I have a spot in my backyard that is begging for a nice clustering palm. I have many different ones already, but no plantable size Slick Willie. Any larger size out there? Thanks, Aaron

I have a spot in my backyard that is begging for a nice clustering palm. I have many different ones already, but no plantable size Slick Willie. Any larger size out there? Thanks, Aaron

JD Anderson has a couple of large 20 gal Slick Willie the last time I was there...

Aaron, Jerry does have them. They are not cheap and they are not fast growers. Do you have Dypsis lanceolata or Pembana? Rancho Soledad has some nice ones in.

I have a spot in my backyard that is begging for a nice clustering palm. I have many different ones already, but no plantable size Slick Willie. Any larger size out there? Thanks, Aaron

Joe,

I still have never been to Anderson's nursery, but on his website he has 24'' boxed Slick Willie listed at $600 wich is a little out of my price range. I might go $300 for the right palm, but I would still have to figure out how to get it past the wife.

Len,

I already have Pempana, Mayotte, Onilahensis, Baronii, Heteromorpha, Psamophila, Albofarinosa. I have a full sun spot behind a seat wall on my back patio and want something clustering that will not just be a telephone pole in a few years. I am trying to think of anything else that would fit but Slick Willie is the only thing that I don't have that comes to mind.

Nice collection there. But no Dypsis lanceolata? I personally think that is one of the nicest clustering Dypsis.

Len,

Lanceolata is one of my favorites as well and was one of the first rare palms I bought, but for me it would look like crap in the winter and then looked good again by the end of summer. I assumed it probably needed more protection than I have to look good throught the winter. My Pemabana, which I thought was the more margial of the two, looked much better so it got planted instead. I will probably give a lanceolata another shot, but this spot is full sun which I don't think they can handle.

Do you have Dypsis lanceolata or Pembana? Rancho Soledad has some nice ones in.

Their sales guys could not tell the difference between D. lanceolata & pembana. The last time I was there, I asked them what the palms were. They said "pembana". I go look at the tags in the pot and they were all labeled "lanceolata"...

I already have Pempana, Mayotte, Onilahensis, Baronii, Heteromorpha, Psamophila, Albofarinosa. I have a full sun spot behind a seat wall on my back patio and want something clustering that will not just be a telephone pole in a few years.

Aaron - The "clustering ambositrae" from JM is a winner for 100% sun. Cold does not seem to slow it down either as mine is opening up a new frond right now. Fast growers as well.

Do you have Dypsis lanceolata or Pembana? Rancho Soledad has some nice ones in.

Their sales guys could not tell the difference between D. lanceolata & pembana. The last time I was there, I asked them what the palms were. They said "pembana". I go look at the tags in the pot and they were all labeled "lanceolata"...

I always try to ID plants (especially dypsis) myself no matter where I buy. To tell lanceolata and pembana apart look at the leaflets. Pembana are more straight and flat where lanceolata are more oval and sometimes cupped.

Do you have Dypsis lanceolata or Pembana? Rancho Soledad has some nice ones in.

Their sales guys could not tell the difference between D. lanceolata & pembana. The last time I was there, I asked them what the palms were. They said "pembana". I go look at the tags in the pot and they were all labeled "lanceolata"...

Go there with someone who knows or learn to ID yourself. They have both D. lanceolata & pembana there. They are easy to tell apart in my opinion after seeing the two a lot.

Agreed. D. lanceolata & pembana really are marginal here. But then again they come from tropical islands and not Madagascar itself. Mine always seem to suffer some sort of cold damage after each winter, but they are too pretty to pass up

Len,

Lanceolata is one of my favorites as well and was one of the first rare palms I bought, but for me it would look like crap in the winter and then looked good again by the end of summer. I assumed it probably needed more protection than I have to look good throught the winter. My Pemabana, which I thought was the more margial of the two, looked much better so it got planted instead. I will probably give a lanceolata another shot, but this spot is full sun which I don't think they can handle.

I already have Pempana, Mayotte, Onilahensis, Baronii, Heteromorpha, Psamophila, Albofarinosa. I have a full sun spot behind a seat wall on my back patio and want something clustering that will not just be a telephone pole in a few years.

Aaron - The "clustering ambositrae" from JM is a winner for 100% sun. Cold does not seem to slow it down either as mine is opening up a new frond right now. Fast growers as well.

That is a great idea, but I just stopped by JM and they are sold out. I think I missed the boat on that one.

I might go $300 for the right palm, but I would still have to figure out how to get it past the wife.

A friend of mine keeps hangers and bags from the dry cleaners in her car to smuggle newly purchased clothes past her husband.