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Palm tree help for a beginner!

arrayche
arrayche
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HI

i recently moved into a new house with a couple of palm trees in the garden and i have no experience of caring for them.

In the last few months the leaves have started to go brown/yellow (see picture).

Is this normal? Or does it perhaps need water/nutrients?

If anyone is also able to tell me what kind of palm tree it is that would be very helpful!

thanks!

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Hi Rhodri!

I don't see any palm trees in your picture. The brown leaves on your plant seem normal to me, but I'm not sure.

Someday you should try real palm trees!

Best regards,

Davi

Hello arrayche!

That plant looks like some kind of dracaena to me. The lower leaves browning and falling off is pretty typical. I wouldn't worry too much. The photo shows a healthy happy plant it appears.

If the new leaves are turning brown then it may be a signal the plant wants more water.

Congrats on the new place! Happy growing!

Adam

Rhodri, welcome to Palmtalk! :)

Your plant is not a true palm, I would suggest that it might be Cordyline australis. native to New Zealand. The plant looks normal, and healthy.

San Francisco, California

I was thinking it was a Yucca. It looks a bit stiff for a Cordyline.

Hi Rhodri,

You have a Yucca here, and you can remove his old leaves which get yellow and dry at the same time he is doing new leaves.

Yucca doesn't ask to much water, be careful!

They are not palms but they match well with Trachycarpus ....

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Philippe

 

Jungle Paradise in Sri Lanka

 

And don't run your finger down the edges of the leaf blades, or you'll end up with a nice "paper cut". The tips are deceptively pointed too. :rolleyes:

yucca +1

not a palm, but still exotic for the UK

USDA Hardiness Zones 9b to 10a

AHS Heat Zones 8

altitude 100 meters (320 Feet)

4 km (2,4 Miles) from the Mediterranean

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lowest ever recorded temperature -4 C (24 F)

maximum ever recored temperature 45 C (113 F)

mean minimum temperature January 7 C (44 F)

mean maximum temperature January 14 C (57 F)

mean minimum temperature July 23 C (74 F)

mean maximum temperature July 33 C (92 F)

average annual rainfall 330mm (13 Inch)

average annual sunshine 2800 hours

I can just see a yucca elephantipes not any palm.

Yes, I think the others are correct, Yucca, not Cordyline.

San Francisco, California
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Thank you!
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Sorry.. another question...

Would anyone be able to identify these please?

Thanks!

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again those arent palms but both are cordylina australis

USDA Hardiness Zones 9b to 10a

AHS Heat Zones 8

altitude 100 meters (320 Feet)

4 km (2,4 Miles) from the Mediterranean

16716.gif

lowest ever recorded temperature -4 C (24 F)

maximum ever recored temperature 45 C (113 F)

mean minimum temperature January 7 C (44 F)

mean maximum temperature January 14 C (57 F)

mean minimum temperature July 23 C (74 F)

mean maximum temperature July 33 C (92 F)

average annual rainfall 330mm (13 Inch)

average annual sunshine 2800 hours

Yep. Cordylines.
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Great, cheers!!

Not palms, but I am liking what I am seeing. Great plants.

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They'd look even better with a palm tree near by.

Cindy Adair

My neck hurts <_<

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

Moose, ayurvedic massage are very good for the neck :winkie:

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Philippe

 

Jungle Paradise in Sri Lanka

 

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