I'm going to plant 3 brahea armata's in a line, evenly spaced. Does anyone know what the proper distance should be between the plants if I don't want the fronds to touch and would want to allow enough space between them so that blooms could be showcased nicely instead of being bunched next to each other. Thanks in advance.

Peter

Peter, I hope this pic helps you. The fence is 6' or 2 meters tall for scale. These palms are in Corona, Ca and are decades old. Regards Randy

Dear Peter

I would suggest that you plant 4 B.A palms in four corners of your garden if place is avaliable.

And farther they are the better.Since its called the blue hasper palm.So to make it appear full on a full moon night it needs full view which is possible only when planted at good distance.

And here is a still taken by Bs Man(Bill) you can imagine how big & long they put out the flowering stalk.

And dear Randy beautiful still,and i have seen that palm in your ad for free B.A seeds that you distributed last year as gifts to our members.And those seeds were from that healthy mother palm !

Lots of love,

kris

Thank You Randy & Kris for the pictures.

Randy, That picture was very helpful. It looks as though I should plant anywhere between 14'-15' between them.

OverGrown,

15' apart sounds about right, then wait for 25 years for the bloom. They are pretty before they bloom too. I have 3 together and the base of the trunks are about 3' in diamater. Mine had a spectacular bloom this past spring.

Dick

I would say plant them about 15 feet apart as well so they have room to stretch.

Peter, Brahea amata is a spectacular palm for those who can grow it well. Beautiful glaucous leaves and the inflorecense has got to be one of the most spectacular of any palm species. The downside is that it is a slow grower (not good for those who don't have patience)and doesn't seem to like the very all-year-wet tropical climates. I had to have one even tho' I'm in tropical Hawaii. However, I'm on the Kona side of the Big Island and we do have a sunnier and drier climate than Windward (Hilo side) of the island. True, our humidity is higher than what this palm likely prefers but it is growing and looks decently well but here it grows much slower than say in California. Its height and width currently measures 1.2m (4 ft.). Here it is . . .

Peter, here's another photo of B. armata in San Diego. These were stunning palms which appear to be

about 10' apart. I'm assuming the owners had problems with keeping the walk clean during the bloom

as they had them removed after a few weeks. There is a practical aspect as to where they are planted

as well.

Tim