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Blue or Silver Suggestions

Briank

By Briank
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Good day everyone.  I am trying to round up some Palms to add to my front & back yard to accent all my other Palms I have collected and planted this summer/fall.  I wish I had known more about Blue/Silver Palm options when I started but I can still add them in spots I have open.  Or even pull some to add variety to all my Kings, Foxtails, Royals, Chambeys.  

 

Here is some I have already gathered but not put into ground yet. 

Bismarkia Noblis( Have planted 2) 

15ga Brahea Armata

2- 5ga Brahea Decumbens

1- 5ga Chamerops Cerifera 

1- 5ga Brahea Clara?? 

1- 1ga Sabal Uresana

1- 1ga Copernicia Prunifera 

1-1ga Nannorops Arabica

 

Any Suggestions on others that might grow in So Cal? 

Prichardia Blue Moon? 

Super Silver ? 

 

Trying to find at lest 5ga size, some I've only been able to locate in 1ga

 

Any suggestions or ideas greatly appreciated. 

 

Brian  

 

 

 

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Hi Brian,

some additional possible suggestions would be:

Butia yatay

Copernicia hospita

Hyphaene coriacea

Latania loddigesii

Phoenix dactylifera (some forms are very silvery)

Sereona repens (Silver form)

Trachycarpus princeps

Trithrinax campestris

Trithrinax schizophylla

Good luck with your new plantings!

Vincent

www.freilandpalmen.ch - Cold-hardy palms in Switzerland and France

Josh-O Grand Master

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17 hours ago, Vinc said:

Hi Brian,

some additional possible suggestions would be:

Butia yatay

Copernicia hospita

Hyphaene coriacea

Latania loddigesii

Phoenix dactylifera (some forms are very silvery)

Sereona repens (Silver form)

Trachycarpus princeps

Trithrinax campestris

Trithrinax schizophylla

Good luck with your new plantings!

Vincent

all very good suggestions

Carlsbad, California Zone 10 B on the hill (402 ft. elevation)

Sunset zone 24

Josh-O Grand Master

Josh-O

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19 hours ago, Briank said:

Good day everyone.  I am trying to round up some Palms to add to my front & back yard to accent all my other Palms I have collected and planted this summer/fall.  I wish I had known more about Blue/Silver Palm options when I started but I can still add them in spots I have open.  Or even pull some to add variety to all my Kings, Foxtails, Royals, Chambeys.  

 

Here is some I have already gathered but not put into ground yet. 

Bismarkia Noblis( Have planted 2) 

15ga Brahea Armata

2- 5ga Brahea Decumbens

1- 5ga Chamerops Cerifera 

1- 5ga Brahea Clara?? 

1- 1ga Sabal Uresana

1- 1ga Copernicia Prunifera 

1-1ga Nannorops Arabica

 

Any Suggestions on others that might grow in So Cal? 

Prichardia Blue Moon? 

Super Silver ? 

 

Trying to find at lest 5ga size, some I've only been able to locate in 1ga

 

Any suggestions or ideas greatly appreciated. 

 

Brian  

 

 

 

Copernicia punifera is a must have if you are trying to achieve a TRUE blue look !!!!!!!!

I have a HUGE 20 gal available. PM me if you are interested.

Carlsbad, California Zone 10 B on the hill (402 ft. elevation)

Sunset zone 24

redbeard917 Mentor

redbeard917

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Brahea sp. 'Super Silver', Ravenea xerophila, Dypsis decaryi.

Woodville, FL

zone 8b

Briank Mentor

Briank

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14 hours ago, Josh-O said:

all very good suggestions

A few of these plants I believe will not grow in So Cal.  Copernicia Hospita Florida only? Can find Alba & Prunifera. 

 

Trachycarpus Princeps I believe Same.  

 

Going to find some Super Silvers ASAP.  Hard to find.  

 

Ben in Norcal Grand Master

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5 hours ago, Briank said:

A few of these plants I believe will not grow in So Cal.  Copernicia Hospita Florida only? Can find Alba & Prunifera. 

 

Trachycarpus Princeps I believe Same.  

 

Going to find some Super Silvers ASAP.  Hard to find.  

 

I can't really comment on Copernicia at this stage (just a few in my greenhouse), but T. princeps grows great in California.  Here, anyway.  And I am super hot in the summer.

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Ben Rogers

On the border of Concord & Clayton in the East Bay hills - Elev 387 ft 37.95 °N, 121.94 °W

My back yard weather station: http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/hdfForecast?query=37.954%2C-121.945&sp=KCACONCO37

Briank Mentor

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Will look into.  Going to look at some tomorrow.   Going to pick up tomorrow :,

 

1-Hyphaene turbinata 
 
1-pritchardia Hillbrandii Blue Moon
 
2- Super Silver Brahea 
 
among others...... To be continued 
 
 
going to plant the Nannorops and Chamerops tomorrow. 
LJG Grand Master

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Save your money on "Blue Moon" unless you just want to grow an easy and hardy green Pritchardia. I don't know a single person growing it that has had it turn out blue or even shown a hint at blue. Mine is almost trunking and it is green.  

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Len

Vista, CA (Zone 10a)

Shadowridge Area

"Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are."

-- Alfred Austin

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5 hours ago, LJG said:

Save your money on "Blue Moon" unless you just want to grow an easy and hardy green Pritchardia. I don't know a single person growing it that has had it turn out blue or even shown a hint at blue. Mine is almost trunking and it is green.  

Yeah, we need to call Jeff Markus out on that one. Why don't you fire off a stern email to him Len? :)

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Bret

 

Coastal canyon area of San Diego

 

"In the shadow of the Cross"

Stevetoad Grand Master

Stevetoad

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I love super silver. Mines super easy and fast too.

 

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"it's not dead it's sleeping"

Santee ca, zone10a/9b

18 miles from the ocean

avg. winter 68/40.avg summer 88/64.records 113/25

Briank Mentor

Briank

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14 hours ago, LJG said:

Save your money on "Blue Moon" unless you just want to grow an easy and hardy green Pritchardia. I don't know a single person growing it that has had it turn out blue or even shown a hint at blue. Mine is almost trunking and it is green.  

Thanks.  I ended up getting a Chamerops Cerifera Vulcano instead!!! And with the extra money I saved I got a huge 5ga Archie-myolensis that was easily 10ga size for 30$! Now I have all the Kings! 

Got these: 

1 Super Silver

1 Hyphaene Turbinata

1 Chamerops Cerifera 

1 Chamerops Vulcano 

1 Rhopalostylis Oceana 

1 Archie Myolensis. 

 

next on the list : 

Kerrodoxa Elegans!!! Might not grow in So Cal I'm sure someone has some growing somewhere! 

Briank Mentor

Briank

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3 hours ago, Stevetoad said:

I love super silver. Mines super easy and fast too.

 

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I have had the hardest time finding a decent 5ga anywhere! Me and DoomsDave been looking! The guy today had 5 left and someone had just reserved all of them ! Grrrrrr! Will keep looking or just plant my Brahea Nitida and Clara and hope the fill my void lol 

Stevetoad Grand Master

Stevetoad

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2 hours ago, Briank said:

Thanks.  I ended up getting a Chamerops Cerifera Vulcano instead!!! And with the extra money I saved I got a huge 5ga Archie-myolensis that was easily 10ga size for 30$! Now I have all the Kings! 

Got these: 

1 Super Silver

1 Hyphaene Turbinata

1 Chamerops Cerifera 

1 Chamerops Vulcano 

1 Rhopalostylis Oceana 

1 Archie Myolensis. 

 

next on the list : 

Kerrodoxa Elegans!!! Might not grow in So Cal I'm sure someone has some growing somewhere! 

Kerriodoxa grows here. I live in the worse microclimate in San Diego and I have 2. Ones been in the ground for 3 years and never showed any damage. Get one for sure. 

 

Kerriodoxa grows owls well for me and I'm in a horrible microclimate. I've had one in the ground for 3 years without a prob. Give one a try

"it's not dead it's sleeping"

Santee ca, zone10a/9b

18 miles from the ocean

avg. winter 68/40.avg summer 88/64.records 113/25

Briank Mentor

Briank

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1 minute ago, Stevetoad said:

Kerriodoxa grows here. I live in the worse microclimate in San Diego and I have 2. Ones been in the ground for 3 years and never showed any damage. Get one for sure. 

 

Kerriodoxa grows owls well for me and I'm in a horrible microclimate. I've had one in the ground for 3 years without a prob. Give one a try

Thanks. Yeah I am going to pick up 2 on Monday.. Thanks for the insight!

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