Pounder with cheese?

[_Keith]

Now you guys are gonna get this thrown out of the Discussing Palms thread.

[Keith N Tampa (ex SoJax)]

Na, Bo and Dean won't kick it out. I'm sure they're just running out to take pix of the palms at the McDonalds in their neighborhoods.

Maybe i can get a pix of a Sabal palmetto pushing up between the sidewalk cracks here in JAX.

[tjwalters]

Old Macdonald had a palm

Ee Aye Ee Aye Oh

And on that palm he had some fruit

Ee Aye Ee Aye Oh

With a pick pick here and a soak soak there,

Here a pick there a soak,

We don't wanna see it croak

Old Macdonald had a palm

Ee Aye Ee Aye Oh

That's all I have to say about that...

Ahh...very nice.

[epicure3]

Almost every McDonald's around here has pygmy dates around it somewhere. Usually in the drive-thru. Kind of like the Chevron and Mobil stations. They all have pygmies in the planters between all the pumps. I bet the McDonalds in the Phoenix area has some cool desert cactus plants.

[Kris]

Old Macdonald had a palm

Ee Aye Ee Aye Oh

And on that palm he had some fruit

Ee Aye Ee Aye Oh

With a pick pick here and a soak soak there,

Here a pick there a soak,

We don't wanna see it croak

Old Macdonald had a palm

Ee Aye Ee Aye Oh

That's all I have to say about that...

Very nice !

[MattyB]

I believe you are referring to the American restaurant called McDonalds, not MacDonalds. Home of the Golden Arches.

That said, I may have it all wrong. You may be referring to McDowells, Home of the Golden Arcs.

Just let your sooooouuuulll glooooowwwww! Dat boy good!

[Fred San Pedro]

I WANT TO SEE A MCDONALDS WITH A Macrozamia mcdonnellii...THAT WOULD BE COOL

[The Germinator]

You should have done a thread on In-N-Out, thier trademark is having a criss cross double W. robusta in front of every store. I did see one store where they tried it with queens but it works better with Washies.

[joe_OC]

Actually thought you were going to talk about Dypsis mcdonaldiana...

[amazon exotics]

McDonalds sponsored some palm exploration and had Dypsis McDonaldiana named after them.

[LJG]

... and Ravenea krociana

McDonalds sponsored some palm exploration and had Dypsis McDonaldiana named after them.

[BS Man about Palms]

... and Ravenea krociana

McDonalds sponsored some palm exploration and had Dypsis McDonaldiana named after them.

Same for Dypsis prestoniana

[The Germinator]

There was a newly discovered palm recently named Dypsis Mcribiana.

[iwan]

Butia capitata at McDonalds, Madera, CA.

And Sabals at the Taco Bell across the street.

Those pictures are a couple years old. The Butias are always over pruned, this is a rare picture of them not completely butchered. They set seed for the first time that I have noticed in the 15 years that I have lived here, only to be promptly cut off by the gardeners. The Sabals are very rarely seen anywhere around here, let alone at a fast food restaurant.

[PalmGuyWC]

Robert,

Sabals in Madera? I am surprised. They should retire their gardeners for a couple of years and let the palms grow out.

Dick

[velutina]

You should have done a thread on In-N-Out, thier trademark is having a criss cross double W. robusta in front of every store.

Other exceptions are the Utah locations.

St. George, Utah has crossing Washingtonia filifera

4 new locations near Salt Lake City have no palms. It just doesn't seem right...

pics http://www.banalleakage.com/2009/11/19/in-...-comes-to-utah/

Edited December 16, 2009 by velutina

[iwan]

Dick,

I talked to they guys at the local nursery (they do a lot of municipal landscape projects) about those Sabal and was told they didn't do that job. I thought they might have, since they have a couple of 10' plus clear trunk Sabals in front of the nursery. When asked about the Sabals at the nursery, he said they arrived by mistake.

Unfortunately, those Taco Bell Sabals will need to be over pruned for many years as they are too close to the driveways. They have added about 5' of trunk in 15 years, so it will probably be another 15 years before they are tall enough to clear vehicles.

Robert,

Sabals in Madera? I am surprised. They should retire their gardeners for a couple of years and let the palms grow out.

Dick

[BS Man about Palms]

Happened to work in El Centro, CA. today (desert- about 150 miles from me) When I stopped at Home Despot, I spied this In-n-Out across the street.

I would say this is probably the "palmiest" burger joint I've seen.

[BS Man about Palms]

I think there were probably at LEAST 10 Bismarkia's around, several smaller CIDP's, the ubiquitous "x-ed palms" (2 sets of them) and I think a Chamerops too.

Should be pretty killer in another 3 years or so.

[Shon]

Considering where it's at, a pretty nice job landscaping. Are you telling me you just went to HD and not In and Out and you ate fruit yesterday? Who are you and what have you done with BS?

[happ]

Lots of queen palms seem to be the usual favorite for MacDonalds or any other fast food place in California.

[BS Man about Palms]

Considering where it's at, a pretty nice job landscaping. Are you telling me you just went to HD and not In and Out and you ate fruit yesterday? Who are you and what have you done with BS?

I didn't say I DIDN'T eat at In-n-Out.