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Royal Palms in Santa Monica

Eric Hawaii

By Eric Hawaii
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Santa Monica's mass planting of Roystonea all along Ocean Avenue about 1 year ago is now producing the results I would have predicted. The only specimens that are looking okay are those that happen to have some protection from the wind as a result of large shade trees blocking the winds coming from the beach. I think people focus too much on temperature and forget about how much effect wind has on royal palms in a non-humid climate like SoCal. I would have advised the city of Santa Monica not to plant any royal palms where there wasn't a building or some large trees to block them from the drying effects of the wind. Oh well, they'll either take the ill-faring specimens out and replace them with other species or we'll end up with some very sad-looking adult royal palms along the street there that will then be much more costly to remove (actually, it appears that they already have removed a number of them and replaced them with foxtail palms).

Why not live in the tropics?

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There are a few healthy ones at the entrance to the bus depot on Olympic. The foxy ladies on Ocean arent looking so hot, I am wondering if they are just acclimating or if they were also a bad decision. The Foxtails seem to love it (just a couple of them on Ocean and Santa Monica (I think its SM)).

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pictures

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Actually as of March 28, 2019 the Roystonea Palms at Palisades Park are looking healthy and quite good. Not sure what they did to them, but it is a VAST improvement!! 

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On 5/8/2011 at 9:05 PM, DoomsDave said:

pictures

 

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Next time I'm in that part of town, I'll take a few photos! 

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1 hour ago, Mahalo2 said:

Next time I'm in that part of town, I'll take a few photos! 

Happy expletive!

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