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Guerrilla planted palms live!

Cindy Adair
Cindy Adair
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From my thread under Palms Wanted, a very kind Palmtalk member sent me a Corypha utans and a C. utans macropoda. Last week we went on a treasure hunt for them. After 3 months of rain, the roadside weeds had completely covered the PVC pipes (with orange flagging tape) along with the palms of course. But with the help of my husband and his machete, they were found. Now I've attached metal name tags (with orange flagging tape as well) to our chain link fence which is opposite the site of each palm. One day we hope they will tower above and be the giants I've seen in botanical gardens. The photos give no real indication of elevation, but trust me, they are planted down a very steep slope.

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Cindy Adair

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    Cool! Nice work! You look pretty knee deep in weeds too. I'm guerilla planting some stuff too, but they're along the lines of Washingtonia, Acacia and Eucalyptus due to our dry climate

    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)

    Great job Cindy. Those will be monsters someday. I just went to a local garden yesterday where a Corypha Umbraculifera is just pushing out its flower spear :drool:

    Laura

    Wet cardboard or a piece of wool carpet would help them get established. Like your thinking though!

    Very cool! :) Those are really tiny, but they look great, especially considering no attention and lots of weed competition. Give us an update every now and then, it will be fun to watch them grow.

    Kim Cyr

    Between the beach and the bays, Point Loma, San Diego, California USA
    and on a 300 year-old lava flow, Pahoa, Hawaii, 1/4 mile from the 2018 flow
    All characters  in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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    Wet cardboard or a piece of wool carpet would help them get established. Like your thinking though!

    Great idea! I always have cardboard (as in boxes of plants) and could certainly bring a carpet scrap as well. I do have to admire any trees that are tough enough to elbow their way through the native plants like these (currently) little palms.

    Cindy Adair
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    Oh Cindy!! I love it. :wub: These palms spend about their first five years developing roots. The palm grows but after five years they start to accelerate.

    Try to remember to give us an update the next time you visit your PR paradise. B)

    Coral Gables, FL 8 miles North of Fairchild USDA Zone 10B

    Humble beginnings but in some time they will give all that Cohitre a run for their money!

    Frank

     

    Zone 9b pine flatlands

    humid/hot summers; dry/cool winters

    with yearly freezes

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    Oh Cindy!! I love it. :wub: These palms spend about their first five years developing roots. The palm grows but after five years they start to accelerate.

    Try to remember to give us an update the next time you visit your PR paradise. B)

    We get to visit again April 6 and I'll "rediscover" them then. With the flagging tape on our fence it should be easier this time...

    Cindy Adair

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