dypsis lutescens sun and wind protected or not?

[nick]

I got this plam for outdoor planting and have two choices to plant, beside the house or stand alone in full sun.

e.g. Jungle music informs, that it can take full sun in tropics and costal regions like southern CA.

http://www.junglemusic.net/areca_palm/areca_palm.html/the_areca_palm.html

Our climate ist very sunny and similar to San Diego's, maybe hotter in summer. Is full sun really recommendable?

( see climate table http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limassol#Climate )

On the other sinde, I could not found something regarding windy conditions, which I do have in the spot for stand alone.

Can somebody advise?

Edited September 26, 2013 by nick

[Kostas]

This species looks much better in at least part shade,I really don't like its yellowish,sick like appearance in full sun. It does can take full sun though. But in any case,there are far better choices of Dypsis than this one for anywhere,it forms huge clumps without much to show...Its trunk color is nice but in a big clump,such characteristics are lost in the big mass of stems and foliage.

[Peter Pacific]

Hi nick, I have a few of these underappreciated and overused palms but, if grown correctly they can be beautiful. They will take full sun but, as Kostas said, do look better with a little shade.

Good Luck, Peter

[KennyRE317]

I have one has some stems that are about 5-6' tall from soil line to top of the plant in a 15gal that's been sitting in full sun and doesn't show any burn, this is after I bare-rooted it took out a few plants to thin it out. it went through the recent heatwave without a hitch

[trioderob]

mine is in full sun and it looks fine

[nick]

thanks to all,

but do the palm withstand windy conditions?

[Gonzer]

Shady is better and yes they can tatter in the wind.

[nick]

letter in the wind or storm?

The background to ask was that the spot can be windy, not in general but sometimes with harsh conditions e.g. thunderstorms. Usually there is always a light to moderate breeze. (Beaufort Scales 3 to 5)

[Gonzer]

Normal winds are fine Nick, sustained winds from thunderstorms will cause damage. The trade-off of shady and windy wins over full-sun IMO.

[sonoranfans]

Normal winds are fine Nick, sustained winds from thunderstorms will cause damage. The trade-off of shady and windy wins over full-sun IMO.

Yep these are far better looking in shade even in humid florida, and coastal socal has a kind of sun protection called fog for part of the time, courtesy of the cold pacific ocean which flows down the northwest coast from alaska. I don't know about Cyprus, I'm thinking no fog because the Mediterranean sea is warm.

[nick]

@ Gonzer and sonorafans,

thank you both, your replies makes it clear. Fog is very unusual here, i'll try the breezy spot on the more shadow side of the house (NW).

Gonzer, sorry, I wrote "letter instead of "tatter", had to hurry.

Edited September 28, 2013 by nick